The distance between them: What separates the Super Bowl QBs

Super Bowl LIII will pit the Patriots and the Rams, but Sunday’s game might be better known as the battle of Bay Area quarterbacks in this region.

New England’s Tom Brady attended Serra High in San Mateo, which is located 29 miles from Marin Catholic in Kentfield, which counts Los Angeles’ Jared Goff as an alum.

It is the second-shortest distance between hometowns (based on high schools) of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks in the game’s history. The shortest: In Super Bowl XIX, the 49ers’ Joe Montana (Monongahela, Pa.) matched up with the Dolphins’ Dan Marino (Pittsburgh). Their hometowns are separated by 16 miles.

Goff, who is making his Super Bowl debut, will become the fifth QB from the Bay Area to start in the game.