Which QB had the worst Super Bowl performance all time?

[Siberian13]

Yes I know my falcons sucked it up. But I’m talking about worst QB performance and not the team.

Kerry Collins was pretty awful. Rich Gannon set some records like he was Jameis Winston. John Elway had a really bad one too. Let’s leave out guys that got benched early too.

Who do you think was the worst?

[monkeymcgee]

In terms of a total change from how he was that season, I think Gannon would be hard to top.

[Siberian13]

In terms of a total change from how he was that season, I think Gannon would be hard to top.

I just mean in the big game. Doesn’t matter to me how someone performed in other games that year. Just the one that mattered.

[wood minis]

I know not the worst, but Marino's only trip was a tough loss with only one TD pass and two interceptions.

[JeremyNick]

Roethlisberger had the worst winning performance.

[jplarson]

Roethlisberger had the worst winning performance.

That's who came to mind for me too. In Super Bowl L both Newton and Manning put up some bad stats.... Neither broke 60.0 for Rating. But Big Ben's first go resulted in a 9/21, 123 yards, 2 ints, 1 sack, and a putrid 22.6 rating.

[2010GBPackers]

I have Peyton Manning as the GOAT (unpopular opinion, I know), however, his SB 50 performance was the worst I've ever seen in my life. Not just him - anyone. I still can't believe they won that game with Manning doing this:

13/23
141 yds
0 TD's
1 INT
2 fumbles/1 lost

I'm not even sure that stat line tells the whole story. I actually think it was worse than it looks.

[SearchPatrol]

Johnny Unitas was bad in Super Bowl 3 11-24 passing for 110 yards 0 TD 1 INT

[davinci88]

Yes I know my falcons sucked it up. But I’m talking about worst QB performance and not the team.

Kerry Collins was pretty awful. Rich Gannon set some records like he was Jameis Winston. John Elway had a really bad one too. Let’s leave out guys that got benched early too.

Who do you think was the worst?


Was going to say Tony Eason; Super Bowl 20, 0-6 passing then was benched.

[nera20]

cam newton was pretty horrendous in his appearance

[49erRCCollector]

Was going to say Tony Eason; Super Bowl 20, 0-6 passing then was benched.

This is the answer.

[TheHeel]

Jared Goff had a pretty poor game.

[Gigantor]

Neal O'Donnell had a pretty bad game.

28/49 239y 1TD 3INT

[rats60]

Craig Morton Super Bowl XII
4-15 39 yards 4 interceptions.

[rats60]

Johnny Unitas was bad in Super Bowl 3 11-24 passing for 110 yards 0 TD 1 INT

Earl Morrall was worse. 6-17 71 yards 3 interceptions.

[coltsnsox07]

I have Peyton Manning as the GOAT (unpopular opinion, I know), however, his SB 50 performance was the worst I've ever seen in my life. Not just him - anyone. I still can't believe they won that game with Manning doing this:

13/23
141 yds
0 TD's
1 INT
2 fumbles/1 lost

I'm not even sure that stat line tells the whole story. I actually think it was worse than it looks.

Denver 1/14 on 3rd down that game! Only team to ever win a Super Bowl w/ less than 200 total yards(Super Bowl teams w/ less than 200 were then 0-7)

[Siberian13]

Denver 1/14 on 3rd down that game! Only team to ever win a Super Bowl w/ less than 200 total yards(Super Bowl teams w/ less than 200 were then 0-7)

Yeah really helps when your defense gets 4 turnovers, one for a score and 7 sacks. Plus Carolina having 12 penalties for 102 yards.

[coltsnsox07]

Rex Grossman had 165 yards passing w/ 1 TD, 2 INT(one a pick 6) and two fumbles lost in the rain vs Indy. After Hester opened the game with that kickoff return TD for Chicago.

[2010GBPackers]

Denver 1/14 on 3rd down that game! Only team to ever win a Super Bowl w/ less than 200 total yards(Super Bowl teams w/ less than 200 were then 0-7)

OMFG!! This is why SB rings are overweighted/overrated.

[Gary]

This is the answer.


Add another vote,i remember watching it.

[majestik101]

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[Retired hobbist]

Craig Morton Super Bowl XII
4-15 39 yards 4 interceptions.

Ding, ding we have a winner. The Broncos were never in the game and Morton was pulled too.

[oplum29]

this is a tough one, just because you know some of these guys went up against legendary defenses or had a bad game, but had good moments, like Gannon's bombs to Porter and Jerry Rice, or Garoppolo playing well through 3 quarters, or Mahomes having no offensive line and running like a madman against Tampa, or Eason getting benched way too early

as far as complete games go, from Super Bowls i've watched, i'll go with Jim Kelly in Super Bowl 26 against the Washington Redskins.

he finished 28 for 58 for 275 yards, 2 touchdowns (in garbage time when the Bills were down 37-10), and 4 interceptions and lost a fumble too.

i know Gannon threw 5 INTs with 3 pick sixes, but two of those INTs and two of those pick sixes happened in the last 1:30 or so, it was heave it time by then.

[PrimeTimeScott]

I have Peyton Manning as the GOAT (unpopular opinion, I know), however, his SB 50 performance was the worst I've ever seen in my life. Not just him - anyone. I still can't believe they won that game with Manning doing this:

13/23
141 yds
0 TD's
1 INT
2 fumbles/1 lost

I'm not even sure that stat line tells the whole story. I actually think it was worse than it looks.

I've always said the Broncos won this game despite Peyton Manning! While he had a terrible game, Newton had an even worse game and there may have never been a more dominate defensive game in the Super Bowl than how Denver played that day.

[rats60]

Ding, ding we have a winner. The Broncos were never in the game and Morton was pulled too.

You know you are the worst when you get pulled for a guy with more career punts than pass completions. Morton was pulled after the Cowboys dropped a potential pick 6 which would have been his 5th INT.

[2010GBPackers]

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This is the NFL version of a "Ben Simmons moment."

#neverforget

[jdandns]

Jared Goff had a pretty poor game.

True, overall, but Goff did have a wide receiver drop an on-his-hands in stride TD pass that would've tied the game late in the 4th quarter.

Glad to see the Rams back at it today for another shot to get it right...

[spuds1961]

If you look at Fran Tarkentons stats for the 3 Super Bowls he was in they were pretty bad.

[RW3FAN]

I have Peyton Manning as the GOAT (unpopular opinion, I know), however, his SB 50 performance was the worst I've ever seen in my life. Not just him - anyone. I still can't believe they won that game with Manning doing this:

13/23
141 yds
0 TD's
1 INT
2 fumbles/1 lost

I'm not even sure that stat line tells the whole story. I actually think it was worse than it looks.
He was pathetic in SB 48 as well. Garbage time yards and TD

[altaeria]

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The more I see this play ...
the less it looks like simple cowardice, and the more it looks like he remembered his "gambling debt".

[49ersSF]

This one is easy. Craig Morton 1977 Broncos

4-15 39 yards 0 tds 4 interceptions sacked 2 times

[49ersSF]

Billy Kilmer SB VII 14-28 103yds 0td 3int
Fran Tarkenton SB IX 11-26 103 yds 0td 3int
John Elway SB XXII 14-38 257yds 1td 3int
John Elway SB XXIV 10-26 108yds 0td 2int
Kerry Collins SB XXXV 15-39 112 yds 0td 4int
Ben Roethlisberger SB XL 9-21 123yds 0td 2int **SB Winner

[Grid]

Rex Grossman had 165 yards passing w/ 1 TD, 2 INT(one a pick 6) and two fumbles lost in the rain vs Indy. After Hester opened the game with that kickoff return TD for Chicago.

I remember reading this in Sports Illustrated following that Super Bowl. Summed it up pretty well.

He muffed snaps. He was intercepted twice. He fumbled twice. He sacked himself. He seemed to be playing in ski boots and oven mitts. He came into this game with the reputation as possibly the worst quarterback ever to reach the Super Bowl and somehow tarnished that.

Honorable mention from the same game. Cedric Benson and his 2 rushes, for -1 yard, a fumble lost and a busted knee.

[Mattsurewood]

Billy Kilmer SB VII 14-28 103yds 0td 3int
Fran Tarkenton SB IX 11-26 103 yds 0td 3int
John Elway SB XXII 14-38 257yds 1td 3int
John Elway SB XXIV 10-26 108yds 0td 2int
Kerry Collins SB XXXV 15-39 112 yds 0td 4int
Ben Roethlisberger SB XL 9-21 123yds 0td 2int **SB Winner

Theismann's Super Bowl 18 was bad--16/35 243, 0TD 2 INT including the dreaded "pick 6" just before halftime..sacked 6 times and lost his only fumble

[foleylion08]

He came into this game with the reputation as possibly the worst quarterback ever to reach the Super Bowl and somehow tarnished that.

No sentence has ever summed up Grossman more aptly.

[yodel16]

Craig Morton SB XII for the Broncos has to be the winner here:


ATT/COMP YRD TD INT RATING
Craig Morton 4/15 39 0 4 0.0

[aro13]

If you are talking an individual starting QB than I would go with 1977 Morton as well. But the defense has to be considered. That should discount Eason or Grogan from the 85 Pats.

Plus, the 1970's was a different world for the Super Bowl - Bob Griese won two Super Bowls and threw a grand total of 18 times for 161 yards in BOTH GAMES COMBINED.

[rats60]

If you are talking an individual starting QB than I would go with 1977 Morton as well. But the defense has to be considered. That should discount Eason or Grogan from the 85 Pats.

Plus, the 1970's was a different world for the Super Bowl - Bob Griese won two Super Bowls and threw a grand total of 18 times for 161 yards in BOTH GAMES COMBINED.

Lol. Griese was 14-18 with 1 TD and 1 INT. Morton had as many interceptions as passes completed. He also had a likely pick 6 dropped right before he was pulled.

[Natenator76]

Ben Roethlisberger SB XL 9-21 123yds 0td 2int **SB Winner

I had forgotten about this abysmal performance

[salthill]

Plus, the 1970's was a different world for the Super Bowl - Bob Griese won two Super Bowls and threw a grand total of 18 times for 161 yards in BOTH GAMES COMBINED.
True. But also, in one of those games Larry Csonka set a then SB record for yards carried. So you stay on the horse if it’s galloping.

[aro13]

Lol. Griese was 14-18 with 1 TD and 1 INT. Morton had as many interceptions as passes completed. He also had a likely pick 6 dropped right before he was pulled.

I didn't say Griese had a bad performance nor was I comparing him to Morton. To the contrary. Griese managed a great game. I am saying QB's didn't have to put up big numbers in the 70's to win a Super Bowl.

Here are the NET passing yards by each team that won the Super Bowl in the early 70's
Kansas City 122 Baltimore 260 Dallas 100 Miami 69 Miami 63 Pittsburgh 84

[rats60]

I didn't say Griese had a bad performance nor was I comparing him to Morton. To the contrary. Griese managed a great game. I am saying QB's didn't have to put up big numbers in the 70's to win a Super Bowl.

Here are the NET passing yards by each team that won the Super Bowl in the early 70's
Kansas City 122 Baltimore 260 Dallas 100 Miami 69 Miami 63 Pittsburgh 84

Morton still threw 4 interceptions in 15 attempts with a 5th one dropped. It is not so much about yards, it is about the low completion percentage and high interception percentage. That is why Morton had a passer rating of 0.

[starfox]

He was pathetic in SB 48 as well. Garbage time yards and TDNot even close. Goff is the worst. He and McVeigh were made to look like little boys that day. If the defense holds the Patriots to just 13 points, you would think the Rams would have won, but they didn't. Turnovers are bad, but they're not worse than an offense barely moving.

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