GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the waning moments of last year’s Super Bowl, Tarvaris Jackson at least got into the boxscore.

Seattle’s backup quarterback threw an incomplete pass to Ricardo Lockette while mopping up the Seahawks’ 43-8 victory over Denver. Family members got a kick out of seeing No. 7 on the field, but Jackson is looking for much more someday.

“It was cool to get in, but it was more so for my kids and everybody in my family,” said Jackson, who played for the Vikings from 2006-10. “They wanted to see me get in the game. … But it’s always in the back of my head: You dream about winning the Super Bowl as a starter.”

Barring something strange happening to Seahawks starter Russell Wilson, that won’t happen Sunday against New England at University of Phoenix Stadium. Jackson will head into his second straight Super Bowl as a reserve.

Jackson’s dream is one shared by many backup quarterbacks who have been on Super Bowl winners. Yes, it’s great to win a ring, but it would much more special to do it as a starter.

“It’s still fulfilling that you get it, but I certainly would have liked to have taken a team there (as a starter),” said Wade Wilson, a former Viking who was Troy Aikman’s backup when Dallas won the Super Bowl after the 1995 season. “I’m still proud that I was on a Super Bowl-winning team, but there’s still a hollow feeling that you didn’t get one for your own team.”

Wilson, who played for Minnesota from 1981-91 and is now the Cowboys’ quarterbacks coach, had his best chance with the Vikings in 1987 when he led them to the NFC championship game. But they lost 17-10 at Washington, which two weeks later crushed Denver 42-10 in the Super Bowl.

Jackson, who started 18 games for the Vikings in his first five seasons, did start a playoff game for them, a 26-14 loss to Philadelphia in 2008. But the next season he was a backup to Brett Favre as the Vikings lost 31-28 at New Orleans in overtime in the NFC championship game.

Jackson, Seattle’s primary starter during a 7-9 season in 2011, finally has a Super Bowl ring, but it’s not fully what he had in mind.

“It was nice, but I understand it’s probably a different feeling than winning it as a starter,” he said. “But I feel good and as much a part of the team as everyone else. … You do dream about winning a Super Bowl, but not as a backup quarterback.”

Jackson, 31, becomes a free agent after the season and said he will be looking for a chance somewhere to compete as a starter. After all, there has been at least one quarterback who was a champion as a backup before eventually winning a ring as a starter.

That would be hall of famer Steve Young, who played behind Joe Montana in San Francisco’s Super Bowl wins following the 1988 and 1989 seasons before being the man for the 49ers in the 1994 campaign.

Then there are guys who have won Super Bowl rings as backups after earning one as a primary quarterback. Jim McMahon started for Super Bowl-winning Chicago in the 1985 season before winning again as Favre’s backup in Green Bay 11 years later.

Earl Morrall started and lost a Super Bowl after the 1968 season for the Baltimore Colts but won for them two years later. Though Morrall did not start, he replaced an injured Johnny Unitas in the second quarter and steered the Colts to a 16-13 victory over the Cowboys.

Morrall picked up two more rings in the early 1970s as the Super Bowl reserve to Miami’s Bob Griese. So, if you count Morrall not actually starting against the Cowboys, he has a record three Super Bowl rings for being a backup quarterback.

Jackson has a chance Sunday to become the 10th primary backup quarterback to win two or more rings.

At least one backup quarterback who won two rings is pretty thrilled about the stat. Jeff Rutledge was Phil Simms’ understudy when the New York Giants won after the 1986 season and was part of another championship five years later playing behind Mark Rypien with the Redskins.

“Would I rather have been the guy? Yeah, but it’s still a great accomplishment,” said Rutledge, who also was the third-stringer for the Los Angeles Rams when they lost to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl following the 1979 season. “It’s certainly a thrill and honor to be a part of two Super Bowl wins.”

While many Super Bowl backup quarterbacks feel fortunate to simply get in for mop-up duty, Rutledge made a key play in the Giants’ 39-20 win over Denver. Early in the third quarter, with the Broncos leading 10-9, Rutledge came in as the up back in punt formation on fourth and 1 from the Giants’ 46.

The Giants faked the punt, and Rutledge moved up behind center and ran 2 yards on a sneak for a first down. That led to a touchdown pass by Simms that gave them the lead for good.

“That kept a drive alive and was a big play in the game,” said Rutledge, now a high school coach and teacher in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler.

Steve Beuerlein, Aikman’s backup quarterback when the Cowboys won the Super Bowl after the 1992 season, was not in for any big plays in a 52-17 win over Buffalo. But he at least can laugh about replacing Aikman at the end of the blowout.

“I think I was responsible for a late-game fumble,” said Beuerlein, who went on to make a Pro Bowl as Carolina’s starting quarterback and is now an NFL analyst for CBS. “Me and one of our backup running backs (Derrick Gainer) had an exchange problem late in the game in mop-up duty (and the Bills recovered).”

Although Beuerlein didn’t play much in 1992, he feels very good about his Super Bowl ring considering he went 4-0 as a Cowboys starter to close 1991 when Aikman was injured. He also led them to a playoff win. He said that helped get going what would be a Dallas dynasty that started in 1992 with three Super Bowl championships in four years.

Less thrilled about his role as Super Bowl reserve is Jay Schroeder. During a short phone interview, he seemed still bitter about being replaced as Washington’s starter by Doug Williams 27 years ago in the playoffs, which culminated with that 42-10 win over the Broncos.

“I played most of the year,” Schroeder, who started 10 regular-season games to just two for Williams. “I wasn’t considered really a backup. I just didn’t play in the Super Bowl. I played more that year than Doug Williams, so he just got a chance to play in the Super Bowl. So I was very much a part of that team and feel very proud of it.”

Schroeder actually did relieve Williams in the Super Bowl when he missed two second-quarter plays because of injury. He was sacked and threw an incompletion.

Schroeder seemed offended when called a “backup quarterback with a Super Bowl ring.” Jackson said he’s not overly thrilled with that term but didn’t deny it still would be “pretty cool” to win another ring Sunday in that role.

Follow Chris Tomasson at twitter.com/christomasson.

NO. 2 WITH A RING

Super Bowl backup quarterbacks to have won two or more rings:

Player Teams, Super Bowl wins Rings

Rohan Davey New England, 2003-04 2

Bubby Brister Denver, 1997-98 2

Steve Young San Francisco, 1988-89 2

Jeff Rutledge N.Y. Giants, 1986; Washington, 1991 2

Marc Wilson Oakland, 1980, L.A. Raiders, 1983 2

Mike Kruczek Pittsburgh, 1978-79 2

Joe Gilliam Pittsburgh, 1974-75 2

Zeke Bratkowski Green Bay, 1966-67 2

Earl Morrall Baltimore, 1970; Miami, 1972-73 3