Tom Tupa played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
19 Facts About Tom Tupa
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Tom Tupa was selected in the third round of the 1988 NFL draft to the Phoenix Cardinals.
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Tom Tupa played for the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Washington Redskins.
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Tom Tupa was selected as an All-American punter in the same season, as well as All-Big 10.
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Tom Tupa was a four-time football letterman and was selected to play in the 1988 Hula Bowl all-star game.
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Tom Tupa was drafted in the third round of the 1988 NFL draft by the Phoenix Cardinals of the National Football League.
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Tom Tupa started two games at quarterback, while registering six punts for 46.7 yards per punt.
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Tom Tupa joined the Indianapolis Colts in 1992, as the backup for quarterbacks Jack Trudeau and Jeff George.
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Tom Tupa did not play in the 1993 NFL season, having been cut by the Cleveland Browns right before the season and later re-signed as a backup in November following an injury to starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde and the release of backup Bernie Kosar.
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Tom Tupa was retained by the Browns the following year and stayed with them for two seasons as their starting punter.
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Tom Tupa joined the New England Patriots in 1996 and played for them for three years.
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Tom Tupa made his first pass attempt since 1996, and went 6-of-10 for 165 yards and two touchdowns during the Jets' week one matchup against his former team, the Patriots.
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Tom Tupa was put in at quarterback in the first quarter after Vinny Testaverde tore his achilles tendon, as under NFL rules at the time, using an emergency quarterback before the fourth quarter meant that the starting and backup quarterbacks could not play for the remainder of the game.
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Tom Tupa spent 2005 on the injured reserve list, and did not appear in a game.
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The final pass of Tom Tupa's career was thrown in an overtime loss in the 2002 season-opener against the New Orleans Saints during a punt attempt from the Buccaneers' five-yard line.
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Tom Tupa announced his retirement from football in the spring of 2006.
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Tom Tupa was Brecksville's recreation director from 2006 until his retirement on May 7,2021.
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Tom Tupa's son Tom Tupa III was a quarterback for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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Tom Tupa is a first cousin of former Colorado Democratic State Senator and Majority Caucus Leader Ron Tupa.