Black History Month A look back at Doug Williams becoming the first Super Bowl-w

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Former Washington quarterback Doug Williams had a chance at becoming the first  Saahdiq Charles Jersey Super Bowl-winning Black quarterback ever against John Elway and the in 1988. The Grambling State alum proceeded to etch his name in NFL history by winning Super Bowl XXII, and his gritty performance remains an inspiration decades later.  Doug Williams put on a legendary performance in 1988, becoming the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl.  CBS Sports (@CBSSports)  The game started as horribly as po sible for Washington. Denver jumped to a 10-0 first-quarter lead thanks to Washington Commanders Women Jersey  a 56-yard pa sing touchdown from Elway and a 23-yard field goal from Rich Karlis, and  to make matters even worse  Williams hyperextended his knee. Backup Jay Schroeder took a sack and failed to complete his lone pa s in Williams' stead, but Williams returned the following drive to give Washington's offense the jumpstart it desperately needed. On his very first play back Camaron Cheeseman Jersey , Williams hit Ricky Sanders for an 80-yard touchdown to cut Denver's lead to three. Williams threw another three touchdowns  including a 50-yarder to Sanders  in an eventual 35-point second-quarter barrage, helping Washington to a big lead it would never relinquish.  "To get that done against that Denver defense and Elway, and getting that ring, that is definitely iconic," CBS Sports' Brandon Baylor said. "  it was a different beast."Williams completed 18 of his 29 pa ses for 340 yards and the aforementioned four touchdowns in Washington Jonathan Allen Jersey 's resounding 42-10 victory, earning him Super Bowl MVP honors. Just two Black starting quarterbacks have won a Super Bowl since, Seattle's  Da'Ron Payne Jersey and Kansas City's , and Mahomes is the only other Super Bowl MVP.  With Black quarterbacks such as Mahomes, Wilson, Arizona's and Baltimore's dominating today's NFL, it probably won't be long until another follows in Williams' ground-breaking footsteps.
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