What College do Super Bowl QB's come from?
Thought this was an interesting article on where Quarterbacks who have played in the Super Bowl went to college.
The California Golden Bears have had the most QB's to play in the Super Bowl at 5. Shockingly not a single QB who went to ANY college in Texas has ever played in the Super Bowl!
https://amp.businessinsider.com/super-bowl-quarterbacks-colleges-2019-1
(Spoiler Alert- College with most wins by QB's is Michigan, Thanks Tom!)
January 21st, 2019 at 4:54 PM ^
9 super bowls is ridiculous.
January 21st, 2019 at 4:55 PM ^
Forgive my memory...is Brady the only Michigan QB to have played or won a Super Bowl?
January 21st, 2019 at 4:57 PM ^
Yes to both
January 21st, 2019 at 5:18 PM ^
Trivia: Tom Brady is the only Michigan QB to have started a Super Bowl, but Elvis Grbac played in one and threw a pass (incomplete).
January 21st, 2019 at 6:03 PM ^
Ok. That’s what i wanted, thanks. I thought there must have been one who played, even if not started, in one. Didn’t know it was Grbac, thought maybe Todd Collins or someone like that.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:59 PM ^
If that’s true, then the OP article is incorrect, it says only 1 UM QB has played...
January 21st, 2019 at 6:52 PM ^
Griese should have played in the 2007 Super Bowl when it became clear Rex Grossman sucked, but, alas, Lovie Smith was their coach
January 21st, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^
You mean started? Griese won one.
January 22nd, 2019 at 8:14 AM ^
Think Griese is still the only QB to win a National Championship and Super Bowl in back-to-back seasons.
January 22nd, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
He didn't see the field is my guess as to why he wasn't on the list (but obviously there are lots of other errors.
January 22nd, 2019 at 10:36 PM ^
Was he wearing a blindfold?
January 21st, 2019 at 5:13 PM ^
Not Ohio St
January 21st, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
Bad data. Brady has 5 wins not 1. That's much more relevant than the number of QBs who had super bowl wins.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
More like bad table. The win column should read, Did QB Win. Roger staubach of navy is their only representative and won 2 or 3 win the Dallas cowboys, but the Navy row looks like Michigan’s row.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:34 PM ^
Matt Stafford didn’t play for a Texas school but he is from Texas. Trade his ass now or the Lions will never ever get there.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:39 PM ^
I'm assuming there's a missing \s on this post? (asking for a friend)...
January 21st, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
Implied yes. ;D
I agree the table is misleading, it needs total wins count on it.
Could also be simplified and read-
GOAT Tom Brady 5 (...currently, update soon)
January 21st, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
no Southern Cal is also a bit surprising...
January 21st, 2019 at 6:07 PM ^
I’m a bit shocked too. I had a brain fart thinking Plunkett attended USC.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
Is MSU counting nick foles?
I guess technically he went to MSU for a year and appeared in one game, going 5/8 passing.
and Michigan is tied with five Super Bowl wins with Notre Dame from a starting QB.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
The MSU QB was earl Morrow for the Baltimore Colts in III. Not Foles.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:06 PM ^
Earl Morrall
January 22nd, 2019 at 9:39 AM ^
Thanks.
Never heard of the guy. After looking he did lose that Super Bowl, so MSU does have that going still.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:05 PM ^
That table is worse than useless. Not only does it list Brady with just one win, it also lists LA Tech QBs with zero wins.
Terry Bradshaw has 4 Super Bowl victories under his belt, and he played for LA Tech.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:32 PM ^
Yep, that's what I'm seeing. I was about to post to ask what I'm missing here, but it looks like the table is just wildly inaccurate.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:26 PM ^
“Shockingly not a single QB who went to ANY college in Texas has ever played in the Super Bowl!”
That is false. Cam Newton played at a college in Texas for his year between Florida and Auburn.
January 21st, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
1/3 of a qb played at Texas :-)
January 21st, 2019 at 7:51 PM ^
Not Ohio State!!!
January 21st, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Yeah as has been pointed out there are some problems with that list:
3 different Notre Shame QB's started Super Bowls - Daryle Lamonica, Theismann, & Montana
2 Wazzou QB's - Rypien & Bledsoe
1 Nevada - Kaepernick
And apparently Wisky gets credit for Wilson and NC St. gets none but Cal & Nebraska are both on the list for Ferragamo.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
I thought Jay Riemersma might have made it, (and yes, he did manage to get on the field as a QB for Michigan), but he was too late for the Buffalo SB years and retired from the Steelers the year before their 2005 SB season.
January 21st, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
Hmm I like the idea that Miami Ohio has produced more super bowl winning quarterbacks than Ohio State and the entire higher education system of the state of Texas combined
January 22nd, 2019 at 9:30 AM ^
These stats are not near accurate in a lot of cases.
January 22nd, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
Shocking to me:
-No Texas schools at all
-No Oklahoma
-No USC
-No OSU
Not shocking, but I was also a bit surprised that neither North or South Carolina wasn't represented (UNC, NC St--guess Russ Wilson doesn't count, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, USC)
January 22nd, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
The NFL is a total crapshoot. That's why guys like Tony Romo and Steve McNair can come from the middle of nowhere and be stars, and then bigshots from schools like OSU, LSU and USC can flame out in 2-3 years. So without looking up any real stats, I'd venture a guess that there really isn't much of a trend on where Super Bowl winning QBs came from.
Just to name the last few that I can think of, Michigan (Brady), Arizona (Foles), Tennessee (P. Manning), Wisconsin (Wilson), Delaware (Flacco), Ole Miss (E. Manning), Miami of Ohio (Rothlisberger). So it's not like there's a slew of SEC quarterbacks going out and winning it all. Guys are coming from everywhere. I think Kurt Warner, the ringleader of the Greatest Show on Turf, come from Northern Iowa.