Panthers Not Record-Breaking

The Charlotte Observer is running a great article about the fact that the Carolina Panthers did not set an NFL record for most quarterbacks used in one season by using four different starters in 2007.  Originally erroneously reported by Sports Illustrated, this story drew the ire of many older football fans, who remember quite a few teams to use four different starters. There have been at least six such teams since the year 2000, and the actual record is held by the 1984 Chicago Bears, who started no less than five different quarterbacks in at least one game that season.

The Panthers did have all four QBs notch at least one win in the season, which you would think might be a record.  However, it is not.  The New Orleans Saints accomplished such a feat in back to back years, 1997 and 1998.  So now that we know that many more teams started at least four quarterbacks in a season, we can put the Panthers’ season in a different light.  Of the teams that started at least four quarterbacks since the 2000 season, only one posted a better record than the Panthers.  Kind of makes you feel a little better about next year, knowing what kind of degree of difficulty you were actually playing with, eh?

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