Doug Williams led Redskins to Super Bowl XXII win 25 years ago today
Twenty-five years ago today, Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to 35 second quarter points in a 42-10 beatdown of the Denver Broncos. Williams did it on a bad knee, the day after dental surgery and after starting only a handful of games that season 5 years removed from being a regular NFL starting quarterback.
Doug Williams was on the Wheaties box. This image is fair use because my mom bought a box back then.
The game was historical and ironic at the same time. The Redskins, having been last to integrate, were the first team to start a Super Bowl with a black quarterback. Williams was MVP.
Williams Delivers a Super Bowl Triumph – The Post
One Super Show!…and The Rout Was On – Sports Illustrated
Williams would go 3-0 in the playoffs that year, but only 5-9 as a regular season starter over several seasons in D.C. He also won twice in relief of Jay Schroeder, a QB nobody liked. Health problems, including an emergency appendectomy the next season and a ascending Mark Rypien brought Williams’ career to close. Rick Tandler has a good column on the Williams legacy on CSN Washington. For a brief period, Williams was huge in the nation’s capital.
Below is playlist (nine videos in all) of Super Bowl XXII — most of the first half, including some of the pregame introductions and the post-game interviews.
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