Super Bowl QB Thread
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Various Data Points about Super Bowl Quarterbacks, starting with a repeat:
Patrick Mahomes is looking to join the following QBs who have led their teams in wins in back to back Championship games##, in chronological order:
Pre-Super Bowl era:
Sid Luckman 1940-41
Otto Graham 1946/47/48/49/50 and 1954-55
Tommy Thompson 1948-49
Bobby Layne 1952-53
George Blanda 1960-61
Bart Starr 1961-62 and
Jack Kemp 1964-65
Super Bowl era:
Starr: 1965/66/67
Bob Griese 1972-73
Terry Bradshaw 1974-75 and 1978-79
Joe Montana 1988-89
Troy Aikman 1992-93
John Elway 1997-98
Tom Brady 2003-04
He must, of course, now beat Brady to join this group
## Arnie Herber led the Green Bay Packers to back to back championships in 1929-30...but no Title game was played in those years. In the 1922/23/24 Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs no player specifically identified as a "quarterback".
Highlighted: eligible players for HOF, but not elected thereto.
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Quarterbacks with multiple SB starts and records, by number of appearances
Tom Brady...9 to be 10. Won 6 Lost 3 +? Edit: Brady 10 won 7 lost 3
John Elway....5 Won 2 Lost 3
Terry Bradshaw.....4 Won 4 Lost 0
Joe Montana.....4 Won 4 Lost 0
Peyton Manning....4 Won 2 Lost 2
Roger Staubach....4 Won 2 Lost 2
JIm Kelly....4 Won 0 Lost 4
Troy Aikman....3 Won 3 Lost 0
Bob Griese....3 Won 2 Lost 1
Ben Roethlisberger....3 Won 2 Lost 1
Kurt Warner.....3 Won 1 Lost 2
Fran Tarkenton.....3 Won 0 Lost 3
Bart Starr....2 Won 2 Lost 0.....also won 3 pre SB titles
JIm Plunkett....2 Won 2 Lost 0
Eli Manning....2 Won 2 Lost 0
Len Dawson....2 Won 1 Lost 1.....also won 1 pre SB title
Joe Theismann....2 Won 1 Lost 1
Brett Favre....2 Won 1 Lost 1
Russell Wilson....2 Won 1 Lost 1
Craig Morton....2 Won 0 Lost 2
Patrick Mahomes to be 2: Won 1 Lost 0 +? Edit: Mahomes won 1 Lost 1
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QBs that started Super Bowls with 2 different teams:
Brady: Pats/Bucs
Peyton: Colts/Broncos
Warner: Rams/Cardinals
Morton: Cowboys/Broncos
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Super Bowl starting QBs who at some point played for the Cleveland Browns:
Len Dawson
Trent Dilfer
Mark Rypien
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#1 Overall Draft Picks who started as QB in a Super Bowl (# see Paul Hornung below)
Troy Aikman
Terry Bradshaw
John Elway
Eli Manning
Peyton Manning
Jim Plunkett
Jared Goff
Cam Newton
Steve Young.....taken with equivalent of #1 pick in Supplemental draft.
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Heisman Trophy winning Quarterbacks who started in the Super Bowl:
Paul Hornung.......was a QB in college, but play halfback in NFL
Roger Staubach
Jim Plunkett
Cam Newton
and that's it! So far.
And, as you can see, only Plunkett and Newton had the Trifecta: Heisman/#1 pick/started Super Bowl (and ONLY Plunkett won SB) (though again...Hornung not started as QB)
Repeat: ONLY Jim Plunkett was the QB in history who: Won the Heisman. Was #1 pick in the Draft. Won the Super Bowl.
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The following QBs who are still active have started a Super Bowl game at some point:
Tom Brady
Nick Foles
Patrick Mahomes
Ben Roethlisberger
Joe Flacco
Russell Wilson
Aaron Rodgers
Matt Ryan
Cam Newton
Jared Goff
Jimmy Garropolo
## Drew Brees, not yet officially retired.
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Zombo said:
Doug Williams, Steve Young, Trent Dilfer ...
Z
That is what I thought of when I read that post.....there are several former Bucs QBs that went to and won SBs.
And hell....they even had the sons of former Super Bowl winning QBs start for them: Chris Simms, Brian Griese
But, they do have Brad Johnson whom I would think would be a folk hero in Tampa....but does not seem to be that. You and Axe are from Tampa area-ish. What is the status of Brad Johnson there?
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Just heard this bit of Trivia on PFT:
Only 3 Three teams have won Super Bowls with 3 different QBs:
Packers: Starr, Favre, Rodgers
Giants: Simms, Hostetler, Eli Manning (also had Kerry Collins start and lose)
Redskins: Theismann, Rypien, Williams. (also had Billy Kilmer start and lose)
Teams who had 2 starting QBs win:
49ers: Montana, Young (also had Colin Kaepernik and Jimmy Garrapolo start and lose)
Raiders: Plunkett, Stabler (also had Daryl Lamonica and Rich Gannon start and lose)
Broncos: Elway, Peyton (also had Craig Morton start and lose)
Cowboys: Staubach, Aikman (also had Craig Morton start and lose)
Chiefs: Dawson, Mahomes
Colts: Unitas, Peyton (also had Earl Morrall start and lose)
Ravens: Dilfer, Flacco
Steelers: Bradshaw, R-berger (also had Neil O'Donnell start and lose)
Add: Buccaneers: Brad Johnson, Tom Brady
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Zombo said:
He's just Brad Johnson. They love Mike Alstott up there. And they love that defense ... Derrick Brooks, John Lynch, etc.
There are not a lot of Bucs fans here in Naples. Mostly Packers, Bears, Vikings, Lions, Browns, Steelers, Patriots ... All of the Midwest and East Coast teams have fan clubs here. The old-timers are Dolphins fans.
Z
So, not much love for ole Brad.
And yea, I figured that Naples was more or less an "open city" given the transient nature of most of its population.
And, actually, in checking, I see that Naples is actually almost 50 miles closer to Miami than it is to Tampa. So now that makes sense that they may lean toward the Dolphins.
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There have only been 3 Quarterback rematches in NFL history:
Bradshaw vs Staubach
Aikman vs. Kelly
Eli Manning vs. Brady
The first QB listed won both matchups.
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The following QBs won Championships in both pre and post Super Bowl eras:
Johnny Unitas
Bart Starr
Len Dawson
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OK, the new Answer to the Trivia Question: Name those QBs that have won Championships with 2 different teams:
Tobin Rote
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady.
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