AFC West Starting Quarterback Changes

Denver Broncos (1960-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Frank Tripucka 1960 - 1 (1) 1961 - 3 (3) 17 ineffective 5-11-1 George Herring 1961 - 4 (4) 1961 - 4 (4) 1 ineffective 0-1 Tripucka 2 1961 - 5 (5) 1961 - 11 (11) 7 ineffective 2-5 Herring 2 1961 - 12 (12) 1961 - 14 (14) 3 signed with CFL Calgary Stampeders 0-3 Tripucka 3 1962 - 1 (1) 1962 - 4 (4) 4 3-1 George Shaw 1962 - 5 (5) 1962 - 5 (5) 1 1-0 Tripucka 4 1962 - 6 (6) 1963 - 2 (2) 11 "retired"; signed with CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders 3-8 Mickey Slaughter 1963 - 4 (3) 1963 - 4 (3) 1 ineffective 1-0 John McCormick 1963 - 5 (4) 1963 - 6 (5) 2 injured left knee 1-1 Slaughter 2 1963 - 7 (6) 1963 - 9 (8) 3 ineffective 0-2-1 Don Breaux 1963 - 10 (9) 1963 - 10 (9) 1 ineffective 0-1 Slaughter 3 1963 - 11 (10) 1963 - 11 (10) 1 ineffective 0-1 McCormick 2 1963 - 13 (11) 1963 - 13 (11) 1 injured left knee 0-1 Slaughter 4 1963 - 14 (12) 1963 - 15 (13) 2 dislocated shoulder 0-2 Breaux 2 1963 - 16 (14) 1963 - 16 (14) 1 Lee loaned by Oilers to Broncos for two years 0-1 Jacky Lee 1964 - 1 (1) 1964 - 7 (7) 7 ineffective (lost 40-7) 1-6 Slaughter 5 1964 - 8 (8) 1964 - 8 (8) 1 ineffective 1 0-1 Lee 2 1964 - 9 (9) 1964 - 11 (11) 3 1-2 Slaughter 6 1964 - 12 (12) 1965 - 3 (3) 6 ineffective 1-4-1 McCormick 3 1965 - 4 (4) 1965 - 4 (4) 1 1-0 Slaughter 7 1965 - 5 (5) 1965 - 5 (5) 1 0-1 McCormick 4 1965 - 6 (6) 1965 - 7 (7) 2 1-1 Slaughter 8 1965 - 8 (8) 1965 - 9 (9) 2 torn muscles in right shoulder 0-2 McCormick 5 1965 - 10 (10) 1965 - 11 (11) 2 * 1-1 Slaughter 9 1965 - 13 (12) 1965 - 13 (12) 1 separated left shoulder 0-1 Lee 3 1965 - 14 (13) 1965 - 14 (13) 1 0-1 McCormick 6 1965 - 15 (14) 1965 - 15 (14) 1 0-1 Slaughter 10 1966 - 1 (1) 1966 - 1 (1) 1 0-1 McCormick 7 1966 - 3 (2) 1966 - 7 (6) 5 ineffective 1-4 Max Choboian 1966 - 8 (7) 1966 - 15 (13) 7 3-4 Scotty Glacken 1966 - 16 (14) 1966 - 16 (14) 1 Broncos traded with Chargers for Tensi 0-1 Steve Tensi 1967 - 1 (1) 1967 - 5 (5) 5 injured leg 1-4 Jim M. LeClair 1967 - 6 (6) 1967 - 6 (6) 1 * 0-1 Tensi 2 1967 - 8 (7) 1967 - 10 (9) 3 bruised shoulder 0-3 LeClair 2 1967 - 11 (10) 1967 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-1 Tensi 3 1967 - 12 (11) 1967 - 16 (14) 4 broken collarbone in 1968 preseason 2-2 McCormick 8 1968 - 2 (1) 1968 - 2 (1) 1 ineffective; released two days later 0-1 LeClair 3 1968 - 3 (2) 1968 - 4 (3) 2 ineffective 0-2 Marlin Briscoe 1968 - 5 (4) 1968 - 5 (4) 1 * 1-0 Tensi 4 1968 - 6 (5) 1968 - 11 (10) 6 broken collarbone 3-3 Briscoe 2 1968 - 12 (11) 1968 - 15 (14) 4 held out during 1969 training camp 1-3 Tensi 5 1969 - 1 (1) 1969 - 2 (2) 2 bruised knee 2-0 Pete Liske 1969 - 3 (3) 1969 - 3 (3) 1 * 0-1 Tensi 6 1969 - 4 (4) 1969 - 13 (13) 10 ineffective 2-7-1 Liske 2 1969 - 14 (14) 1970 - 7 (7) 8 5-3 Tensi 8 1970 - 8 (8) 1970 - 9 (9) 2 irritated right shoulder 0-2 Liske 4 1970 - 10 (10) 1970 - 11 (11) 2 ineffective 1-1 Chuck Pastrana 1970 - 12 (12) 1970 - 14 (14) 3 waived in 1971 preseason 0-2-1 Don Horn 1971 - 1 (1) 1971 - 9 (9) 9 separated right shoulder 2-6-1 Steve Ramsey 1971 - 10 (10) 1972 - 5 (5) 10 ineffective 3-7 Charley Johnson 1972 - 6 (6) 1974 - 4 (4) 27 injured 12-12-3 Ramsey 2 1974 - 5 (5) 1974 - 5 (5) 1 * 1-0 Johnson 2 1974 - 6 (6) 1974 - 13 (13) 8 meaningless game 5-3 Ramsey 3 1974 - 14 (14) 1974 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Johnson 3 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 6 (6) 6 sore back 3-3 Ramsey 4 1975 - 7 (7) 1975 - 11 (11) 5 ineffective 2-3 John Hufnagel 1975 - 12 (12) 1975 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Ramsey 5 1975 - 13 (13) 1976 - 12 (12) 14 ineffective (3 of 12, 2 interceptions) 8-6 Craig Penrose 1976 - 13 (13) 1976 - 14 (14) 2 Broncos traded Ramsey to Giants for Morton 2-0 Craig Morton 1977 - 1 (1) 1978 - 4 (4) 21 injured neck 17-4 Norris Weese 1978 - 5 (5) 1978 - 5 (5) 1 * 1-0 Morton 2 1978 - 6 (6) 1978 - 6 (6) 1 ineffective 2 0-1 Penrose 2 1978 - 7 (7) 1978 - 7 (7) 1 * 1-0 Morton 3 1978 - 8 (8) 1978 - 9 (9) 2 injured groin 1-1 Penrose 3 1978 - 10 (10) 1978 - 10 (10) 1 * 0-1 Morton 4 1978 - 11 (11) 1978 - D (17) 7 lost 1979 training camp battle 4-3 Weese 2 1979 - 1 (1) 1979 - 6 (6) 6 hyperextended left knee 4-2 Morton 5 1979 - 7 (7) 1979 - WC (17) 11 Broncos traded with Jets for Robinson 6-5 Matt Robinson 1980 - 1 (1) 1980 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective 3-3 Morton 6 1980 - 7 (7) 1980 - 15 (15) 9 slight muscle pull in forearm; meaningless game 4-5 Robinson 2 1980 - 16 (16) 1980 - 16 (16) 1 * 1-0 Morton 7 1981 - 1 (1) 1981 - 11 (11) 11 sprained right shoulder 8-3 Steve DeBerg 1981 - 12 (12) 1981 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Morton 8 1981 - 13 (13) 1982 - 11 (3) 7 ineffective 3-4 DeBerg 2 1982 - 12 (4) 1982 - 16 (8) 5 ineffective; meaningless game 1-4 Mark Herrmann 1982 - 17 (9) 1982 - 17 (9) 1 traded to Colts as part of package for Elway (1983 #1 overall) 0-1 John Elway 1983 - 1 (1) 1983 - 5 (5) 5 ineffective 2-3 DeBerg 3 1983 - 6 (6) 1983 - 10 (10) 5 separated left shoulder 4-1 Elway 2 1983 - 11 (11) 1983 - 11 (11) 1 flu 0-1 Gary Kubiak 1983 - 12 (12) 1983 - 12 (12) 1 * 1-0 Elway 3 1983 - 13 (13) 1983 - 16 (16) 4 * 2-2 DeBerg 4 1983 - WC (17) 1983 - WC (17) 1 traded to Buccaneers 0-1 Elway 4 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 1 (1) 1 separated left shoulder 1-0 Kubiak 2 1984 - 2 (2) 1984 - 2 (2) 1 concussion 0-1 Elway 5 1984 - 3 (3) 1984 - 8 (8) 6 bruised right shoulder 6-0 Kubiak 3 1984 - 9 (9) 1984 - 9 (9) 1 * 1-0 Elway 6 1984 - 10 (10) 1987 - 2 (2) 45 strike 30-14-1 Ken Karcher 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 6 (5) 3 strike ended 2-1 Elway 7 1987 - 7 (6) 1988 - 7 (7) 20 sprained right knee/ankle 13-7 Kubiak 4 1988 - 8 (8) 1988 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Elway 8 1988 - 9 (9) 1989 - 10 (10) 18 stomach virus 12-6 Kubiak 5 1989 - 11 (11) 1989 - 11 (11) 1 * 1-0 Elway 9 1989 - 12 (12) 1992 - 11 (10) 52 bruised right shoulder 29-23 Tommy Maddox 1992 - 12 (11) 1992 - 15 (14) 4 3* 0-4 Elway 10 1992 - 16 (15) 1994 - 14 (13) 32 strained muscle behind left knee 17-15 Hugh Millen 1994 - 15 (14) 1994 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Elway 11 1994 - 16 (15) 1994 - 16 (15) 1 strained muscle behind left knee 0-1 Millen 2 1994 - 17 (16) 1994 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Elway 12 1995 - 1 (1) 1996 - 14 (13) 29 strained hamstring 20-9 Bill Musgrave 1996 - 15 (14) 1996 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Elway 13 1996 - 16 (15) 1998 - 3 (3) 26 pulled hamstring 20-6 Bubby Brister 1998 - 4 (4) 1998 - 5 (5) 2 * 2-0 Elway 14 1998 - 6 (6) 1998 - 9 (8) 3 pulled rib muscles 3-0 Brister 2 1998 - 10 (9) 1998 - 11 (10) 2 * 2-0 Elway 15 1998 - 12 (11) 1998 - SB (19) 9 retired 7-2 Brian Griese 1999 - 1 (1) 1999 - 8 (8) 8 sore right shoulder 2-6 Chris Miller 1999 - 9 (9) 1999 - 11 (11) 3 * 2-1 Griese 2 1999 - 13 (12) 2000 - 3 (3) 8 torn cartilage in right shoulder 4-4 Gus Frerotte 2000 - 4 (4) 2000 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Griese 3 2000 - 5 (5) 2000 - 11 (10) 6 separated right shoulder 4-2 Frerotte 2 2000 - 12 (11) 2000 - 16 (15) 5 * 4-1 Griese 4 2000 - 17 (16) 2000 - 17 (16) 1 injured right shoulder 1-0 Frerotte 3 2000 - WC (17) 2000 - WC (17) 1 * 0-1 Griese 5 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 13 (13) 13 concussion 7-6 Frerotte 4 2001 - 14 (14) 2001 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Griese 6 2001 - 16 (15) 2002 - 11 (10) 12 sprained left knee 8-4 Steve Beuerlein 2002 - 12 (11) 2002 - 13 (12) 2 * 0-2 Griese 7 2002 - 14 (13) 2002 - 16 (15) 3 sprained left knee 1-2 Beuerlein 2 2002 - 17 (16) 2002 - 17 (16) 1 Broncos signed Plummer as free agent 1-0 Jake Plummer 2003 - 1 (1) 2003 - 5 (5) 5 broken left foot 4-1 Beuerlein 3 2003 - 6 (6) 2003 - 7 (7) 2 broken pinkie on right hand 1-1 Danny Kanell 2003 - 8 (8) 2003 - 9 (9) 2 * 0-2 Plummer 2 2003 - 11 (10) 2003 - 16 (15) 6 largely meaningless game  (Broncos had already clinched wild card) 5-1 Jarious Jackson 2003 - 17 (16) 2003 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Plummer 3 2003 - WC (17) 2006 - 12 (11) 47 ineffective; Cutler 2006 #11 overall 31-16 Jay Cutler 2006 - 13 (12) 2008 - 17 (16) 37 traded to Bears for Orton 17-20 Kyle Orton 2009 - 1 (1) 2009 - 10 (9) 9 injured left ankle 6-3 Chris Simms 2009 - 11 (10) 2009 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-1 Orton 2 2009 - 12 (11) 2010 - 14 (13) 19 bruised ribs 5-14 Tim Tebow 2010 - 15 (14) 2010 - 17 (16) 3 lost 2011 training camp battle 1-2 Orton 3 2011 - 1 (1) 2011 - 5 (5) 5 ineffective 1-4 Tebow 2 2011 - 7 (6) 2011 - D (18) 13 Broncos signed Manning as free agent; Tebow traded to Jets 8-5 Peyton Manning 2012 - 1 (1) 2015 - 10 (9) 62 partially torn plantar fascia in left foot 47-15 Brock Osweiler 2015 - 11 (10) 2015 - 17 (16) 7 ineffective 4 5-2 Manning 2 2015 - D (17) 2015 - SB (19) 3 retired 3-0 Trevor Siemian 2016 - 1 (1) 2016 - 4 (4) 4 separated left shoulder 4-0 Paxton Lynch 2016 - 5 (5) 2016 - 5 (5) 1 * 0-1 Siemian 2 2016 - 6 (6) 2016 - 12 (11) 6 sprained left foot 3-3 Lynch 2 2016 - 13 (12) 2016 - 13 (12) 1 * 1-0 Siemian 3 2016 - 14 (13) 2016 - 17 (16) 4 1-3 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Lee entered the game down 42-10 with 9:35 left in the 3rd quarter; the Broncos fumbled on the goal line on what would have been the go-ahead touchdown with 3:33 left in the game. 2 Weese dislocated his right kneecap in the same game. 3 Maddox alternated with Shaun Moore for nearly every play in both the Week 15 and 16 games. 4 Manning made the first and only relief appearance of his 18-year career in a comeback win against the Chargers in Week 17. Dallas Texans (1960-1962) / Kansas City Chiefs (1963-2015): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Cotton Davidson 1960 - 1 (1) 1960 - 12 (11) 11 injured 5-6 Hunter Enis 1960 - 13 (12) 1960 - 13 (12) 1 * 1-0 Davidson 2 1960 - 14 (13) 1961 - 1 (1) 3 ineffective 2-1 Randy Duncan 1961 - 3 (2) 1961 - 3 (2) 1 1-0 Davidson 3 1961 - 4 (3) 1961 - 7 (6) 4 2-2 Duncan 2 1961 - 8 (7) 1961 - 8 (7) 1 0-1 Davidson 4 1961 - 9 (8) 1961 - 15 (14) 7 Texans signed Dawson as free agent; Davidson traded to Raiders week after 1962 season started 3-4 Len Dawson 1962 - 1 (1) 1963 - 10 (9) 24 ineffective; "shake up team" 14-9-1 Eddie Wilson 1963 - 11 (10) 1963 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-0-1 Dawson 2 1963 - 13 (11) 1965 - 4 (4) 22 12-9-1 Pete Beathard 1965 - 5 (5) 1965 - 5 (5) 1 1-0 Dawson 3 1965 - 6 (6) 1965 - 6 (6) 1 0-1 Beathard 2 1965 - 7 (7) 1965 - 7 (7) 1 0-1 Dawson 4 1965 - 8 (8) 1968 - 9 (9) 46 bruised thigh 32-12-2 Jacky Lee 1968 - 10 (10) 1968 - 10 (10) 1 * 1-0 Dawson 5 1968 - 11 (11) 1969 - 2 (2) 7 torn left MCL 6-1 Lee 2 1969 - 3 (3) 1969 - 3 (3) 1 broken ankle 0-1 Mike Livingston 1969 - 4 (4) 1969 - 8 (8) 5 * 5-0 Dawson 6 1969 - 9 (9) 1969 - 12 (12) 4 bruised left knee 3-1 Livingston 2 1969 - 13 (13) 1969 - 13 (13) 1 * 1-0 Dawson 7 1969 - 14 (14) 1970 - 3 (3) 7 injured right knee 4-3 Livingston 3 1970 - 4 (4) 1970 - 5 (5) 2 * 2-0 Dawson 8 1970 - 6 (6) 1971 - 13 (13) 22 meaningless game (Chiefs had already clinched division) 13-6-3 Livingston 4 1971 - 14 (14) 1971 - 14 (14) 1 * 1-0 Dawson 9 1971 - D (15) 1972 - 3 (3) 4 bruised ribs 2-2 Livingston 5 1972 - 4 (4) 1972 - 5 (5) 2 * 1-1 Dawson 10 1972 - 6 (6) 1972 - 14 (14) 9 sore thumb 5-4 Livingston 6 1973 - 1 (1) 1973 - 1 (1) 1 * 0-1 Dawson 11 1973 - 2 (2) 1973 - 7 (7) 6 injured shoulder/heel 3-2-1 Livingston 7 1973 - 8 (8) 1973 - 14 (14) 7 * 4-2-1 Dawson 12 1974 - 1 (1) 1974 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 1-1 Livingston 8 1974 - 3 (3) 1974 - 8 (8) 6 ineffective 2-4 Dawson 13 1974 - 9 (9) 1974 - 14 (14) 6 lost 1975 training camp battle 2-4 Livingston 9 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 1 (1) 1 injured breast bone 0-1 Dawson 14 1975 - 2 (2) 1975 - 3 (3) 2 * 0-2 Livingston 10 1975 - 4 (4) 1975 - 9 (9) 6 torn knee ligament 4-2 Dawson 15 1975 - 10 (10) 1975 - 12 (12) 3 broken right thumb 1-2 Tony Adams 1975 - 13 (13) 1975 - 14 (14) 2 Dawson retired after 1975 season * 0-2 Livingston 11 1976 - 1 (1) 1977 - 5 (5) 19 ineffective 5-14 Adams 2 1977 - 6 (6) 1977 - 7 (7) 2 ineffective 1-1 Livingston 12 1977 - 8 (8) 1977 - 13 (13) 6 ineffective 1-5 Adams 3 1977 - 14 (14) 1977 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Livingston 13 1978 - 1 (1) 1978 - 5 (5) 5 ineffective 1-4 Adams 4 1978 - 6 (6) 1978 - 7 (7) 2 ineffective 0-2 Livingston 14 1978 - 8 (8) 1979 - 2 (2) 11 ineffective 4-7 Steve Fuller 1979 - 3 (3) 1979 - 7 (7) 5 ineffective 3-2 Livingston 15 1979 - 8 (8) 1979 - 9 (9) 2 ineffective 0-2 Fuller 2 1979 - 10 (10) 1980 - 13 (13) 20 torn cartilage in right knee 9-11 Bill Kenney 1980 - 14 (14) 1981 - 13 (13) 16 ineffective 1 10-6 Fuller 3 1981 - 14 (14) 1981 - 16 (16) 3 lost 1982 training camp battle 1-2 Kenney 2 1982 - 1 (1) 1982 - 11 (3) 3 ineffective 1-2 Fuller 4 1982 - 12 (4) 1982 - 14 (6) 3 ineffective 0-3 Kenney 3 1982 - 15 (7) 1983 - 16 (16) 19 broken right thumb in 1984 preseason 8-11 Todd Blackledge 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 7 (7) 7 * 4-3 Kenney 4 1984 - 8 (8) 1984 - 10 (10) 3 concussion; injured shoulder/back/ankle 1-2 Blackledge 2 1984 - 11 (11) 1984 - 11 (11) 1 * 0-1 Kenney 5 1984 - 12 (12) 1985 - 6 (6) 11 injured shoulder/back/ankle 6-5 Blackledge 3 1985 - 7 (7) 1985 - 7 (7) 1 * 0-1 Kenney 6 1985 - 8 (8) 1985 - 11 (11) 4 injured shoulder/back/ankle 0-4 Blackledge 4 1985 - 12 (12) 1986 - 7 (7) 12 ineffective 7-5 Kenney 7 1986 - 8 (8) 1986 - 13 (13) 6 bruised right hand 3-3 Blackledge 5 1986 - 14 (14) 1986 - 14 (14) 1 * 1-0 Kenney 8 1986 - 15 (15) 1986 - 16 (16) 2 strained right index finger/bruised right thumb 2-0 Blackledge 6 1986 - WC (17) 1987 - 2 (2) 3 strike 1-2 Matt Stevens 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 5 (4) 2 injured shoulder 0-2 Doug Hudson 1987 - 6 (5) 1987 - 6 (5) 1 strike ended 0-1 Kenney 9 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 9 (8) 3 ineffective 0-3 Frank Seurer 1987 - 10 (9) 1987 - 11 (10) 2 ineffective 0-2 Kenney 10 1987 - 12 (11) 1988 - 2 (2) 7 ineffective 3-4 Steve DeBerg 1988 - 3 (3) 1988 - 7 (7) 5 ineffective 1-3-1 Kenney 11 1988 - 8 (8) 1988 - 10 (10) 3 ineffective 0-3 DeBerg 2 1988 - 11 (11) 1989 - 3 (3) 9 ineffective 4-5 Ron Jaworski 1989 - 4 (4) 1989 - 6 (6) 3 sprained right knee 1-2 DeBerg 3 1989 - 7 (7) 1989 - 8 (8) 2 ineffective 1-1 Steve Pelluer 1989 - 9 (9) 1989 - 11 (11) 3 sprained right knee 1-1-1 DeBerg 4 1989 - 12 (12) 1991 - 15 (14) 36 ineffective 24-12 Mark Vlasic 1991 - 16 (15) 1991 - 16 (15) 1 sprained left knee 0-1 DeBerg 5 1991 - 17 (16) 1991 - D (18) 3 Chiefs signed Krieg as Plan B free agent 2-1 Dave Krieg 1992 - 1 (1) 1992 - WC (17) 17 Chiefs traded with 49ers for Montana 10-7 Joe Montana 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 1 (1) 1 injured right wrist 1-0 Krieg 2 1993 - 2 (2) 1993 - 2 (2) 1 * 0-1 Montana 2 1993 - 3 (3) 1993 - 5 (4) 2 injured left hamstring 2-0 Krieg 3 1993 - 6 (5) 1993 - 6 (5) 1 * 1-0 Montana 3 1993 - 7 (6) 1993 - 9 (7) 2 injured left hamstring 1-1 Krieg 4 1993 - 10 (8) 1993 - 12 (10) 3 * 2-1 Montana 4 1993 - 13 (11) 1994 - 13 (12) 21 sprained foot 13-8 Steve Bono 1994 - 14 (13) 1994 - 15 (14) 2 * 0-2 Montana 5 1994 - 16 (15) 1994 - WC (17) 3 retired 2-1 Bono 2 1995 - 1 (1) 1996 - 13 (12) 29 ineffective 21-8 Rich Gannon 1996 - 14 (13) 1996 - 16 (15) 3 pulled hamstring 1-2 Bono 3 1996 - 17 (16) 1996 - 17 (16) 1 Chiefs signed Grbac as free agent; Bono released 0-1 Elvis Grbac 1997 - 1 (1) 1997 - 10 (9) 9 broken left collarbone 7-2 Gannon 2 1997 - 11 (10) 1997 - 16 (15) 6 * 5-1 Grbac 2 1997 - 17 (16) 1998 - 1 (1) 3 separated right shoulder 2-1 Gannon 3 1998 - 2 (2) 1998 - 5 (5) 4 * 3-1 Grbac 3 1998 - 6 (6) 1998 - 10 (9) 4 ineffective 0-4 Gannon 4 1998 - 11 (10) 1998 - 16 (15) 6 concussion 2-4 Grbac 4 1998 - 17 (16) 2000 - 12 (11) 28 sore right index finger 15-13 Warren Moon 2000 - 13 (12) 2000 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Grbac 5 2000 - 14 (13) 2000 - 17 (16) 4 signed with Ravens as free agent; Chiefs traded with Rams for Green 2-2 Trent Green 2001 - 1 (1) 2006 - 1 (1) 82 concussion 44-38 Damon Huard 2006 - 2 (2) 2006 - 10 (9) 8 * 5-3 Green 2 2006 - 11 (10) 2006 - WC (17) 8 traded to Dolphins 4-4 Huard 2 2007 - 1 (1) 2007 - 10 (9) 9 ineffective 4-5 Brodie Croyle 2007 - 11 (10) 2007 - 12 (11) 2 deep bruise in lower back 0-2 Huard 3 2007 - 13 (12) 2007 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Croyle 2 2007 - 14 (13) 2008 - 1 (1) 5 separated right shoulder 0-5 Huard 4 2008 - 2 (2) 2008 - 2 (2) 1 ineffective 0-1 Tyler Thigpen 2008 - 3 (3) 2008 - 3 (3) 1 ineffective 0-1 Huard 5 2008 - 4 (4) 2008 - 5 (5) 2 * 1-1 Croyle 3 2008 - 7 (6) 2008 - 7 (6) 1 injured right knee 0-1 Thigpen 2 2008 - 8 (7) 2008 - 17 (16) 10 Chiefs traded with Patriots for Cassel; Cassel sprained left knee in 2009 preseason 1-9 Croyle 4 2009 - 1 (1) 2009 - 1 (1) 1 * 0-1 Matt Cassel 2009 - 2 (2) 2010 - 13 (12) 27 emergency appendectomy 12-15 Croyle 5 2010 - 14 (13) 2010 - 14 (13) 1 * 0-1 Cassel 2 2010 - 15 (14) 2011 - 10 (9) 13 broken right hand 6-7 Tyler Palko 2011 - 11 (10) 2011 - 14 (13) 4 ineffective 1-3 Kyle Orton 2011 - 15 (14) 2011 - 17 (16) 3 * 2-1 Cassel 3 2012 - 1 (1) 2012 - 5 (5) 5 concussion 1-4 Brady Quinn 2012 - 6 (6) 2012 - 8 (7) 2 concussion 0-2 Cassel 4 2012 - 9 (8) 2012 - 11 (10) 3 ineffective 0-3 Quinn 2 2012 - 12 (11) 2012 - 17 (16) 6 Chiefs traded with 49ers for Smith; Quinn signed with Seahawks as free agent 1-5 Alex Smith 2013 - 1 (1) 2013 - 16 (15) 15 meaningless game (Chiefs had already clinched wild card) 11-4 Chase Daniel 2013 - 17 (16) 2013 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Smith 2 2013 - WC (17) 2014 - 16 (15) 16 lacerated spleen 8-8 Daniel 2 2014 - 17 (16) 2014 - 17 (16) 1 * 1-0 Smith 3 2015 - 1 (1) 2016 - 8 (7) 25 concussion, lacerated ear 17-8 Nick Foles 2016 - 9 (8) 2016 - 9 (8) 1 * 1-0 Smith 4 2015 - 10 (9) 2016 - 17 (16) 8 6-2 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Fuller sprained his right knee during the 1981 preseason. Oakland Raiders (1960-1981) / Los Angeles Raiders (1982-1994) / Oakland Raiders (1995-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Tom Flores 1960 - 1 (1) 1960 - 2 (2) 2 0-2 Babe Parilli 1960 - 3 (3) 1960 - 4 (4) 2 1-1 Flores 2 1960 - 5 (5) 1961 - 15 (14) 24 chronic lung infection; AFL Raiders purchased Heinrich from NFL Cowboys 7-17 Don Heinrich 1962 - 1 (1) 1962 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective; Raiders traded with Texans for Davidson 0-1 Cotton Davidson 1962 - 3 (2) 1962 - 12 (11) 10 0-10 Hunter Enis 1962 - 13 (12) 1962 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Davidson 2 1962 - 14 (13) 1963 - 5 (5) 7 3-4 Flores 3 1963 - 6 (6) 1964 - 5 (5) 14 ineffective 8-6 Davidson 3 1964 - 6 (6) 1964 - 11 (11) 6 3-2-1 Flores 4 1964 - 12 (12) 1964 - 12 (12) 1 0-0-1 Davidson 4 1964 - 13 (13) 1964 - 13 (13) 1 injured; injured shoulder in 1965 preseason 1-0 Flores 5 1964 - 15 (14) 1965 - 7 (7) 8 5-2-1 Dick Wood 1965 - 8 (8) 1965 - 10 (10) 3 1-2 Flores 6 1965 - 11 (11) 1965 - 15 (14) 4 lost 1966 training camp battle 3-1 Davidson 5 1966 - 1 (1) 1966 - 4 (4) 4 ineffective 1-3 Flores 7 1966 - 6 (5) 1966 - 15 (14) 10 traded to Bills for Lamonica 7-2-1 Daryle Lamonica 1967 - 2 (1) 1968 - 9 (8) 24 muscle spasms in back 20-4 George Blanda 1968 - 10 (9) 1968 - 10 (9) 1 * 1-0 Lamonica 2 1968 - 11 (10) 1971 - 4 (4) 43 pulled hamstring 31-9-3 Ken Stabler 1971 - 5 (5) 1971 - 5 (5) 1 * 1-0 Lamonica 3 1971 - 6 (6) 1971 - 14 (14) 9 lost 1972 training camp battle 4-3-2 Stabler 2 1972 - 1 (1) 1972 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Lamonica 4 1972 - 2 (2) 1973 - 3 (3) 17 ineffective (no offensive touchdowns in three games) 11-5-1 Stabler 3 1973 - 4 (4) 1974 - 12 (12) 25 meaningless game/rest (Raiders had clinched division) 19-5-1 Larry Lawrence 1974 - 13 (13) 1974 - 13 (13) 1 twisted right knee * 1-0 Stabler 4 1974 - 14 (14) 1975 - 2 (2) 5 injured 4-1 Lawrence 2 1975 - 3 (3) 1975 - 3 (3) 1 * 1-0 Stabler 5 1975 - 4 (4) 1976 - 2 (2) 15 strained knee 11-4 Mike Rae 1976 - 3 (3) 1976 - 3 (3) 1 * 1-0 Stabler 6 1976 - 4 (4) 1976 - 13 (13) 10 meaningless game (Raiders had clinched division) 9-1 Rae 2 1976 - 14 (14) 1976 - 14 (14) 1 * 1-0 Stabler 7 1976 - D (15) 1977 - 13 (13) 16 meaningless game (Raiders had clinched wild card) 13-3 Rae 3 1977 - 14 (14) 1977 - 14 (14) 1 * 1-0 Stabler 8 1977 - D (15) 1979 - 16 (16) 34 Stabler traded to Oilers for Pastorini 19-15 Dan Pastorini 1980 - 1 (1) 1980 - 5 (5) 5 broken left leg 2-3 Jim Plunkett 1980 - 6 (6) 1981 - 6 (6) 21 ineffective (three straight shutouts) 15-6 Marc Wilson 1981 - 7 (7) 1981 - 15 (15) 9 sprained right thumb 5-4 Plunkett 2 1981 - 16 (16) 1983 - 7 (7) 19 ineffective 14-5 M. Wilson 2 1983 - 8 (8) 1983 - 10 (10) 3 broken left shoulder 2-1 Plunkett 3 1983 - 11 (11) 1984 - 6 (6) 15 injured abdominals/hip 13-2 M. Wilson 3 1984 - 7 (7) 1984 - 16 (16) 10 * 6-4 Plunkett 4 1984 - WC (17) 1985 - 3 (3) 4 dislocated left shoulder 1-3 M. Wilson 4 1985 - 4 (4) 1986 - 2 (2) 16 separated right shoulder 11-5 Plunkett 5 1986 - 3 (3) 1986 - 3 (3) 1 * 0-1 M. Wilson 5 1986 - 4 (4) 1986 - 5 (5) 2 sore right thumb 2-0 Plunkett 6 1986 - 6 (6) 1986 - 6 (6) 1 * 1-0 M. Wilson 6 1986 - 7 (7) 1986 - 10 (10) 4 ineffective 3-1 Plunkett 7 1986 - 11 (11) 1986 - 16 (16) 6 torn right rotator cuff 2-4 Rusty Hilger 1987 - 1 (1) 1987 - 2 (2) 2 strike 2-0 Vince Evans 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 6 (5) 3 * 1-2 Hilger 2 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 9 (8) 3 ineffective 0-3 M. Wilson 7 1987 - 10 (9) 1987 - 16 (15) 7 signed with Packers as free agent 2-5 Steve Beuerlein 1988 - 1 (1) 1988 - 3 (3) 3 Raiders traded for Schroeder after Week 1 1-2 Jay Schroeder 1988 - 4 (4) 1988 - 8 (8) 5 ineffective; unfamiliar with playbook 1 2-3 Beuerlein 2 1988 - 9 (9) 1988 - 13 (13) 5 ineffective (4 of 19 Week 13); strained left shoulder 3-2 Schroeder 2 1988 - 14 (14) 1989 - 7 (7) 10 ineffective 4-6 Beuerlein 3 1989 - 8 (8) 1989 - 8 (8) 1 torn ligament in right knee 1-0 Schroeder 3 1989 - 9 (9) 1989 - 10 (10) 2 * 1-1 Beuerlein 4 1989 - 11 (11) 1989 - 16 (16) 6 held out to start 1990; signed six days before season 3-3 Schroeder 4 1990 - 1 (1) 1991 - 16 (15) 33 sprained ankles 22-11 Todd Marinovich 1991 - 17 (16) 1991 - WC (17) 2 * 0-2 Schroeder 5 1992 - 1 (1) 1992 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective; Marinovich 1991 1st rounder 0-2 Marinovich 2 1992 - 3 (3) 1992 - 10 (9) 7 ineffective 3-4 Schroeder 6 1992 - 11 (10) 1992 - 17 (16) 7 Raiders signed Hostetler as free agent; Schroeder signed with Bengals as free agent 4-3 Jeff Hostetler 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 3 (3) 3 fractured cartilage in throat 2-1 Evans 2 1993 - 5 (4) 1993 - 5 (4) 1 * 0-1 Hostetler 2 1993 - 6 (5) 1995 - 7 (7) 37 broken bone in left hand 23-14 Evans 3 1995 - 8 (8) 1995 - 8 (8) 1 * 1-0 Hostetler 3 1995 - 10 (9) 1995 - 12 (11) 3 bruised left shoulder 2-1 Evans 4 1995 - 13 (12) 1995 - 14 (13) 2 ineffective 0-2 Billy Joe Hobert 1995 - 15 (14) 1995 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Hostetler 4 1995 - 16 (15) 1995 - 16 (15) 1 injured left shoulder; injured right knee in 1996 preseason 0-1 Hobert 2 1995 - 17 (16) 1996 - 2 (2) 3 * 0-3 Hostetler 5 1996 - 3 (3) 1996 - 16 (15) 13 concussion; 7-6 Hobert 3 1996 - 17 (16) 1996 - 17 (16) 1 Raiders signed George as free agent; Hobert traded to Bills 0-1 Jeff George 1997 - 1 (1) 1998 - 5 (5) 21 torn left groin 7-14 Donald Hollas 1998 - 6 (6) 1998 - 9 (8) 3 * 3-0 George 2 1998 - 10 (9) 1998 - 10 (9) 1 torn left groin 0-1 Hollas 2 1998 - 11 (10) 1998 - 12 (11) 2 * 1-1 George 3 1998 - 13 (12) 1998 - 13 (12) 1 torn left groin 0-1 Hollas 3 1998 - 14 (13) 1998 - 14 (13) 1 ineffective 0-1 Wade Wilson 1998 - 15 (14) 1998 - 17 (16) 3 Raiders signed Gannon as free agent 1-2 Rich Gannon 1999 - 1 (1) 2003 - 7 (7) 78 torn right labrum 47-31 Marques Tuiasosopo 2003 - 9 (8) 2003 - 9 (8) 1 torn left MCL 0-1 Rick Mirer 2003 - 10 (9) 2003 - 17 (16) 8 * 2-6 Gannon 2 2004 - 1 (1) 2004 - 3 (3) 3 broken vertebra in neck 2-1 Kerry Collins 2004 - 4 (4) 2005 - 13 (12) 25 ineffective 7-18 Tuiasosopo 2 2005 - 14 (13) 2005 - 14 (13) 1 ineffective 0-1 Collins 2 2005 - 15 (14) 2005 - 17 (16) 3 released; Raiders signed Brooks as free agent 0-3 Aaron Brooks 2006 - 1 (1) 2006 - 1 (1) 1 strained pectoral muscle 0-1 Andrew Walter 2006 - 2 (2) 2006 - 10 (9) 8 * 2-6 Brooks 2 2006 - 11 (10) 2006 - 15 (14) 5 sore neck 0-5 Walter 2 2006 - 16 (15) 2006 - 16 (15) 1 * 0-1 Brooks 3 2006 - 17 (16) 2006 - 17 (16) 1 option declined; McCown won 2007 training camp battle 0-1 Josh McCown 2007 - 1 (1) 2007 - 3 (3) 3 broken toe on left foot 1-2 Daunte Culpepper 2007 - 4 (4) 2007 - 8 (7) 4 ineffective 1-3 McCown 2 2007 - 9 (8) 2007 - 10 (9) 2 bruised thigh; ineffective 0-2 Culpepper 2 2007 - 11 (10) 2007 - 12 (11) 2 sore quadriceps 1-1 McCown 3 2007 - 13 (12) 2007 - 16 (15) 4 ineffective; Russell drafted #1 overall 1-3 JaMarcus Russell 2007 - 17 (16) 2008 - 9 (8) 9 tendinitis in right knee 2-7 Walter 3 2008 - 10 (9) 2008 - 10 (9) 1 * 0-1 Russell 2 2008 - 11 (10) 2009 - 10 (9) 16 ineffective 5-11 Bruce Gradkowski 2009 - 11 (10) 2009 - 14 (13) 4 torn MCLs in both knees 2-2 Charlie Frye 2009 - 15 (14) 2009 - 17 (16) 3 Raiders traded with Redskins for Campbell 1-2 Jason Campbell 2010 - 1 (1) 2010 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 1-1 Gradkowski 2 2010 - 3 (3) 2010 - 5 (5) 3 separated right shoulder 1-2 Campbell 2 2010 - 6 (6) 2010 - 11 (10) 5 ineffective 3-2 Gradkowski 3 2010 - 12 (11) 2010 - 12 (11) 1 separated right shoulder 0-1 Campbell 3 2010 - 13 (12) 2011 - 6 (6) 11 broken collarbone 7-4 Kyle Boller 2011 - 7 (7) 2011 - 7 (7) 1 Raiders traded with Bengals  for Palmer before Week 7 0-1 Carson Palmer 2011 - 9 (8) 2012 - 16 (15) 24 traded to Cardinals 8-16 Terrelle Pryor 2012 - 17 (16) 2013 - 3 (3) 4 concussion 1-3 Matt Flynn 2013 - 4 (4) 2013 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Pryor 2 2013 - 5 (5) 2013 - 10 (9) 5 sprained knee; ineffective 2-3 Matt McGloin 2013 - 11 (10) 2013 - 16 (15) 6 ineffective; Raiders wanted to evaluate Pryor 1-5 Pryor 3 2013 - 17 (16) 2013 - 17 (16) 1 traded to Seahawks; Carr drafted in 2nd round 0-1 Derek Carr 2014 - 1 (1) 2016 - 16 (15) 47 broken right fibula 21-26 McGloin 2 2016 - 17 (16) 2016 - 17 (16) 1 0-1 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Schroeder after being benched: "In Washington, I knew what I was doing.... I really don't know everything I need to know to be able to perform." Los Angeles Chargers (1960) / San Diego Chargers (1961-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Jack Kemp 1960 - 1 (1) 1960 - 3 (3) 3 injured shoulder 1-2 Bob Clatterbuck 1960 - 4 (4) 1960 - 5 (5) 2 * 1-1 Kemp 2 1960 - 6 (6) 1962 - 2 (2) 27 broken middle finger on right hand; waived two days later 21-6 John Hadl 1962 - 3 (3) 1962 - 3 (3) 1 rib separation 0-1 Dick Wood 1962 - 4 (4) 1962 - 5 (5) 2 * 2-0 Hadl 2 1962 - 6 (6) 1962 - 15 (14) 9 Chargers traded with Bills for Rote 1-8 Tobin Rote 1963 - 1 (1) 1964 - 5 (5) 20 ineffective 14-5-1 Hadl 3 1964 - 6 (6) 1964 - 15 (14) 9 ineffective 6-3 Rote 2 1964 - C (15) 1964 - C (15) 1 "retired" 0-1 Hadl 4 1965 - 1 (1) 1966 - 5 (4) 19 ineffective 1 13-3-3 Steve Tensi 1966 - 6 (5) 1966 - 6 (5) 1 ineffective 0-1 Hadl 5 1966 - 7 (6) 1966 - 11 (10) 5 ineffective 1-3-1 Tensi 2 1966 - 13 (11) 1966 - 13 (11) 1 ineffective 0-1 Hadl 6 1966 - 14 (12) 1969 - 8 (8) 39 sore arm; ineffective (6 interceptions) 23-15-1 Marty Domres 1969 - 9 (9) 1969 - 9 (9) 1 ineffective; coach Sid Gillman retired 0-1 Hadl 7 1969 - 10 (10) 1969 - 10 (10) 1 ineffective 0-1 Domres 2 1969 - 11 (11) 1969 - 13 (13) 3 jammed finger 3-0 Hadl 8 1969 - 14 (14) 1970 - 4 (4) 5 ineffective 1-3-1 Domres 3 1970 - 5 (5) 1970 - 5 (5) 1 leg cramps 1-0 Hadl 9 1970 - 6 (6) 1970 - 11 (11) 6 3-2-1 Domres 4 1970 - 12 (12) 1970 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Hadl 10 1970 - 13 (13) 1972 - 14 (14) 30 traded to Rams; Chargers traded with Colts for Unitas 11-17-2 Johnny Unitas 1973 - 1 (1) 1973 - 4 (4) 4 ineffective 1-3 Dan Fouts 1973 - 5 (5) 1973 - 8 (8) 4 ineffective; coach Harland Svare resigned; interim coach Ron Waller named Clark starter 0-3-1 Wayne Clark 1973 - 9 (9) 1973 - 12 (12) 4 traded to Bengals for Carter 1-3 Fouts 2 1973 - 13 (13) 1974 - 11 (11) 13 broken thumb 3-10 Jesse Freitas 1974 - 12 (12) 1974 - 14 (14) 3 lost 1975 training camp battle 2-1 Virgil Carter 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Fouts 3 1975 - 2 (2) 1975 - 5 (5) 4 injured ankle 0-4 Freitas 2 1975 - 6 (6) 1975 - 6 (6) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 4 1975 - 7 (7) 1975 - 9 (9) 3 injured knee 0-3 Freitas 3 1975 - 10 (10) 1975 - 11 (11) 2 * 0-2 Fouts 5 1975 - 12 (12) 1975 - 13 (13) 2 concussion/sprained right index finger 2-0 Freitas 4 1975 - 14 (14) 1975 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 6 1976 - 1 (1) 1976 - 12 (12) 12 ineffective 5-7 Clint Longley 1976 - 13 (13) 1976 - 13 (13) 1 ineffective 1-0 Fouts 7 1976 - 14 (14) 1976 - 14 (14) 1 held out first nine weeks of 1977 season 0-1 James Harris 1977 - 1 (1) 1977 - 9 (9) 9 sprained ankle 2 4-5 Cliff Olander 1977 - 10 (10) 1977 - 10 (10) 1 * 1-0 Fouts 8 1977 - 11 (11) 1978 - 3 (3) 7 sprained thumb 3-4 Harris 2 1978 - 4 (4) 1978 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 9 1978 - 5 (5) 1978 - 12 (12) 8 sprained ankle 5-3 Harris 3 1978 - 13 (13) 1978 - 13 (13) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 10 1978 - 14 (14) 1983 - 7 (7) 74 torn right rotator cuff 48-26 Ed Luther 1983 - 8 (8) 1983 - 12 (12) 5 * 1-4 Fouts 11 1983 - 13 (13) 1983 - 15 (15) 3 injured right shoulder 2-1 Luther 2 1983 - 16 (16) 1983 - 16 (16) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 12 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 13 (13) 13 pulled groin/bruised hip 6-7 Luther 3 1984 - 14 (14) 1984 - 16 (16) 3 * 1-2 Fouts 13 1985 - 1 (1) 1985 - 4 (4) 4 torn ligaments in right knee 2-2 Mark Herrmann 1985 - 5 (5) 1985 - 7 (7) 3 * 1-2 Fouts 14 1985 - 8 (8) 1985 - 15 (15) 8 bruised left knee 5-3 Herrmann 2 1985 - 16 (16) 1985 - 16 (16) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 15 1986 - 1 (1) 1986 - 7 (7) 7 concussion 1-6 Herrmann 3 1986 - 8 (8) 1986 - 8 (8) 1 concussion 0-1 Tom Flick 1986 - 9 (9) 1986 - 10 (10) 2 * 1-1 Fouts 16 1986 - 11 (11) 1986 - 11 (11) 1 sore right shoulder 0-1 Flick 2 1986 - 12 (12) 1986 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 17 1986 - 13 (13) 1987 - 2 (2) 6 strike 3-3 Rick Neuheisel 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 4 (3) 1 ineffective 1-0 Mike Kelley 1987 - 5 (4) 1987 - 5 (4) 1 ineffective 1-0 Neuheisel 2 1987 - 6 (5) 1987 - 6 (5) 1 strike ended * 1-0 Fouts 18 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 10 (9) 4 pulled calf muscle 4-0 Herrmann 4 1987 - 11 (10) 1987 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-1 Fouts 19 1987 - 12 (11) 1987 - 15 (14) 4 torn right rotator cuff 0-4 Herrmann 5 1987 - 16 (15) 1987 - 16 (15) 1 traded to Colts 0-1 Babe Laufenberg 1988 - 1 (1) 1988 - 6 (6) 6 bruised ribs; ineffective 2-4 Mark Malone 1988 - 7 (7) 1988 - 10 (10) 4 ineffective (team 0-4); team wanted to develop Vlasic 0-4 Mark Vlasic 1988 - 11 (11) 1988 - 12 (12) 2 torn left knee ligament 2-0 Malone 2 1988 - 13 (13) 1988 - 16 (16) 4 left as plan B free agent; Chargers traded with Bears for McMahon 2-2 Jim McMahon 1989 - 1 (1) 1989 - 7 (7) 7 sprained ankle/dislocated left shoulder; ineffective 2-5 Billy Joe Tolliver 1989 - 8 (8) 1989 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 McMahon 2 1989 - 9 (9) 1989 - 12 (12) 4 ineffective; team wanted to develop Tolliver 2-2 Tolliver 2 1989 - 13 (13) 1989 - 16 (16) 4 lost 1990 training camp battle 2-2 Vlasic 2 1990 - 1 (1) 1990 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Tolliver 3 1990 - 2 (2) 1990 - 16 (15) 14 ineffective 6-8 John Friesz 1990 - 17 (16) 1991 - 17 (16) 17 torn ligaments in left knee during 1991 preseason 4-13 Bob Gagliano 1992 - 1 (1) 1992 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Stan Humphries 1992 - 2 (2) 1993 - 5 (4) 21 bruised right shoulder; ineffective 14-7 Friesz 2 1993 - 6 (5) 1993 - 12 (10) 6 ineffective 2-4 Humphries 2 1993 - 13 (11) 1994 - 9 (8) 14 dislocated left elbow 11-3 Gale Gilbert 1994 - 10 (9) 1994 - 10 (9) 1 * 0-1 Humphries 3 1994 - 11 (10) 1995 - 6 (6) 16 bruised right rotator cuff 9-7 Gilbert 2 1995 - 7 (7) 1995 - 7 (7) 1 * 0-1 Humphries 4 1995 - 8 (8) 1996 - 8 (7) 17 dislocated left shoulder 10-7 Sean Salisbury 1996 - 9 (8) 1996 - 10 (9) 2 * 1-1 Humphries 5 1996 - 11 (10) 1996 - 14 (13) 4 concussion 2-2 Salisbury 2 1996 - 15 (14) 1996 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Humphries 6 1996 - 16 (15) 1997 - 1 (1) 3 dislocated left shoulder 1-2 Jim Everett 1997 - 2 (2) 1997 - 2 (2) 1 * 1-0 Humphries 7 1997 - 3 (3) 1997 - 10 (9) 7 concussion 3-4 Craig Whelihan 1997 - 11 (10) 1997 - 17 (16) 7 Leaf drafted 1998 #2 overall 0-7 Ryan Leaf 1998 - 1 (1) 1998 - 10 (9) 9 ineffective 3-6 Whelihan 2 1998 - 11 (10) 1998 - 17 (16) 7 Chargers traded with Ravens for Harbaugh; Whelihan released 2-5 Jim Harbaugh 1999 - 2 (1) 1999 - 4 (3) 3 cracked ribs/bruised right elbow 3 2-1 Erik Kramer 1999 - 5 (4) 1999 - 8 (7) 4 ineffective (lost 34-0) 2-2 Harbaugh 2 1999 - 9 (8) 1999 - 17 (16) 9 lost 2000 training camp battle 4-5 Leaf 2 2000 - 1 (1) 2000 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 0-2 Moses Moreno 2000 - 3 (3) 2000 - 3 (3) 1 strained right rotator cuff 0-1 Leaf 3 2000 - 4 (4) 2000 - 4 (4) 1 sprained right wrist 0-1 Harbaugh 3 2000 - 5 (5) 2000 - 10 (9) 5 hernia 0-5 Moreno 2 2000 - 11 (10) 2000 - 11 (10) 1 sprained left knee 0-1 Leaf 4 2000 - 12 (11) 2000 - 17 (16) 6 released; Chargers signed Flutie as free agent 1-5 Doug Flutie 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 16 (16) 16 lost 2002 training camp battle 5-11 Drew Brees 2002 - 1 (1) 2003 - 9 (8) 24 ineffective 9-15 Flutie 2 2003 - 10 (9) 2003 - 14 (13) 5 ineffective 2-3 Brees 2 2003 - 15 (14) 2004 - 16 (15) 18 meaningless game (Chargers had already clinched division) 12-6 Flutie 3 2004 - 17 (16) 2004 - 17 (16) 1 * 1-0 Brees 3 2004 - WC (17) 2005 - 17 (16) 17 signed with Saints as free agent 9-8 Philip Rivers 2006 - 1 (1) 2016 - 17 (16) 185 102-83 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Tensi came in after halftime and threw 4 touchdowns. 2 Backup Bill Munson broke his left left in the same game. 3 Leaf missed the entire 1999 season after offseason surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.