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Surprising Super Bowl statistic - cctop - 02-08-2026

The announcers said that Sam Darnold is the first QB from USC to start a Super Bowl.

Related trivia question: which college has produced the most QB's who started a Super Bowl?

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - BobK - 02-08-2026

Michigan

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - ADPinWDC - 02-08-2026

Will this be first ever shutout in SB history?
Seahawks are smothering the Pats

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - cctop - 02-08-2026

(02-08-2026, 06:03 PM)BobK Wrote:  Michigan

It's true that Michigan QB's have the most total Super Bowls starts with 10 of them, but all 10 of those are just Tom Brady. :-)

To clarify the question, which school has produced the most individual QB's to start a Super Bowl?

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - BostonCard - 02-08-2026

No idea, but has there ever been a Super Bowl with more punts (now at 13) than points (12)?  New England has twice as many punts (8) as first downs (4).  Oh, and as I type that New England got a first down so it's not quite twice as many punts as first downs (now 5).

BC

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - cctop - 02-08-2026

(02-08-2026, 06:03 PM)BobK Wrote:  Michigan

It's true that Michigan QB's have the most total Super Bowls starts with 10 of them, but all 10 of those are just Tom Brady. :-)

To clarify the question, which school has produced the most individual QB's to start a Super Bowl?

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - TonyLima - 02-08-2026

Not a statistic. But an interesting bit of information. Incentive to maximize market value of the team.  

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - Papa John - 02-08-2026

(02-08-2026, 07:07 PM)cctop Wrote:  

(02-08-2026, 06:03 PM)BobK Wrote:  Michigan

It's true that Michigan QB's have the most total Super Bowls starts with 10 of them, but all 10 of those are just Tom Brady. :-)

To clarify the question, which school has produced the most individual QB's to start a Super Bowl?

I can think of a bunch with two, but the only one that I know has more is Purdue. But then again, I don't pay attention to where Super Bowl QBs went to college. Plus the more recent QBs are more likely to have attended more than one college, so I'm not sure how that attribution works.

How about a hint?

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - 82 Card - 02-09-2026

(02-08-2026, 05:43 PM)cctop Wrote:  Related trivia question: which college has produced the most QB's who started a Super Bowl?

Looks like it's that school in the East Bay
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47744584/which-colleges-produced-super-bowl-starting-quarterbacks

Stanford is tied for fifth with 8 other schools.

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - cardcrimson - 02-09-2026

(02-09-2026, 12:28 AM)82 Card Wrote:  

(02-08-2026, 05:43 PM)cctop Wrote:  Related trivia question: which college has produced the most QB's who started a Super Bowl?

Looks like it's that school in the East Bay
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47744584/which-colleges-produced-super-bowl-starting-quarterbacks

Stanford is tied for fifth with 8 other schools.

Not exactly sure the protocol for assigning schools to QB's, as Alabama has had four: Starr, Namath, Stabler, and Hurts (Jalen graduated from Bama, then as a grad transfer played one more season for Oklahoma).

Some sources count Ferragamo for Cal, as well. . . .

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RE: Surprising Super Bowl statistic - cctop - 02-09-2026

Yeah, the list is based on where they spent their last year playing college ball.

Counting players who transferred away from the school, Cal would have 5 with Ferragamo and Alabama would have 4 with Hurts.

Here's another interesting way of counting: if we're going by the Brady rule with most Super Bowl appearances, then Stanford is in 2nd place with 7 appearances between Plunkett and Elway:

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