BREAKING THE COLOR LINE.Donovan McNabb Donovan Jamal McNabb (born November 25, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at Syracuse University. will be the starting quarterback when his Philadelphia Eagles play the New England Patriots  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. in Super Bowl XXXIX Super Bowl XXXIX was the 39th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 6, 2005, at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, following the 2004 regular season. one week from today in Jacksonville, Fla.
McNabb, only the third black quarterback to start a Super Bowl, has a lot of things to think about as he prepares for the Eagles' first trip to a Super Bowl since 1981. This week will be hectic as the Eagles work on their game plan in between several question-and-answer sessions with media. Sessions that will undoubtedly include asking McNabb about how it feels to be a black quarterback playing in a Super Bowl. Doug Williams, the Most Valuable Player in Washington's Super Bowl XXII Super Bowl XXII was the 22nd championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California following the 1987 regular season. victory over Denver, was the first black QB to start the big game. And, thanks to past stars such as Marlon Briscoe, James Harris, Joe Gilliam, Warren Moon, Randall Cunningham, Vince Evans and other black quarterbacks, McNabb is not the exception in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga . McNabb, Steve McNair, who was the starting QB in Tennessee's Super Bowl XXXIV Super Bowl XXXIV was the 34th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 30, 2000, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, following the 1999 regular season. loss to St. Louis, Atlanta's Michael Vick, Minnesota's Daunte Culpepper, Jacksonville's Byron Leftwich and New Orleans' Aaron Brooks are a few of the black quarterbacks leading their teams in today's NFL. Today, Daily News sports writer Billy Witz examines the rise of the black quarterback in the NFL, looking at how Briscoe and others paved the way for today's stars and what still needs to be done. See SUNDAY SPORTS CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) no caption (Football players) Daily News illustration |
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