In 1971 Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl MVP for Super Bowl V, intercepting two passes and recovering a fumble in the Cowboys 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Colts. It was the first time that a defensive player received the honor and the first and so far only time a player from the losing team won the award.
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The winner of the first non quarterback to win the Super Bowl MVP Award was Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley in Super Bowl V, played in 1971..
The first three Heismans all went to non-quarterbacks: Jay Berwanger, Larry Kelley and Clint Frank. The first quarterback to win it was Davey O'Brien in 1938.
The first non quarterback to win the Super Bowl MVP was linebacker Chuck Howely of the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V.
Quaterback Bart Star of the Green Bay Packers was the first to win the MVP Award in the first Super Bowl played in 1967.