Where Super Bowl starting QBs went to college
This will be the first Super Bowl since the 1997 season in which neither of the starting quarterbacks will be making his Super Bowl debut.
In Super Bowl XXXII, Denver's John Elway and Green Bay's Brett Favre were the starters. This season, it's New England's Tom Brady and the New York Giants' Eli Manning.
Brady can give Michigan its fourth win by a quarterback alum in the Super Bowl; the most for any school is Notre Dame's five. Purdue currently is second with four, and Michigan is tied with Alabama at three. Manning can give Ole Miss its second win.
Brady is the only Michigan man to start at quarterback in the Super Bowl; the same goes for Manning and Ole Miss.
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Here's a breakdown on the programs that have produced starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl. Asterisks denote Sunday's projected starters.
Multiple starters | |
Alabama | |
Bart Starr, Green Bay (I, II) | |
Joe Kapp, Minnesota (III) | |
Notre Dame | |
Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raiders (II) | |
Purdue | |
Len Dawson, Kansas City (I, III) | |
BYU | |
Jim McMahon, Chicago (XX) | |
Boomer Esiason, Cincinnati (XXIII) | |
Jim Plunkett, Oakland-Los Angeles Raiders (XV, XVIII) | |
Billy Kilmer, Washington (VII) | |
Mark Rypien, Washington (XXVI) | |
One starter | |
Steve McNair, Tennessee Titans (XXXIV) | |
Augustana (Ill.) | |
Ken Anderson, Cincinnati (XVI) | |
Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle (XL) | |
Rich Gannon, Oakland (XXXVII) | |
Rex Grossman, Chicago (XLI) | |
Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay (XXXVII) | |
Trent Dilfer, Baltimore Ravens (XXXV) | |
Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota (VIII, IX, XI) | |
Grambling | |
Doug Williams, Washington (XXII) | |
Tony Eason, New England (XX) | |
Jake Delhomme, Carolina (XXXVIII) | |
Stan Humphries, San Diego (XXIX) | |
Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh (IX, X, XIII, XIV) | |
John Unitas, Baltimore Colts (V) | |
David Woodley, Miami (XVII) | |
Miami | |
Jim Kelly, Buffalo (XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII) | |
Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh (XL, XLIII, XLV) | |
Michigan | |
Tom Brady, New England* (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLVI) | |
Earl Morrall, Baltimore Colts (III) | |
Mississippi | |
Eli Manning, New York Giants* (XLII, XLVI) | |
Phil Simms, New York Giants (XXI) | |
Roger Staubach, Dallas (VI, X, XII, XIII) | |
Vince Ferragamo, Los Angeles Rams (XIV) | |
Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams, Arizona (XXXIV, XXXVI, XLIII) | |
Kerry Collins, New York Giants (XXXV) | |
Pittsburgh | |
Dan Marino, Miami (XLV) | |
Brett Favre, Green Bay (XXXI, XXXII) | |
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia (XXXIX) | |
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis (XLI, XLIV) | |
Washington | |
Chris Chandler, Atlanta (XXXIII) | |
Jeff Hostetler, New York Giants (XXV) | |
Ron Jaworski, Philadelphia (XV) | |
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