Trivia
Trivia for February 15, 2023
Question
With others bowing out, Tyler Huntley was a Pro Bowl quarterback despite starting only four games for Baltimore. In the Super Bowl era, who are the only other two quarterbacks who have been named to the Pro Bowl despite starting fewer than half of their teams’ games? Hint: the players come from the 1969 and 1975 seasons (and very few readers have heard of either one of them).
Answer
Mike Boryla and Mike Livingston. Boryla went 2-3 as a starter for the Eagles in 1975. As with Huntley, the league turned to him after others declined to play (as luck would have it, Boryla threw 2 late touchdowns to lift the NFC to a 23-20 win). Livingston was a more credible choice. With Len Dawson hurt, Livingston went 6-0 as a fill-in quarterback for the 1969 Kansas City team that won Super Bowl IV.