Heisman Super Bowl Stats
We’re officially in Super Bowl week!
Next Sunday, Feb. 7, Cam Newton will become the latest Heisman Trophy winner to play in a Super Bowl.
Here is a look at how past Heisman winners fared in the big game:
Super Bowl I, 1967 – Mike Garrett (Kansas City), Paul Hornung(Green Bay)
Kansas City tailback Mike Garrett carried six times for 17 yards with a long rush of 9, and also caught 3 passes for 28 yards. On special teams, he returned two punts for 17 yards and two kickoffs for 43 yards.
Hornung, a backup quarterback for Green Bay, did not play.
Super Bowl II, 1968 – Billy Cannon (Oakland)
Cannon started at tight end for the Raiders and caught 2 passes for 25 yards, with a long of 15.
Super Bowl IV, 1970 – Mike Garrett (Kansas City), John Huarte(Kansas City)
Garrett had 11 carries for 39 yards with one touchdown, a second-quarter 5-yard run. He also had 2 catches for 25 yards, a punt return for zero yards and a kickoff return for 18 yards. Huarte did not play.
Super Bowl V, 1971 – Roger Staubach (Dallas)
Staubach was the backup to Craig Morton, but did not play.
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. He also rushed for 22 yards on 5 carries.
Super Bowl XII, 1978 – Roger Staubach (Dallas), Tony Dorsett (Dallas)
Staubach went 17 of 25 for 183 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. Tony Dorsett carried 15 times for 66 yards, with a long of 19. He opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He also caught 2 passes for 11 yards.
Super Bowl XIII, 1979 – Roger Staubach (Dallas), Tony Dorsett (Dallas)
Staubach completed 17 of 30 passes for 228 yards and 3 touchdowns with one interception. He also carried 4 times for 37 yards, with a long of 18. Dorsett carried 16 times for 96 yards (with a long of 29) and caught 5 passes for 44 yards.
Super Bowl XV, 1981 – Jim Plunkett (Oakland)
Plunkett completed 13 of 21 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns (with no interceptions). He completed a then-Super Bowl record 80-yard touchdown pass to Kenny King in the first quarter on his way to becoming the second Heisman winner to earn Super Bowl MVP honors.
Super Bowl XVI, 1982 – Archie Griffin (Cincinnati)
Griffin had one carry for 4 yards for the Bengals.
Super Bowl XVIII, 1984 – Marcus Allen (Los Angeles Raiders), Jim Plunkett (Los Angeles Raiders)
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. Allen also caught 2 passes for 18 yards. Plunkett went 16 of 25 for 172 yards and one touchdown.
Super Bowl XXII, 1988 – George Rogers (Washington)
Rogers ran for 17 yards on five carries for the Redskins.
Super Bowl XXXI, 1997 – Desmond Howard (Green Bay Packers)
Howard returned 6 punts for 90 yards and 4 kickoffs for 154 yards, including a 99-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter to seal the Packers victory. He became the fourth Heisman winner to win Super Bowl MVP honors.
Super Bowl XXXIV, 2000 – Eddie George (Tennessee)
George rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries (with a long of 13), and caught 2 passes for 35 yards.
Super Bowl XXXV, 2001 – Ron Dayne (New York Giants)
Dayne appeared in the game, but did not carry the ball.
Super Bowl XXXVII, 2003 – Tim Brown (Oakland), Charles Woodson(Oakland)
Brown caught one pass for 9 yards while Woodson snared an interception that he returned 12 yards.
Super Bowl XXXVIII, 2004 – Chris Weinke (Carolina)
Weinke was a reserve quarterback for the Panthers and did not play.
Super Bowl XLIII, 2009 – Matt Leinart (Arizona)
Leinart backed up Kurt Warner but did not play.
Super Bowl XLV, 2011 – Charles Woodson (Green Bay)
Woodson broke his collarbone in the second quarter and did not return.
Heisman/Super Bowl Statistical Records
Rushing Yards
Marcus Allen – 191 yards
Tony Dorsett – 96 yards
Eddie George – 95 yards
Rushing Touchdowns
Marcus Allen — 2
Eddie George — 2
Passing Yards
Jim Plunkett — 261
Roger Staubach — 228
Passing Touchdowns
Jim Plunkett — 3
Roger Staubach — 3
Receptions
Tony Dorsett — 5
Mike Garrett — 3
Receiving Yards
Tony Dorsett — 44 yards
Mike Garrett — 28 yards
All-Purpose Yardage
Desmond Howard — 244 yards
Marcus Allen — 209 yards
