Mike Kerrigan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mike Kerrigan

American football player

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1960

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: American football player, Canadian football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Mike Kerrigan

  • Michael Joseph Kerrigan (born April 27, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional quarterback. Kerrigan played quarterback for St.
  • Cajetan Grammar School in Chicago with fellow undrafted free agents Phil Carlin, Brian Murphy, Gil Lindgren and Tom Lusk.
  • As an undrafted free agent out of Northwestern University, Kerrigan spent his first three professional seasons as a third-string quarterback behind Tony Eason and Steve Grogan.
  • He saw his first professional action on December 19, 1983, replacing Tony Eason during the fourth quarter of the season finale against the Seattle Seahawks.
  • He went 6 for 14 for 72 yards and rushed once for 14 yards in a 24-6 loss. He backed up Tony Eason and Steve Grogan during the 1984 season, appearing in one game versus Indianapolis, completing one pass for 13 yards, leading the offense on a fourth-quarter touchdown drive.
  • He was released after the 1984 season and signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. In his first season in the Canadian Football League, Kerrigan led the Ti-Cats to a 39-15 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos in the 74th Grey Cup.
  • He was named the game's most valuable player.
  • It was Hamilton’s first Grey Cup title since 1972, and their first win over the Eskimos since 1977.
  • The Ticats entered the game as 12-point underdogs.
  • They got to the Grey Cup by beating their archrivals, the Toronto Argonauts, in a two-game total point series.
  • Kerrigan set a CFL playoff completion record in the second game by completing 35 of his 47 passes. He again led the Tiger-Cats to the Grey Cup, losing in 1989 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders 43-40 on a last second field goal in what many consider to be the most exciting Grey Cup ever played.
  • In 1992 he left the Ti-Cats for a four-season stint with their arch-rival, the Toronto Argonauts, returning to the Ti-Cats in mid-season 1995.
  • He retired after the 1996 season as the all-time leading passer in Tiger-Cat history.

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