Super Bowl-Winning Quarterbacks: Which College Football Programs Reign Supreme?
How many Super Bowl-winning starting quarterbacks has your alma mater produced? And just how many rings do they collectively own?
With the modern era of college football transfers, credit for some of these players can be tricky—Wisconsin gets to claim Russell Wilson, while NC State does not—but for the most part, the stats are straightforward.
And some of them are shocking.
How many Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks came out of USC? The same number as Texas, Ohio State, Oklahoma, LSU, and Penn State combined—zero.
Even Miami, once considered “QB U” for producing elite collegiate quarterbacks, hasn’t generated a single Super Bowl-winning signal caller.
Only 26 colleges have produced a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, and just five programs can boast multiple champions.
Schools with Super Bowl-Winning Quarterbacks
Michigan – 7 Wins
- (1) Tom Brady (7 wins)
Alabama – 6 Wins
- (3) Bart Starr (2 wins), Joe Namath, Ken Stabler
Notre Dame – 6 Wins
- (2) Joe Theismann, Joe Montana (4 wins)
Purdue – 6 Wins
- (3) Len Dawson, Bob Griese (2 wins), Drew Brees
Louisiana Tech – 4 Wins
- (1) Terry Bradshaw (4 wins)
Stanford – 4 Wins
- (2) Jim Plunkett (2 wins), John Elway (2 wins)
Texas Tech – 3 Wins
- (1) Patrick Mahomes (3 wins)
UCLA – 3 Wins
- (1) Troy Aikman (3 wins)
BYU – 2 Wins
- (2) Jim McMahon, Steve Young
Miami University (OH) – 2 Wins
- (1) Ben Roethlisberger (2 wins)
Navy – 2 Wins
- (1) Roger Staubach (2 wins)
Ole Miss – 2 Wins
- (1) Eli Manning (2 wins)
Tennessee – 2 Wins
- (1) Peyton Manning (2 wins)
Schools with One Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback
- Arizona – Nick Foles (1 win)
- Cal – Aaron Rodgers (1 win)
- Delaware – Joe Flacco (1 win)
- Florida State – Brad Johnson (1 win)
- Fresno State – Trent Dilfer (1 win)
- Georgia – Matthew Stafford (1 win)
- Grambling – Doug Williams (1 win)
- Louisville – Johnny Unitas (1 win)
- Northern Iowa – Kurt Warner (1 win)
- Southern Miss – Brett Favre (1 win)
- Washington State – Mark Rypien (1 win)
- West Virginia – Jeff Hostetler (1 win)
- Wisconsin – Russell Wilson (1 win)