Doug Flutie, 2025
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Quarterback, Boston College, 1981–⁠84

Doug Flutie

Born
Oct 23, 1962, in Manchester, Maryland

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Doug Flutie played quarterback at Boston College (1981–⁠84). He won the 1984 Heisman Trophy, the 1984 Davey O’Brien Award, the 1984 Maxwell Award and the 1984 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1984. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

At a glance

Best season
1984
Heisman Trophy, Davey O’Brien Award and 8 more
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in passer rating, 1984

Honors

All-America: consensus 1984; UPI second team 1983; Gannett News Service third team 1982; Football News third team 1983

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsTD
198110519254.71,652108135.867792
198216234746.72,7491320114.1902652
198317734551.32,7241715125.2692450
198423338660.43,4542711152.9621493
Career6771,27010,57967542887387

From the college statistics table in Flutie’s Wikipedia article (Doug Flutie, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1998

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1985USFLNew Jersey Generals
1990–⁠91CFLBC Lions
1992–⁠95CFLCalgary Stampeders
1996–⁠97CFLToronto Argonauts

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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