Doug Williams quarterbacked the Washing Redskins to the League title in 1987. He was also named the MVP of Super Bowl XXII. XXII
Washington Redskins - 42 (Doug Williams, Grambling State)
Denver Broncos - 10 (John Elway, Stanford)
Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA
Date: 1/31/1988
MVP: Doug Williams, QB, Washington
Doug Williams won Super Bowl XXII (1987-88 season) with the Washington Redskins to become the first and only black quarterback to play in and win a Super Bowl (Steve McNair and Donovan McNabb have played in Super Bowls, but neither won)
The Only starting black quarterback the win the superbowl. Dennis Dixon, for example, won it on the bench.
Through Super Bowl XLIII, Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins is the only one. He completed 18 of 29 passes for a then Super Bowl record 340 yards which included an 80 yard pass to Ricky Sanders. He also tied the then Super Bowl record with four touchdown passes as the Redskins went on to win Superbowl XXII in January 1988, with Williams deservedly picking up the MVP. I'm pretty sure Steve McNair one one too.
twenty-five,. In Super Bowl V. Unitas was injured and Morral had to finish the game, so I included Morral as one of the 25. Doug Williams, SB XXII, only black QB to win.
Doug Williams for the Redskins in 1988, Super Bowl XXII. Joe Gilliam was the first black Quaterback to win a superbowl ring in fact he won two with Pittsburgh Steelers 1974 & 1975 he started and was replaced by Terry Bradshaw though but he was the backup qb
The first African American to start a Super Bowl was Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII.
Doug Williams
Doug Williams won Super Bowl XXII (1987-88 season) with the Washington Redskins to become the first and only black quarterback to play in and win a Super Bowl (Steve McNair and Donovan McNabb have played in Super Bowls, but neither won)
Doug Williams for the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII.
22 in 1989
Doug Williams (Washington Redskins).
Donovan Mcnabb (superbowl XXXVII) , Doug Williams (superbowl XXII) , and Steve Mcnair (superbowl XXXIV)
Doug Williams was the first black QB to reach the Super Bowl, and to this date, the only black QB to win, when he led the Washington Redskins to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. Doug Willliams-Washington Redskins
Doug Williams and Steve Young.
Through Super Bowl XLIV, Doug is the only black QB to start and win a Super Bowl. He is the head coach of the Tigers in the 2012 season, having come back to Grambling in 2011 after being the head coach between 1998-2003.
Doug Williams, Washington Redskins.....now coaching at Grambling Doug Willams was the first black Quarterback to win the superbowl in 1988 against the Denver Broncos. ==Answer Update ==As of July 17, 2007 Doug Williams is no longer the head coach at Grambling and is working in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' personnel department.
To date, the only black QB to win a Super Bowl is Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins (MVP of Super Bowl XXII). However, Williams was not the only black quarterback to play in the Super Bowl. Donovan McNabb quarterbacked the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX but lost to the Patriots.