Mike Tomczak

No. 18

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

October 23, 1962

Place of birth:

Calumet City, Illinois

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

210 lb (95 kg)

Career information

College:

Ohio State

Undrafted:

1985

Career history

As player:

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

As coach:

Pittsburgh Power (2010–2014)
Offensive coordinator

Career highlights and awards

Super Bowl champion (XX)

Career NFL statistics

Games Played:	185
Games Started:	73
TD-INT:	88-106
Yards:	16,079
QB Rating:	68.9
Player stats at NFL.com

Michael John "Mike" Tomczak (born October 23, 1962) is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams from 1985 through 1999. The teams that he played for included the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers, the Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[1] He is currently the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League. He is of Polish descent.^[2]

High school and college football

Tomczak played football at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City where he was coached by his father Ron Tomczak. After earning Illinois High School Player of the Year honors, he won an athletic scholarship to Ohio State. While at OSU, he helped lead the Buckeyes to two Big Ten championship seasons. He graduated from OSU with a major in Communication.

Professional football

Chicago Bears

Tomczak went undrafted out of college and signed as an original free agent with the Chicago Bears. He started no games his first year but did earn a Super Bowl ring, and saw playing time in Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986, during the fourth quarter of the Bears' 46–10 win over the New England Patriots on the kickoff unit, where he was penalized for a facemask penalty.^[3] He was a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the Bears' video for The Super Bowl Shuffle, mimicking playing guitar. He played for the Bears until 1990 starting 31 games and throwing for 31 touchdowns and 47 interceptions.

Green Bay Packers

Tomczak was signed by the Green Bay Packers after the 1990 season and started seven games, throwing 11 touchdown passes, 128 completions and 9 interceptions. He was cut by the Packers on Monday, August 31, 1992 after not participating in training camp activities or appearing in the entire preseason due to a lengthy contract holdout.^[4]

Pittsburgh Steelers

After spending a year with the Green Bay Packers and another with the Cleveland Browns, he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers and spent seven seasons with the team, starting for much of the 1996 season and helping to guide the team into the playoffs. He started occasionally throughout his last three seasons with the Steelers, spelling Kordell Stewart for long stretches of the year in 1999.

After his contract with Pittsburgh was not renewed, he signed with the Detroit Lions in 2000 but suffered a broken right tibia in an exhibition game against the Oakland Raiders. After being forced to sit out the entire season, he retired from football, the last remaining active player from the 1985 Bears team. When asked about this, he replied, "Well, I had my run and I think it's time for new rookies to take my place in this team."

For his career, Tomczak has 73 starts, completed 55.3% of his passes for 88 touchdowns and 106 interceptions.

Career highlights

Among Tomczak's NFL career highlights, he won his first 10 starts at quarterback, all with Chicago, which set an NFL Record (breaking the mark set by former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Kruczek). The mark was eventually topped by current Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger. In 1988, Tomczak was the starting QB for Chicago in the infamous "Fog Bowl" playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles, guiding the Bears to a victory that put them in the NFC Championship Game. Tomczak started the last 15 games of the regular season, plus two playoff games, for Pittsburgh in 1996. The Steelers won 11 of those games, losing in the playoffs to eventual AFC champions, the New England Patriots. In his final regular season game, Pittsburgh lost a shoot-out against the Tennessee Titans 47-36, the highest scoring game in the history of Three Rivers Stadium. Tomczak passed for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns in his final game.

Post NFL and arrest

Tomczak worked as a sports announcer in Pittsburgh, as well as a color announcer for ESPN college football games, before becoming a sports management agent. He is a director at SMG Sports Management and has continued to work as a sports commentator. In late April 2010, while serving as a volunteer coach for Division II Ohio Dominican University, he was arrested and charged with two counts of simple assault for "lunging at his wife, grabbing her and stepping on her foot^[5]”. The charges were dropped on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. On May 21, 2010, he was named as the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League.^[6]

References

↑ "All Time Players: Mike Tomczak". NFL. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-04-13/news/9102020910_1_dumb-starry-labor-force
↑ Mayer, Larry (January 27, 2016). "20 interesting facts about '85 Bears". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-31/news/9203190518_1_mike-tomczak-holdout-starter
↑ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/26/ex-nfl-quarterback-mike-tomczak-arrested-in-domestic-dispute/
↑ DiPaola, Jerry (May 21, 2012). "Power Fires Head Coach Siegfeld". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

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Career Stats

Ohio State Buckeyes starting quarterbacks

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Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX champions

4 Steve Fuller 6 Kevin Butler 8 Maury Buford 9 Jim McMahon 18 Mike Tomczak 20 Thomas Sanders 21 Leslie Frazier 22 Dave Duerson 23 Shaun Gayle 24 Jeff Fisher 26 Matt Suhey 27 Mike Richardson 29 Dennis Gentry 31 Ken Taylor 33 Calvin Thomas 34 Walter Payton 45 Gary Fencik 48 Reggie Phillips 50 Mike Singletary 51 Jim Morrissey 52 Cliff Thrift 53 Dan Rains 54 Brian Cabral 55 Otis Wilson 57 Tom Thayer 58 Wilber Marshall 59 Ron Rivera 60 Tom Andrews 62 Mark Bortz 63 Jay Hilgenberg 70 Henry Waechter 71 Andy Frederick 72 William Perry 73 Mike Hartenstine 74 Jim Covert 75 Stefan Humphries 76 Steve McMichael 78 Keith Van Horne 79 Kurt Becker 80 Tim Wrightman 81 James Maness 82 Ken Margerum 83 Willie Gault 84 Brian Baschnagel 85 Dennis McKinnon 86 Brad Anderson 87 Emery Moorehead 88 Pat Dunsmore 89 Mitch Krenk 95 Richard Dent (MVP) 96 Keith Ortego 98 Tyrone Keys 99 Dan Hampton

Head coach: Mike Ditka

Coaches: Dale Haupt Ed Hughes Steve Kazor Jim LaRue Ted Plumb Johnny Roland Buddy Ryan Dick Stanfel

Decatur Staleys / Chicago Staleys / Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks

Pard Pearce (1920–1921)
Chuck Dressen (1920)
Jimmy Conzelman (1920)
Joey Sternaman (1922–1925, 1927–1929)
Johnny Bryan (1923)
Milton Romney (1926)
Paddy Driscoll (1926–1929)
Edward Sternaman (1927)
Carl Brumbaugh (1930–1936)
Keith Molesworth (1932–1936)
Bernie Masterson (1935–1940)
Ray Buivid (1937–1938)
Gene Ronzani (1937–1938, 1944–1945)
Sid Luckman (1939–1949)
Charlie O'Rourke (1942)
Bob Snyder (1943)
Johnny Long (1944)
Al Grygo (1945)
Tom Farris (1946)
Noah Mullins (1946–1948)
Mike Jarmoluk (1947)
Mike Holovak (1947)
Ed Sprinkle (1948)
Dick Flanagan (1948)
Johnny Lujack (1949–1951)
George Blanda (1949, 1952–1954)
Bob Perina (1949)
Steve Romanik (1951–1952)
Bob Williams (1952)
Zeke Bratkowski (1954, 1957–1960)
Ed Brown (1955–1961)
Bill Wade (1961–1965)
Rudy Bukich (1964–1966)
Jack Concannon (1967–1971)
Larry Rakestraw (1967–1968)
Bobby Douglass (1969–1975)
Virgil Carter (1968–1969)
Kent Nix (1971)
Gary Huff (1973–1975)
Bob Avellini (1975–1979, 1982, 1984)
Mike Phipps (1978–1980)
Vince Evans (1979–1981, 1983)
Jim McMahon (1982–1988)
Steve Fuller (1984–1986)
Rusty Lisch (1984)
Greg Landry (1984)
Mike Tomczak (1986–1990)
Doug Flutie (1986)
Mike Hohensee (1987)
Steve Bradley (1987)
Jim Harbaugh (1988–1993)
Peter Tom Willis (1992–1993)
Will Furrer (1992)
Steve Walsh (1994)
Erik Kramer (1994–1998)
Dave Krieg (1996)
Rick Mirer (1997)
Steve Stenstrom (1998)
Moses Moreno (1998)
Shane Matthews (1999–2000)
Cade McNown (1999–2000)
Jim Miller (1999–2002)
Chris Chandler (2002–2003)
Henry Burris (2002)
Kordell Stewart (2003)
Rex Grossman (2003–2008)
Craig Krenzel (2004)
Chad Hutchinson (2004)
Jonathan Quinn (2004)
Kyle Orton (2005, 2007–2008)
Brian Griese (2007)
Jay Cutler (2009–2016)
Todd Collins (2010)
Caleb Hanie (2011)
Josh McCown (2011, 2013)
Jason Campbell (2012)
Jimmy Clausen (2014–2015)
Brian Hoyer (2016)
Matt Barkley (2016–present)

Green Bay Packers starting quarterbacks

Norman Barry (1921)
Charlie Mathys (1922–1926)
Curly Lambeau (1925)
Pid Purdy (1926)
Red Dunn (1927–1931)
Bullet Baker (1928–1929)
Jack Evans (1929)
Arnie Herber (1930–1940)
Paul Fitzgibbon (1931)
Roger Grove (1931)
Cecil Isbell (1938–1942)
Hal Van Every (1940)
Tony Canadeo (1942–1943)
Irv Comp (1943–1948)
Roy McKay (1945)
Cliff Aberson (1946)
Jack Jacobs (1947–1949)
Perry Moss (1948)
Earl Girard (1949)
Stan Heath (1949)
Tobin Rote (1950–1956)
Bobby Thomason (1951)
Babe Parilli (1952–1953, 1957–1958)
Bart Starr (1956–1971)
Joe Francis (1958)
Lamar McHan (1959–1960)
John Roach (1963)
Zeke Bratkowski (1966–1968, 1971)
Don Horn (1969–1970)
Scott Hunter (1971–1973)
Jerry Tagge (1973–1974)
Jim Del Gaizo (1973)
John Hadl (1974–1975)
Jack Concannon (1974)
Don Milan (1975)
Lynn Dickey (1976–1977, 1979–1985)
Carlos Brown (1976)
Randy Johnson (1976)
David Whitehurst (1977–1979, 1981)
Randy Wright (1984–1988)
Jim Zorn (1985)
Don Majkowski (1987–1992)
Alan Risher (1987)
Anthony Dilweg (1990)
Blair Kiel (1990–1991)
Mike Tomczak (1991)
Brett Favre (1992–2007)
Aaron Rodgers (2008–present)
Matt Flynn (2010–2011, 2013)
Seneca Wallace (2013)
Scott Tolzien (2013)

Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks

Cliff Lewis (1946–1947, 1949)
Otto Graham (1946–1955)
George Ratterman (1953–1956)
Babe Parilli (1956)
Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957)
Milt Plum (1957–1961)
Len Dawson (1961)
Jim Ninowski (1962–1963, 1965)
Frank Ryan (1962–1968)
Gary Lane (1967)
Bill Nelsen (1968–1972)
Mike Phipps (1970–1976)
Don Gault (1970)
Brian Sipe (1974–1983)
Will Cureton (1975)
Dave Mays (1977)
Terry Luck (1977)
Paul McDonald (1982–1984)
Gary Danielson (1985–1988)
Bernie Kosar (1985–1993)
Jeff Christensen (1987)
Mike Pagel (1988, 1990)
Don Strock (1988)
Mike Tomczak (1992)
Todd Philcox (1992–1993)
Vinny Testaverde (1993–1995)
Mark Rypien (1994)
Eric Zeier (1995)
Ty Detmer (1999)
Tim Couch (1999–2003)
Doug Pederson (2000)
Spergon Wynn (2000)
Kelly Holcomb (2002–2004)
Jeff Garcia (2004)
Luke McCown (2004)
Trent Dilfer (2005)
Charlie Frye (2005–2007)
Derek Anderson (2006–2009)
Brady Quinn (2008–2009)
Ken Dorsey (2008)
Bruce Gradkowski (2008)
Jake Delhomme (2010)
Seneca Wallace (2010–2011)
Colt McCoy (2010–2011)
Brandon Weeden (2012–2013)
Thad Lewis (2012)
Brian Hoyer (2013–2014)
Jason Campbell (2013)
Johnny Manziel (2014–2015)
Connor Shaw (2014)
Josh McCown (2015–2016)
Austin Davis (2015)
Robert Griffin III (2016–present)
Cody Kessler (2016)

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers starting quarterbacks

Tony Holm (1933)
Warren Heller (1934)
Johnny Gildea (1935–1937)
Ed Matesic (1936)
Max Fiske (1937–1938)
Frank Filchock (1938)
Byron White (1938)
Hugh McCullough (1939)
Billy Patterson (1940)
Boyd Brumbaugh (1941)
Coley McDonough (1941)
Bill Dudley (1942, 1945–1946)
Allie Sherman (1943)
Roy Zimmerman (1943)
John Grigas (1944)
John McCarthy (1944)
Buzz Warren (1945)
Johnny Clement (1947–1948)
Charley Seabright (1947)
Ray Evans (1948)
Joe Gasparella (1948)
Joe Geri (1949–1951)
Jim Finks (1949–1955)
Chuck Ortmann (1951)
Bill Mackrides (1953)
Ted Marchibroda (1956)
Jack Scarbath (1956)
Earl Morrall (1957–1958)
Len Dawson (1957)
Bobby Layne (1958–1962)
Rudy Bukich (1960–1961)
Ed Brown (1962–1964)
Bill Nelsen (1964–1967)
Tommy Wade (1965)
Ron C. Smith (1966)
George Izo (1966)
Kent Nix (1967–1968)
Dick Shiner (1968–1969)
Terry Hanratty (1969–1971, 1973–1974)
Terry Bradshaw (1970–1983)
Joe Gilliam (1973–1974)
Mike Kruczek (1976)
Mark Malone (1981, 1984–1987)
Cliff Stoudt (1983)
David Woodley (1984–1985)
Scott Campbell (1985)
Bubby Brister (1986, 1988–1992)
Steve Bono (1987)
Todd Blackledge (1988–1989)
Neil O'Donnell (1991–1995)
Mike Tomczak (1993–1996, 1999)
Jim Miller (1996)
Kordell Stewart (1997–2002)
Kent Graham (2000)
Tommy Maddox (2002–2004)
Ben Roethlisberger (2004–present)
Charlie Batch (2005–2007, 2010–2012)
Dennis Dixon (2009–2010)
Byron Leftwich (2012)
Michael Vick (2015)
Landry Jones (2015–2016)

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