Has a Rookie Quarterback Ever Won the Super Bowl? (2024)

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Has a Rookie Quarterback Ever Won the Super Bowl? ›

No, that has never happened. However, before the Super Bowl era two rookie quarterbacks led their teams to the NFL championship—Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins (1937) and Bob Waterfield of the Cleveland Rams (1945). Both Baugh and Waterfield are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

No rookie quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl in the 57 years of the game's existence as the starter. In fact, no rookie has ever even reached the Super Bowl as the starter for a team.

A rookie has never won Super Bowl MVP before. Rice is a top 10 favorite in most sportsbooks to have a chance at the honor. But more people will probably be looking to place wagers on Moody's performance.

Has a Second-Year Quarterback Ever Won the Super Bowl? Four of the seven second-year quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl in their second season managed to lift the Lombardi Trophy. Those four are Warner, Brady, Roethlisberger, and Wilson.

Donovan McNabb

McNabb gets a lot of criticism for failing to win the Super Bowl, but his nine playoff victories are tied for the most by a quarterback that's never won a Super Bowl. McNabb actually has as many playoff wins as Drew Brees and more than Dan Marino (eight).

Stabler was the first lefty to win the big game. back in 1977. when he LED the Raiders. to a victory over the Vikings in Super Bowl 11. And almost 20 years later, Steve Young became the second and only.

It's been an amazing journey for me so far.” Tom Brady, who retired at age 45, was the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, so that's likely the blueprint Wilson is aiming to follow.

While there have been various rookie QBs to take on the challenge, only a select group has even reached the NFL playoffs. Houston Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud is looking to make more history this year.

Unsurprisingly, Tom Brady is the oldest NFL player to ever win Super Bowl MVP. He was 43 years and 188 days old at the time. Brady won five Super Bowl MVPs throughout his career, in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI and LV.

What QB has never lost a Super Bowl? ›

Has any QB won 3 Super Bowls in a row? No. There have been 4 QBs to win 3 or more Super Bowls being Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, and Tom Brady. Even though all of them have repeated as champions at least once, none of them have won 3 in a row.

As noted recently by NFL senior researcher Tony Holzman-Escareno, only one rookie has won the league's MVP award — Jim Brown, in 1957. Stroud could be the second.

At 5'11", he also became the shortest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, shorter than Len Dawson, Joe Theismann, and Drew Brees (all 6'0"). Wilson earned a bonus of $169,141.73 for the 2013 season through the NFL's Performance-Based Pay program. He was ranked 20th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.

Brady and Mahomes each won their first Super Bowl when they were 24, and Brady won his third championship when he was 27. But Mahomes stands alone as the youngest player ever to win league MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same season.

C.J. Stroud became the latest rookie QB to win a playoff game for his team.

They won an eighth game with Purdy as their QB in Week 13 against the Dolphins, but he didn't technically start that one. With his consecutive wins to begin the postseason, Purdy has now climbed into a small group of rookie QBs to land in the conference championship game since 1970.

Big Ben finished his rookie season with 2,621 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions en route to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. He also set records for the most wins by a rookie quarterback (13), and the mark for the most wins in a quarterback's first five seasons (51).

Despite the careers of Doug Williams, Randall Cunningham, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick, Warren Moon remains the only Black QB in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Only three Black quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl — Mahomes, Williams and Russell Wilson.