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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the seventh Black quarterback to start a Super Bowl. [30] The combined Super Bowl records of Black quarterbacks is 5–7. Williams, Mahomes and Hurts are to date the only players to win the Super Bowl MVP award. [ 31 ]
He was named Super Bowl MVP for his efforts, making him the first African-American quarterback to both win a Super Bowl and be named its MVP. [27] He broke the Super Bowl single-game record of 331 passing yards set in 1985 by Joe Montana , [ 25 ] who broke Williams' record the following year with 357. [ 28 ]
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.
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 ...
It's the first time two Black quarterbacks have started a Super Bowl. ... "So many African American quarterbacks have played this game, and for the first time for two to go head to head, that's ...
Ahead of Super Bowl LVII, which was the first Super Bowl to feature two black starting quarterbacks as the Chiefs faced off against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, Mahomes acknowledged that his creative playing style was inspired by that of Negro league baseball players, especially Satchel Paige, who likewise inspired his father's ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Black quarterbacks have come a long way in the NFL since Fritz Pollard became the first to The post Analysis: Two Black quarterbacks set for historic Super Bowl matchup ...
In doing so, he was the first African-American quarterback ever to start in an NFL league championship game, let alone a Super Bowl. After trailing 10–0 at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Redskins scored 42 unanswered points, including a record-breaking 35 points in the second quarter, setting several other Super Bowl records.