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Aged 43, he became the oldest quarterback ever to play in a championship game, and was one of the few remaining straight-ahead kickers in the NFL. Blanda's achievements resulted in his winning the Bert Bell Award. Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt said, "Why, this George Blanda is as good as his father, who used to play for Houston."
Oldest player to start in a Super Bowl: 43 years 188 days, Tom Brady, February 7, 2021 Oldest player to have a perfect passer rating (158.3) : 43 years, 145 days, Tom Brady , December 26, 2020 Oldest player to lead the league in passing touchdowns : 44 years, 159 days, Tom Brady , January 9, 2022
The oldest quarterback of all-time was George Blanda, whose oldest age while playing was 48 years, 3 months, 18 days in 1976. Will Brady play long enough to break that record?
DeBerg returned to the NFL in 1998 at age 44, rejoining head coach Dan Reeves as a backup with the Atlanta Falcons. [22] On October 25, with Chris Chandler unable to play, Deberg became the oldest quarterback to start in an NFL game when he led the Falcons against the New York Jets. [23]
Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl. Three pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, and Brady and Eli Manning. In each case the same quarterback (Bradshaw, Aikman, and Manning) won both games. [22]
Tom Brady will become the oldest starting quarterback in NFL history after he turns 45 this summer. "I think there's a part of him that wants to prove to himself not to others, but to prove to ...
Weinke only had two victories as a starting quarterback in his NFL career. He won his first ever NFL game in the first game of the 2001 Carolina Panthers season, before losing the next 15, finishing the season with a 1–15 record. He also has the second longest losing streak in NFL history at seventeen, behind Dan Pastorini (21).
Fritz Pollard became the NFL's first black quarterback in 1923. This list of black starting NFL quarterbacks includes those who have started in a regular-season or post-season game in the National Football League (NFL). The quarterback is the leader of a team's offense, directing other players on the field.