Plunkett won the Heisman at Stanford in 1970 and played in Super Bowl XV and XVIII where he won the MVP after leading the Oakland Raiders to a 27-3 win over the Philadelphia Eagles with 261 yards Allen rushed for 191 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries to become the first Heisman running back to win Super Bowl MVP honors. Allen set the Super Bowl record for most rushing yards and also ripped off the longest run in Super Bowl history with a dazzling 74-yarder in the third quarter (a record since broken). Heisman winners who also were named Super Bowl MVP is trimmed down to four with Staubach (1972), Plunkett (81), Allen (84) and Howard (97) pulling off the rare feat. 2016 was the last time a Pro Bowl History; AP MVP; AP AFL Player of the Year; UPI MVP; UPI AFL Player of the Year; PFWA MVP; Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP; Sporting News Player of the Year; Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP) Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) AAFC MVP; Super Bowl MVP; Walter Payton Man of the Year; NFLPA Alan Page Community Award; AP Offensive Player of the Year Allen easily has claim to the greatest Super Bowl performance from a Heisman. The former USC Trojan popped off for 191 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just 20 carries to win MVP honors. Allen remains the only player in NFL history to have won the Heisman, a national title, NFL MVP, a Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP. Redskins RB George Rogers Heisman-winning season: 1999 College: Wisconsin Game: Super Bowl XXXV Dayne was a rookie when the New York Giants advanced to Super Bowl XXXV, where the team was humiliated by the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl VI, 1972 – Roger Staubach (Dallas) Staubach was 12 of 19 for 119 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for 18 yards on 5 carries. He was the first Heisman winner to earn Super Bowl MVP honors. Super Bowl X, 1976 – Roger Staubach (Dallas) Staubach completed 15 of 24 passes for 204 yards with 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. An MVP has been honored for every Super Bowl, but the trophy, which is named after longtime NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, was first given out at Super Bowl 25.And one player in this year’s Big A Heisman winner would not win another Super Bowl MVP award until Desmond Howard did so while playing for the Packers in the 1997 Super Bowl. Howard was the first special teams player to win MVP honors after totaling 244 return yards (including a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown) as Green Bay downed New England, 35-21. Find out who won the MVP Award for every Super Bowl in NFL pro football history. NFL History - Super Bowl MVPs Super Bowl Most Valuable Players: NO. PLAYER: HIGHLIGHTS: I: Bart Starr, QB Allen became the fourth USC running back to win the Heisman while becoming the first player to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season. He is arguably the most decorated player in the history of football as he is the only player to win a national title, a Heisman, a Super Bowl, a Super Bowl MVP award and an NFL regular-season MVP award. Of those three, only Allen has also been named a Super Bowl MVP. Overall, four Heisman winners have earned Super Bowl MVP honors. Allen (1984), Staubach (1972), Plunkett (1981) and Desmond Howard (1997). Smith’s seven receptions for 100 yards in his first Super Bowl appearance are both Heisman records. In fact, winning Super Bowl teams have featured a Heisman winner on the roster only nine times. The last Heisman winner to claim a ring before Woodson was fellow Packer Desmond Howard, who earned MVP honors in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 thanks to his 99-yard kickoff return for a score. He is the only special teams player to win the MVP honor He was the first NFL player to gain more than 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards during his career. Allen has the distinction of being the only player to have won the Heisman Trophy, named Unanimous All-American, won an AFCA National Championship Trophy, the Super Bowl, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. [2] He led the team to the Super Bowl five times, four as the starting quarterback. He led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII. Staubach was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI, becoming the first of four players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP, along with Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen and Desmond Howard. The Heisman-related trivia question for the week is who was the last Heisman winner to win a Super Bowl and the answer, for the 13th straight year, is Charles Woodson. Woodson, while a member of the Green Bay Packers, earned his ring in 2011 at Super Bowl XLV. Lamar Jackson was the last Heisman winner [] One notable name on this exclusive list is Marcus Allen, who holds the unique distinction of winning the Heisman Trophy, a national college title, the NFL MVP, the Super Bowl, and Super Bowl MVP Allen won Super Bowl XVIII in his second season, also taking home Super Bowl MVP honors. The 1985 NFL MVP retired with 12,243 rushing yards and 123 touchdowns on 3,022 carries. He caught 587 A Heisman winner would not win another Super Bowl MVP award until Desmond Howard did so while playing for the Packers in the 1997 Super Bowl. Howard was the first special teams player to win MVP honors after totaling 244 return yards (including a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown) as Green Bay downed New England, 35-21. Howard totaled a Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards and 154 kickoff return yards with one touchdown; his 244 all-purpose yards also tied a Super Bowl record. His performance won him the Super Bowl MVP award, making Howard the only player to ever win the award based solely on a special teams performance. His kickoff return touchdown in the
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