Doug Williams (American football) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article or section is missing citations or needs footnotes. Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. (October 2008) Doug Williams Doug Williams (center) at a fundraiser in the home of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers General Manager Bruce Allen, May 2008. Position(s): Quarterback Jersey #(s): 12,17 Born: August 9, 1955 (1955-08-09) (age 53) Zachary, Louisiana Career information Year(s): 1978–1989 NFL Draft: 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 College: Grambling State Professional teams As Player Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1978-1982) Oklahoma / Arizona Outlaws (1984-1985) Washington Redskins (1986-1989) As Coach Navy running backs coach (1994) Scottish Claymores offensive coordinator (1995-1996) Morehouse College (1997) Grambling (1998-2003) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Personnel Executive (2004-present) Career stats TDs-INTs 100-93 Passing Yards 16,998 QB Rating 69.4 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards Super Bowl champion (XXII) Super Bowl XXII MVP 70 Greatest Redskins College Football Hall of Fame Douglas Lee Williams (born August 9, 1955 in Zachary, Louisiana) is a former American football quarterback. Williams was best known for his MVP performance in Super Bowl XXII against the Denver Broncos. He also became the first, and so far only African American quarterback to win the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl MVP Award.





Contents 1 Career 1.1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1.2 Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws 1.3 Washington Redskins 2 Coaching career 3 Personal 4 References 5 External links [edit] Career [edit] Tampa Bay Buccaneers Williams was the 17th overall pick of the 1978 NFL Draft, chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of Grambling State. He led the Bucs to three playoff appearances and one NFC title game from 1979 to 1982. His 31-34-1 regular season record, and 1-3 playoff record made him the best quarterback in Buc history. The Bucs, who had never been to the playoffs before Williams arrived, had gone to the playoffs three times in four years and played in the 1979 NFC Championship Game. However, during his tenure in Tampa, Williams was only paid $120,000 a year--far and away the lowest salary for a starting quarterback in the league, and behind 12 backups. After the 1982 season, Williams asked for a $600,000 contract. Bucs owner Hugh Culverhouse refused to budge from his initial offer of $400,000 despite protests from coach John McKay. While Culverhouse's offer was still more than triple Williams' previous salary, he would have still been among the lowest-paid starters in the league. Feeling that Culverhouse wasn't paying him what a starter should earn, Williams bolted to the upstart United States Football League. The Bucs would not make the playoffs again until after the 1997 season, and lost 10 games in every season but one in that stretch. Many Bucs fans blame Culverhouse's refusal to bend in the negotiations with Williams as a major factor. [edit] Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws Williams quickly signed with one of the USFL's expansion teams, the Oklahoma Outlaws. He would lead his team in passing completing 261 out of 528 passes for 3,084 yards and threw 15 touchdowns, yet he also threw 21 interceptions, ending up with a passer rating of 60.5, during his team's dismal 6-12 season. In 1985, when his team moved to Arizona and fused with the Arizona Wranglers to become the Arizona Outlaws, Williams showed some improvement, completing 271 out of 509 passes for 3,673 yards with 21 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, ending up with a 76.4 passer rating. However, his Outlaws' just missed the playoffs with an 8-10 record. [edit] Washington Redskins After the USFL shut down in 1986, Williams returned to the NFL, joining the Washington Redskins at the behest of Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who had been the offensive coordinator at Tampa Bay when Williams was there. Initially Williams served as the backup for starting quarterback Jay Schroeder, but after Schroeder became injured, Williams stepped in and led the Redskins to an opening-day victory against the Philadelphia Eagles. It would be one of three times in 1987 that Williams subbed for Schroeder and led the team to victory (the other two were 11/15 vs. Detroit and 12/26 at Minnesota). Williams only started two games, 9/20 at Atlanta and 11/23 vs. the Rams. While both starts were losses, at the end of the season, when the Redskins had qualified for the playoffs, Williams, with his 94.0 passer rating, was chosen as the starter. He led the team to Super Bowl XXII in which they routed the Denver Broncos, becoming the first black quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, and as of

Super Bowl XLII, the only black quarterback to win one. Although an urban legend holds that Williams was asked on Media Day, "How long have you been a black quarterback?" the story is not true. [1][2] [3] Facing legendary Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, Williams engineered a 42-10 rout, in which the Redskins set an NFL record by scoring five touchdowns in the second quarter. Williams completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards, with four TD passes, and was named Super Bowl MVP. The Super Bowl was clearly the high point of Williams' NFL career. He suffered from injuries the following season, and was outshined by Mark Rypien, who eventually won the starting job from Williams. Williams would play one final season in 1989, as backup to Rypien, during the latter's first Pro Bowl season. Williams retired with a 5-9 record as Redskins starter (8-9, counting playoffs) and a 38-42-1 record as a regular season starter (42-45-1, including 7 playoff starts). He had 100 passing touchdowns, and 15 rushing touchdowns, in 88 NFL games. His throwback jersey remains one of the most popular jerseys sold by the Washington Redskins. On the day before Super Bowl XXII, Williams had a 6-hour root canal surgery performed (under full anaesthetic) to repair an abscess under a dental bridge. The pain of this condition caused him to having not slept for several days, as reported in the book "Hit and Tell:War Stories of the NFL"(/K.Lynch, Foghorn Press). [edit] Coaching career Williams started off his college head coaching career at Morehouse College in 1997. He also has previous NFL experience as a scout for Jacksonville in 1995 and as offensive coordinator for the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football in 1995, and tutored running backs for Navy in 1994. Williams also excelled on the high school level as head coach and athletic director at Point Coupee High School in New Roads, Louisiana in 1991, and in 1993, he was head coach at Northeast High School in his hometown of Zachary, La., where he guided the team to a 13-1 record and the state semifinals. Williams became the head football coach at Grambling State University in 1998, succeeding the legendary Eddie Robinson. He led the Tigers to 3 consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference titles from 2000-2002, before leaving to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a personnel executive.[4] Williams currently works for Tampa Bay in the club's personnel department. His son Adrian is an accomplished basketball player, who currently plays for Brown University. At the conclusion of Super Bowl XLII, on the 20th anniversary of being named Super Bowl XXII MVP, Williams carried the Vince Lombardi trophy on to the field for presentation to the winning New York Giants. [edit] Personal He and his wife, Raunda, have six children: Ashley, Adrian, Doug, Jr., Jasmine, Laura and Temessia. [edit] References ^ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/orl-bianchi3007jan30,0,2539978.column?track=rss ^ http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/williams.asp ^ http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020105/woo_17840492.shtml ^ http://gramblingfootball.blogspot.com/2006/08/grambling-greats-doug-williams.html [edit] External links Was Doug Williams asked "How long have you been a black quarterback?" Shack Harris & Doug Williams Foundation Tampa Bay Buccanneers staff biography Sporting positions Preceded by Gary Huff Tampa Bay Buccaneers Starting Quarterbacks 1978-1982 Succeeded by Jack Thompson Preceded by Jay Schroeder Washington Redskins Starting Quarterbacks 1988-1989 Succeeded by Mark Rypien Awards and achievements Preceded by Phil Simms NFL Super Bowl MVPs Super Bowl XXII, 1988 Succeeded by Jerry Rice [show]v • d • e1978 NFL Draft First Round Selections Earl Campbell · Art Still · Wes Chandler · Chris Ward · Terry Miller · James Lofton · Ken MacAfee · Ross Browner · Keith Simpson · Gordon King · Luther Bradley · Clay Matthews · Mike Kenn · John Jefferson · Steve Little · Blair Bush · Doug Williams · Bob Cryder · Ken Greene · Elvis Peacock · Randy Holloway · Ron Johnson · Ozzie Newsome · Dan Bunz · Reese McCall · John Anderson · Don Latimer · Larry Bethea Draft Years: 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 [show]v • d • eTampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft picks Selmon • Bell • D. Williams • Snell • Green • Farrell • Holmes • Jackson • R. Jones • Testaverde • Gruber • Thomas • McCants • McRae • Curry • Dilfer • Sapp • Brooks • Upshaw • M. Jones • Dunn • Anthony • McFarland • Walker • Clayton • C. Williams • Joseph • Adams • Talib [show]v • d • eWashington Redskins Super Bowl XXII Champions 6 Ali Haji-Sheikh | 10 Jay Schroeder | 11 Mark Rypien | 12 Steve Cox | 17 Doug Williams | 23 Todd Bowles | 24 Kelvin Bryant | 28 Darrell Green | 29 Reggie Branch | 30 Anthony Allen | 31 Clarence Vaughn | 32 Vernon Dean | 34 Brian Davis | 35 Keith Griffin | 36 Timmy Smith | 38 George Rogers | 40 Alvin Walton | 41 Tim Morrison | 45 Barry Wilburn | 46 Dennis Woodberry | 50 Ravin Caldwell | 51 Monte Coleman | 52 Neal Olkewicz | 53 Jeff Bostic | 54 Kurt Gouveia | 55 Mel Kaufman | 57 Rich Milot | 58 David Jones | 61 Rick Kehr | 63 Raleigh McKenzie | 64 Steve Hamilton | 65 Dave Butz | 66 Joe Jacoby | 68 Russ Grimm | 69 R. C. Thielemann | 71 Charles Mann | 72 Dexter Manley | 73 Mark May | 74 Markus Koch | 77 Darryl Grant | 78 Dean Hamel | 80 Eric Yarber | 81 Art Monk | 82 Anthony Jones | 83 Ricky Sanders | 84 Gary Clark | 85 Don Warren | 86 Clint Didier | 87 Terry Orr | 88 Joe Caravello | 89 Clarence Verdin Head Coach Joe Gibbs Coaches Chuck Banker | Don Breaux | Joe Bugel | Joe Diange | Dan Henning | Bill Hickman | Paul Lanham | Larry Peccatiello | Richie Petitbon | Jerry Rhome | Dan Riley | Warren Simmons | Charley Taylor | Emmitt Thomas | LaVern Torgeson [show]v • d • eSuper Bowl MVP Award I: Starr | II: Starr | III: Namath | IV: Dawson | V: Howley | VI: Staubach | VII: Scott | VIII: Csonka | IX: Harris | X: Swann | XI: Biletnikoff | XII : Martin & White | XII: Bradshaw | XIV: Bradshaw | XV: Plunkett | XVI: Montana | XVII: Riggins | XVIII: Allen | XIX: Montana | XX: Dent | XXI: Simms | XXII: Williams | XXIII: Rice | XXIV: Montana | XXV: Anderson | XXVI: Rypien | XXVII: Aikman | XXVIII: Smith | XXIX: Young | XXX: Brown | XXXI: Howard | XXXII: Davis | XXXIII: Elway | XXXIV: Warner | XXXV: Lewis | XXXVI: Brady | XXXVII: Jackson | XXXVIII: Brady | XXXIX: Branch | XL: Ward | XLI: P. Manning | XLII: E. Manning [show]v • d • eTampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterbacks Spurrier • Dickinson • Hanratty • Hedberg • Huff • Blount • Williams • Boryla • Rae • Golsteyn • Thompson • DeBerg • Young • Reaves • Zorn • Testaverde • Ferguson • Chandler • Carlson • Erickson • Dilfer • Zeier • King • B. Johnson • R. Johnson • Simms • Griese • Gradkowski • Rattay • McCown • Garcia [show]v • d • eBoston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins Starting Quarterbacks Baugh • Filchock • Jacobs • Youel • Mont • Gilmer • LeBaron • Dorow • Guglielmi • Scarbath • Snead • Jurgensen • Shiner • Ninowski • Kilmer • R. Johnson • Theismann • Kruczek • Schroeder • Rubbert • Williams • Rypien • Humphries • Rutledge • Conklin • Gannon • Friesz • Shuler • Frerotte • Hostetler • Green • B. Johnson • George • Banks • Matthews • Wuerffel • Ramsey • Hasselbeck • Brunell • Campbell • Collins [show]v • d • eGrambling State Tigers head football coaches Jones • Johnson • Hines • Robinson • Williams • Spears • Broadway Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Williams_(American_football)" Categories: Grambling State Tigers football coaches | 1955 births | African American players of American football | American football quarterbacks | College Football Hall of Fame inductees | Grambling State Tigers football players | Living people | People from Louisiana | Super Bowl MVPs | Tampa Bay Buccaneers players | Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks | United States Football League players | Washington Redskins players | Washington Redskins quarterbacks