1. Stephen Taylor Beuerlein was born on March 7,1965 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.
38 Facts About Steve Beuerlein
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Steve Beuerlein played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
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Steve Beuerlein started the remaining eight games of the regular season, splitting playing time with Kiel, and winning his first five starts.
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Steve Beuerlein entered his sophomore 1984 season as the starter at quarterback.
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Steve Beuerlein missed only one game, and started the rest of the season's games, taking repeated cortisone injections.
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In that game, Steve Beuerlein noticed a deterioration in the condition of his throwing shoulder, which had been worsening since the injury.
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Steve Beuerlein blamed the injury on throwing a school-record 18 interceptions.
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Steve Beuerlein had surgery immediately, which removed an inch of his collarbone and the entire remaining parts of his AC joint.
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Five months after surgery to his throwing shoulder, Steve Beuerlein was starting the 1985 season opener at Michigan.
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Steve Beuerlein enjoyed his best statistical season in 1986 under Holtz, throwing for 2211 yards, 13 TDs and 7 INTs.
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Steve Beuerlein graduated in 1987 with a degree in American Studies, having broken nearly every passing and total offense record in Notre Dame history.
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Steve Beuerlein was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL draft, but suffered a season-ending injury in preseason play.
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Steve Beuerlein came off the bench for Schroeder twice before regaining the starting job, losing it again near the end of the season.
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Under new coach Art Shell, Steve Beuerlein started the final six games after a three-interception outing by Schroeder in a Week 10 loss to San Diego, winning the Raiders' starting job.
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Schroeder was handed the starting job with Vince Evans as the backup, and Steve Beuerlein was held inactive for every game.
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In 1992, a healthy Aikman had a breakout season, and Steve Beuerlein played sparingly but still managed to appear in all 16 regular season games.
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Steve Beuerlein relieved Aikman with 7:06 left in the game and Dallas up by 35 points.
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On his last play as a Cowboy, Steve Beuerlein fumbled the ball on a botched handoff to Derrick Gainer.
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Steve Beuerlein passed for the first of his three career 3000-yard seasons in 1993, finishing in the top-10 in almost every statistical passing category, despite throwing passes in only 14 games.
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Steve Beuerlein was the starting quarterback for the first game in team history, starting the first two games before spraining his right MCL in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Steve Beuerlein reportedly had a confrontational relationship with head coach Coughlin, and finished the season as the third quarterback behind rookie Rob Johnson.
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Steve Beuerlein served as a mentor to Collins, relating his stories of watching other young quarterbacks struggle in their early years before becoming stars.
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In 1999, Steve Beuerlein beat newly acquired Jeff Lewis for the starting job.
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Steve Beuerlein, who had served as Collins's backup but did not play in that January 1997 tilt, passed for a then franchise-record 373 yards.
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Steve Beuerlein won the game against the Packers on a last-second quarterback draw.
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Steve Beuerlein's 4,436 passing yards led the league, and at the time was the 11th-highest passing yardage total ever.
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Steve Beuerlein led the NFL with 343 completions, and his 94.6 passer rating and 36 touchdown passes were second only to the 1999 MVP Kurt Warner.
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Steve Beuerlein made the Pro Bowl for the first and only time in his career, tying offensive guard Bob Young for the most seasons in the league before making his first Pro Bowl.
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Steve Beuerlein entered the 2000 season as the starter with little competition.
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Steve Beuerlein threw for 3,730 yards, but was sacked league-leading 62 times, which was then tied for the second-most sacks ever on a quarterback in a season.
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Steve Beuerlein was released two months into the offseason by head coach George Seifert.
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In 2001, Steve Beuerlein missed his first full season due to injury since his rookie year, but returned in 2002, starting three games and appearing in eight, including a week 11 game against the Seahawks where Steve Beuerlein came off the bench and threw two 4th-quarter touchdowns on his only two pass attempts of the game.
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Steve Beuerlein played poorly, throwing three interceptions as the Vikings blitzed him relentlessly, sacking him five times and knocking him down on numerous other occasions.
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Steve Beuerlein was knocked out of the game late in the third quarter with a fractured finger on his throwing hand on an incompletion, with Danny Kanell taking over for the rest of the game.
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Only one week after his finger injury, Steve Beuerlein reflected on the many struggles he had to endure in his NFL career to Sports Illustrated's Peter King.
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In July 2004, Steve Beuerlein signed a one-day contract with the Panthers to retire as a member of the team.
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In 2004, Steve Beuerlein joined CBS Sports as a game analyst for The NFL on CBS, where he travels each week during the season to NFL venues in order to provide color commentary for games.
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In 2024 Steve Beuerlein became the Compass Media Networks Dallas Cowboys radio analyst, replacing longtime legend Danny White who had held the position since the broadcasts began in 2011.