List of Super Bowl losing quarterbacks

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The following is every quarterback in NFL history who started and lost a Super Bowl.

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The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the NFL playoffs. The winner receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The contest is held in an American city, chosen three to four years beforehand, usually at warm-weather sites or domed stadiums. Since January 1971, the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game has faced the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game in the culmination of the NFL playoffs. [1]

Before the 1970 merger between the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL), the two leagues met in four such contests. The first two were marketed as the "AFL–NFL World Championship Game", but were also casually referred to as "the Super Bowl game" during the television broadcast. Super Bowl III in January 1969 was the first such game that carried the "Super Bowl" moniker in official marketing; the names "Super Bowl I" and "Super Bowl II" were retroactively applied to the first two games. [2]

A total of 20 franchises, including teams that have relocated to another city or changed their name, have won the Super Bowl. There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season. [3]

The 1972 Dolphins capped off the only perfect season in NFL history with their victory in Super Bowl VII. Only two franchises have ever won the Super Bowl while hosting at their home stadiums: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV and the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI. [4]

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Losing quarterbacks from 1967-2024
Super BowlLosing team [5] Losing quarterback [6] Final score [7]
Super Bowl I (1967) Kansas City Chiefs Len Dawson KC 10-35 GB
Super Bowl II (1968) Oakland Raiders Daryle Lamonica OAK 14-33 GB
Super Bowl III (1969) Baltimore Colts Earl Morall BAL 7-16 NYJ
Super Bowl IV (1970) Minnesota Vikings Joe Kapp MIN 7-23 KC
Super Bowl V (1971) Dallas Cowboys Craig Morton DAL 13-16 BAL
Super Bowl VI (1972) Miami Dolphins Bob Griese MIA 3-24 DAL
Super Bowl VII (1973) Washington Redskins Billy Kilmer WAS 7-14 MIA
Super Bowl VIII (1974)Minnesota Vikings (3) Fran Tarkenton MIN 7-24 MIA
Super Bowl IX (1975)MIN 6-16 PIT
Super Bowl X (1976)Dallas Cowboys (2) Roger Staubach DAL 17-21 PIT
Super Bowl XI (1977)Minnesota Vikings (4)Fran Tarkenton (3)MIN 14-32 OAK
Super Bowl XII (1978) Denver Broncos Craig Morton (2)DEN 10-27 DAL
Super Bowl XIII (1979)Dallas Cowboys (3)Roger Staubach (2)DAL 31-35 PIT
Super Bowl XIV (1980) Los Angeles Rams Vince Ferragamo LAR 19-31 PIT
Super Bowl XV (1981) Philadelphia Eagles Ron Jaworski PHI 10-27 OAK
Super Bowl XVI (1982) Cincinnati Bengals Ken Anderson CIN 21-26 SF
Super Bowl XVII (1983)Miami Dolphins (2) David Woodley MIA 17-27 WAS
Super Bowl XVIII (1984)Washington Redskins (2) Joe Theismann WAS 9-38 LA
Super Bowl XIX (1985)Miami Dolphins (3) Dan Marino MIA 16-38 SF
Super Bowl XX (1986) New England Patriots Tony Eason NE 10-46 CHI
Super Bowl XXI (1987)Denver Broncos (3) John Elway (2)DEN 20-39 NYG
Super Bowl XXII (1988)DEN 10-42 WAS
Super Bowl XXIII (1989)Cincinnati Bengals (2) Boomer Esiason CIN 16-20 SF
Super Bowl XXIV (1990)Denver Broncos (4)John Elway (3)DEN 10-55 SF
Super Bowl XXV (1991) Buffalo Bills (4) Jim Kelly (4)BUF 19-20 NYG
Super Bowl XXVI (1992)BUF 24-37 WAS
Super Bowl XXVII (1993)BUF 17-52 DAL
Super Bowl XXVIII (1994)BUF 13-30 DAL
Super Bowl XXIX (1995) San Diego Chargers Stan Humphries SDG 26-49 SF
Super Bowl XXX (1996) Pittsburgh Steelers Neil O'Donnell PIT 17-27 DAL
Super Bowl XXXI (1997)New England Patriots (2) Drew Bledsoe NE 21-35 GB
Super Bowl XXXII (1998) Green Bay Packers Brett Favre GB 24-31 DEN
Super Bowl XXXIII (1999) Atlanta Falcons Chris Chandler ATL 19-34 DEN
Super Bowl XXXIV (2000) Tennessee Titans Steve McNair TEN 16-23 STL
Super Bowl XXXV (2001) New York Giants Kerry Collins NYG 7-34 BAL
Super Bowl XXXVI (2002)St. Louis Rams (2) Kurt Warner STL 17-20 NE
Super Bowl XXXVII (2003)Oakland Raiders (2) Rich Gannon OAK 21-48 TB
Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004) Carolina Panthers Jake Delhomme CAR 29-32 NE
Super Bowl XXXIX (2005)Philadelphia Eagles (2) Donovan McNabb PHI 21-24 NE
Super Bowl XL (2006) Seattle Seahawks Matt Hasselbeck SEA 10-21 PIT
Super Bowl XLI (2007) Chicago Bears Rex Grossman CHI 17-29 IND
Super Bowl XLII (2008)New England Patriots (3) Tom Brady NE 14-17 NYG
Super Bowl XLIII (2009) Arizona Cardinals Kurt Warner (2)ARI 23-27 PIT
Super Bowl XLIV (2010) Indianapolis Colts (2)* Peyton Manning IND 17-31 NO
Super Bowl XLV (2011)Pittsburgh Steelers (2) Ben Roethlisberger PIT 25-31 GB
Super Bowl XLVI (2012)New England Patriots (4)Tom Brady (2)NE 17-21 NYG
Super Bowl XLVII (2013) San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick SF 31-34 BAL
Super Bowl XLVIII (2014)Denver Broncos (5)Peyton Manning (2)DEN 8-43 SEA
Super Bowl XLIX (2015)Seattle Seahawks (2) Russell Wilson SEA 24-28 NE
Super Bowl 50 (2016)Carolina Panthers (2) Cam Newton CAR 10-24 DEN
Super Bowl LI (2017)Atlanta Falcons (2) Matt Ryan ATL 28-34 NE
Super Bowl LII (2018)New England Patriots (5)Tom Brady (3)NE 33-41 PHI
Super Bowl LIII (2019)Los Angeles Rams (3) Jared Goff LAR 3-13 NE
Super Bowl LIV (2020)San Francisco 49ers (2) Jimmy Garoppolo SF 20-31 KC
Super Bowl LV (2021)Kansas City Chiefs (2) Patrick Mahomes II KC 9-31 TB
Super Bowl LVI (2022)Cincinnati Bengals (3) Joe Burrow CIN 20-23 LAR
Super Bowl LVII (2023)Philidelphia Eagles (3) Jalen Hurts PHI 35-38 KC
Super Bowl LVIII (2024)San Francisco 49ers (3) Brock Purdy SF 22-25 KC

Quarterback statistics

Forty-five different quarterbacks have lost in the Super Bowl, with eight of those having lost more than once. Jim Kelly has lost the most, with four losses, while Tom Brady, John Elway, and Fran Tarkenton have all lost 3 times. 17 of the losers have at least one Super Bowl trophy to their name, 12 of which as starters. Brady has 7 total, which is not just a record for losing QB's, but for the NFL in general. Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning, and Craig Morton are the only players to lose with more than one team, between the Rams, Broncos, Colts, Cowboys and Cardinals. The longest gap between two losses is a tie between Morton and Warner, who both lost twice, each 8 years apart. Out of the 7 still active quarterbacks, only Jimmy Garoppolo, Patrick Mahomes, and Russell Wilson have a ring, and only Mahomes and Wilson started in their respective victories. Thirty-nine quarterbacks are still living, with Len Dawson, [8] Daryle Lamonica, [9] Earl Morall, [10] Joe Kapp, [11] David Woodley, [12] and Steve McNair [13] all having passed away.

QuarterbackAmount of lossesTeamRecord in Super Bowls started [14] Winning %
Len Dawson1KC1-1 (I, IV)50%
Daryle Lamonica1OAK0-1 (II)0%
Earl Morall1IND0-1 (III)0%
Joe Kapp1MIN0-1 (IV)0%
Craig Morton2DAL, DEN0-2 (V, XII)0%
Bob Griese1MIA2-1 (VI, VII, VIII)66.6%
Billy Kilmer1WAS0-1 (VII)0%
Fran Tarkenton3MIN0-3 (VIII, IX, XI)0%
Roger Staubach2DAL2-2 (VI, X, XII, XIII)50%
Vince Ferragamo1LAR0-1 (XIV)0%
Ron Jaworski1PHI0-1 (XV)0%
Ken Anderson1CIN0-1 (XVI)0%
David Woodley1MIA0-1 (XVII)0%
Joe Theismann1WAS1-1 (XVII, XVIII)50%
Dan Marino1MIA0-1 (XIX)0%
Tony Eason1NE0-1 (XX)0%
John Elway3DEN2-3 (XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXXII, XXXIII)40%
Boomer Esiason1CIN0-1 (XXIII)0%
Jim Kelly4 (NFL Record)BUF0-4 (XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII)0%
Stan Humphries1SDG0-1 (XXIX)0%
Neil O'Donnell1PIT0-1 (XXX)0%
Drew Bledsoe1NE0-1 (XXXI)0%
Brett Favre1GB1-1 (XXXI, XXXII)50%
Chris Chandler1ATL0-1 (XXXIII)0%
Steve McNair1TEN0-1 (XXXIV)0%
Kerry Collins1NYG0-1 (XXXV)0%
Kurt Warner2LAR, ARI1-2 (XXXIV, XXXVI, XLIII)33.3%
Rich Gannon1OAK0-1 (XXXVII)0%
Jake Delhomme1CAR0-1 (XXXVIII)0%
Donovan McNabb1PHI0-1 (XXXIX)0%
Matt Hassellbeck1SEA0-1 (XL)0%
Rex Grossman1CHI0-1 (XLI)0%
Tom Brady3NE7-3 (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLVI, XLIX, LI, LII, LIII, LV)70%
Peyton Manning2IND, DEN2-2 (XLI, XLIV, XLVIII, 50)50%
Ben Roethlisberger1PIT2-1 (XL, XLIII, XLV)66.6%
Colin Kaepernick1SF0-1 (XLVI)0%
Russell Wilson1SEA1-1 (XLVIII, XLIX)50%
Cam Newton1CAR0-1 (50)0%
Matt Ryan1ATL0-1 (LI)0%
Jared Goff1LAR0-1 (LIII)0%
Jimmy Garoppolo1SF0-1 (LIV)0%
Patrick Mahomes II1KC3-1 (LIV, LV, LVII, LVIII)75%
Joe Burrow1CIN0-1 (LVI)0%
Jalen Hurts1PHI0-1 (LVII)0%
Brock Purdy1SF0-1 (LVIII)0%

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