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For his performance in his first season as a starter, he won the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most Valuable Player awards, becoming one of four black quarterbacks to win the AP MVP award. [c] In the 2019 season, Mahomes led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
Douglas Lee Williams (born August 9, 1955) is an American professional football executive and former quarterback and coach who is a senior advisor for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Williams was the first black quarterback to both start and win a Super Bowl, doing so with Washington in Super Bowl XXII when they ...
Two other Black quarterbacks made brief appearances in the pre-Super Bowl NFL. Willie Thrower, "the first Black NFL quarterback of the modern mold", played for Michigan State in college before playing one professional game at quarterback for the Bears, in relief duty, on October 18, 1953.
Patrick Mahomes claimed the victory in Super Bowl LIV, LVII and LVIII as the Kansas City Chiefs starting QB. The 2020 win was the franchise’s first Super Bowl win in 50 years and coach Andy Reid ...
He became the first Black quarterback to start a Super Bowl, leading Washington to a 42-10 win over Denver that included a stunning 35-point second quarter that propelled the team to victory ...
Story at a glance For the first time in Super Bowl history, two Black starting quarterbacks will compete against each other. Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Jalen Hurts of the ...
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.
Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start a Super Bowl, talked to TODAY.com about the 2023 Super Bowl having two Black starting quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts.