Doug Williams responded to the intense scrutiny of being the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl with a superb game, throwing four touchdown passes in a rout of the Broncos.

Doug Williams was deeply touched when he learned there would be two Black starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl for the first time. Williams, the first African-American quarterback to win a ...

Doug Williams was the first Black quarterback to lead his team in the Super Bowl 35 years ago, and we should note he did win that game. And Doug Williams joins us now on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

Doug Williams (17) of Washington looks to pass against the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, Calif. Getty Images.

Doug Williams’ deep throws were legendary. He could throw the ball 70 yards, or he could go intermediate and short, wherever his coach needed them. “But he’s got more than just talent ...

Doug Williams, for Grambling football coach and NFL QB, waits to take questions after a HBCU Legacy Bowl press conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Loyola Ave. in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 14 ...

WACO, TEXAS – Doug Williams, former head coach at Morehouse and Grambling State, and longtime executive in the NFL, has been named the American Football Coaches Association’s recipient of the ...