Steve Pelluer

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Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

July 29, 1962

Place of birth:

Yakima, Washington

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

204 lb (93 kg)

Career information

College:

Washington

NFL Draft:

1984 / Round: 5 / Pick: 113

Career history

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

All-Pac-10 (1981, 1983)
Washington MVP (1983)
Pacific-10 Offensive Player of the Year (1983)

Career NFL statistics

TD-INT:	29-39
Passing yards:	6,870
QB Rating:	71.6
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Steven Carl Pelluer (born July 29, 1962) is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 5th round of the 1984 NFL Draft. A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 209 lb (95 kg) quarterback from the University of Washington, Pelluer played in eight NFL seasons from 1984 to 1991.

Early years

Pelluer attended Interlake High School in Washington and lettered in football and basketball. In football, he led his team to the state quarterfinals as a junior and as a senior.

He went on to play at the University of Washington. As a sophomore in 1981, he took over the starting quarterback position, after Tim Cowan injured his thumb in the second game of the season. He finished with 110 of 234 completions, for 1,138 yards and 9 touchdowns, while leading the team to a Pacific-10 Conference title and a 28-0 win over the University of Iowa in the 1982 Rose Bowl. In 1982, even though his record was 7-1, he lost his starting job to Cowan. In 1983, he had one of the best quarterback seasons in school history, receiving All-Pac-10 and the conference's offensive player of the year honors, after completing a 65.1% of his passes (school record) for 2,365 yards and 11 touchdowns.^[1]

He left as the school's second career leader in passing yards with 4,917 yards, to go along with 30 touchdowns, 331 rushing yards and a 26-7 record.

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys

Pelluer was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round (113th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft. He was the third string quarterback in 1984 and 1985. In 1985, with the first place in the NFC East division at stake, he was forced to enter a tight game against the New York Giants, because both starting quarterbacks (Danny White and backup Gary Hogeboom) had been injured. Pelluer played well in relief and led the Cowboys to a victory that clinched the NFC East title.^[2]^[3]

In 1986, he was named the backup quarterback after Hogeboom was traded, and when White suffered a season-ending injury in week 9, he became the starter for the remainder of the season, showing a strong arm and great mobility. Playing against the Seattle Seahawks, he set the franchise record for consecutive passes completed (14) without an incompletion.

In 1987, he began as a backup, but took White's starting job in week 10. In 1988, at a low point in franchise history, he started 14 of the 16 games, passing for 3,139 yards and 17 touchdowns, but the team finished just 3-13 (3-11 in his starts). That year against the Chicago Bears, while sliding feet first, he received a highlight-reel hit by linebacker Mike Singletary, that forced him to leave the game with a concussion.^[4] He was the last quarterback to start and win a game for a Tom Landry-coached team.

The next year he asked to be traded, after Jimmy Johnson was hired as the new head coach and drafted two rookie quarterbacks (Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh).^[5] On October 17, 1989, he was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a third round draft choice in 1990 (#68-Ron Lewis) and a fourth round draft choice in 1991 (#106-Bill Musgrave).^[6]

Kansas City Chiefs

In 1989, he appeared in 5 regular season games with 3 starts. On November 5, he led his team to a 20-10 win against the Seattle Seahawks and tied a franchise record for rushing yards (69) by a quarterback.^[7]

In 1990, he appeared in 13 games with no starts, after Steve DeBerg established himself as the team starter during the preseason.

On August 7, 1991, he walked out of training camp, before returning on August 19.^[8] He was released on August 27 and later re-signed on December 17 to backup Mark Vlasic after DeBerg was injured.^[9]

Denver Broncos

In 1992, he was signed in Plan B free agency by the Denver Broncos and was cut on August 18, before the start of the season.^[10]^[11]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

Pelluer was out of football for three years, until signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League in 1995.^[12] He was lost for the season after dislocating his shoulder in the second game against the Birmingham Barracudas.

Frankfurt Galaxy (WLAF)

In 1996, he played with the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football, reuniting with head coach Ernie Stautner, who was the defensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys. Pelluer was one of the three top quarterbacks in the league and helped his team reach the World Bowl. He returned the next year, but was a reserve player, before deciding to retire at the end of the season.

Personal life

Pelluer's brother Scott Pelluer attended Washington State University and played linebacker for the New Orleans Saints, Pelluer now coaches football for lake Washington high school.

References

Washington Huskies starting quarterbacks

Guttormsen
McAdams
Heinrich
Mitchell
Lederman
Cox
Roake
Ferguson
Dunn
Hivner
Schloredt
Ohler
Siler
Douglas
Hullin
Sparlin
Manke
Kaloper
Willis
Sixkiller
Rowland
Fitzpatrick
Moon
Porras
Flick
Pelluer
Cowan
Sicuro
Millen
Chandler
Conklin
Brunell
Hobert
D. Huard
Bjornson
Fortney
B. Huard
Tuiasosopo
Pickett
Barton
Paus
Stanback
Locker
Bonnell
Fouch
Price
Montana
Miles
Lindquist
Williams
Browning
Carta-Samuels

Pac-12 Player of the Year winners

Overall (1975–1982)	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin and Moon 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey

Offensive (1983–present)	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 Broussard 1990 G. Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and A. Smith 1999 Walters 2000 Tuiasosopo 2001 Harrington 2002 Gesser and Palmer 2003 Leinart 2004 Bush and Leinart 2005 Bush 2006 Lynch 2007 Dixon 2008 Rodgers 2009 Gerhart 2010 Luck 2011 Luck 2012 Lee 2013 Carey 2014 Mariota 2015 McCaffrey 2016 Browning

Defensive (1983–present)	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and D. Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 R. Thomas 2002 Suggs 2003 Ball 2004 Cody and Swancutt 2005 Ngata and Robinson 2006 Hughes 2007 Ellis 2008 Maualuga 2009 Price 2010 Paea 2011 Kendricks 2012 Sutton 2013 Sutton 2014 Wright 2015 Buckner 2016 Jackson

Freshman (1999–2008)	1999 Kelly 2000 Suggs 2001 T. Johnson and R. Williams 2002 M. Williams 2003 Browner 2004 Miller 2005 Perry and M. Thomas 2006 Byrd, Mays and Verner 2007 Locker 2008 Rodgers

Freshman Offensive (2009–present)	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 D. Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack 2014 Freeman 2015 Rosen 2016 Darnold

Freshman Defensive (2009–present)	2009 Burfict 2010 Onyeali 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack 2014 Jackson 2015 C. Smith 2016 Rapp

Dallas Cowboys 1984 NFL draft selections

Billy Cannon, Jr. Victor Scott Fred Cornwell Steve DeOssie Steve Pelluer Norm Granger Eugene Lockhart Joe Levelis Ed Martin Mike Revell John Hunt Neil Maune Brian Salonen Dowe Aughtman Carl Lewis

Dallas Cowboys starting quarterbacks

Eddie LeBaron (1960–1963)
Don Meredith (1960–1968)
Don Heinrich (1960)
John Roach (1964)
Jerry Rhome (1965–1966)
Craig Morton (1965, 1967–1972)
Roger Staubach (1969–1971, 1973–1979)
Clint Longley (1975)
Danny White (1978, 1980–1987)
Glenn Carano (1981)
Gary Hogeboom (1984–1985)
Steve Pelluer (1986–1988)
Reggie Collier (1986)
Kevin Sweeney (1987–1988)
Troy Aikman (1989–2000)
Steve Walsh (1989)
Babe Laufenberg (1990)
Steve Beuerlein (1991)
Bernie Kosar (1993)
Jason Garrett (1993–1994, 1998–1999)
Rodney Peete (1994)
Wade Wilson (1996)
Randall Cunningham (2000)
Anthony Wright (2000–2001)
Quincy Carter (2001–2003)
Ryan Leaf (2001)
Clint Stoerner (2001)
Chad Hutchinson (2002)
Vinny Testaverde (2004)
Drew Henson (2004)
Drew Bledsoe (2005–2006)
Tony Romo (2006–2015)
Brad Johnson (2008)
Jon Kitna (2010)
Stephen McGee (2010)
Kyle Orton (2013)
Brandon Weeden (2014–2015)
Matt Cassel (2015)
Kellen Moore (2015)
Dak Prescott (2016–present)

Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterbacks

Cotton Davidson (1960–1961)
Hunter Enis (1960)
Randy Duncan (1961)
Len Dawson (1962–1975)
Eddie Wilson (1963)
Pete Beathard (1965)
Jacky Lee (1968–1969)
Mike Livingston (1969–1979)
Tony Adams (1975, 1977–1978)
Steve Fuller (1979–1982)
Bill Kenney (1980–1988)
Todd Blackledge (1984–1987)
Matt Stevens (1987)
Frank Seurer (1987)
Doug Hudson (1987)
Steve DeBerg (1988–1991)
Ron Jaworski (1989)
Steve Pelluer (1989)
Mark Vlasic (1991)
Dave Krieg (1992–1993)
Joe Montana (1993–1994)
Steve Bono (1994–1996)
Rich Gannon (1996–1998)
Elvis Grbac (1997–2000)
Warren Moon (2000)
Trent Green (2001–2006)
Damon Huard (2006–2008)
Brodie Croyle (2007–2010)
Tyler Thigpen (2008)
Matt Cassel (2009–2012)
Tyler Palko (2011)
Kyle Orton (2011)
Brady Quinn (2012)
Alex Smith (2013–present)
Chase Daniel (2013–2014)
Nick Foles (2016)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting quarterbacks

Frankfurt Galaxy starting quarterbacks

Mike Perez (1991–1992)
Alex Espinoza (1992)
Chris Cochrane (1992)
Jim Miller (1995)
Paul Justin (1995)
Steve Pelluer (1996–1997)
Chad May (1997)
Damon Huard (1998)
Jake Delhomme (1999)
Pat Barnes (1999–2000)
Ted White (2000)
Michael Bishop (2001)
Lionel Hayes (2001)
Kevin Thompson (2001)
Joe Hamilton (2002)
Bart Hendricks (2002)
James Brown (2003)
J. T. O'Sullivan (2004, 2007)
Kirk Farmer (2004)
Akili Smith (2005)
Kevin Eakin (2005)
Jeff Otis (2006)
Craig Ochs (2006)

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