Andre Ware

American football player and analyst (born 1968)

Not to be confused with Andre Ward.

American football player

Andre Ware

Ware with the Houston Cougars

No. 11, 10, 1
Position:| Quarterback
Personal information
Born:|  (1968-07-31) July 31, 1968 (age 56)
Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:| 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:| Dickinson (Dickinson, Texas)
College:| Houston (1987–1989)
NFL draft:| 1990 / round: 1 / pick: 7
Career history

* Detroit Lions (1990–1993)
* Minnesota Vikings (1994)*[1]
* Jacksonville Jaguars (1995)*
* Ottawa Rough Riders (1995)
* BC Lions (1996)
* Toronto Argonauts (1997)
* Berlin Thunder (1999)
* Oakland Raiders (1999}*[2]

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

* Grey Cup champion (1997)
* Heisman Trophy (1989)
* Davey O'Brien Award (1989)
* UPI Player of the Year (1989)
* Consensus All-American (1989)
* SWC Offensive Player of the Year (1989)
* First-team All-SWC (1989)
* Second-team All-SWC (1988)
* Houston Cougars No. 11 retired
* Texas Sports Hall of Fame (2011)

Career NFL statistics
| Passing attempts:| 161

|

Passing completions:| 83
Completion percentage:| 51.6%
TD–INT:| 5–8
Passing yards:| 1,112
Passer rating:| 63.5
Rushing yards:| 217
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Career CFL statistics
| Passing attempts:| 249

|

Passing completions:| 134
Completion percentage:| 58.8%
TD–INT:| 10–10
Passing yards:| 1,542

College Football Hall of Fame

Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator, and a former professional football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL) and NFL Europe. Ware played college football for the Houston Cougars, winning the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award in 1989. He was the first black quarterback to receive the Heisman.[3] In the 1990 NFL draft, Ware was selected in the first round by the Detroit Lions with the seventh overall pick. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

## College career

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Ware grew up in the Galveston, Texas region, hoping to play football at the University of Texas. He said "I was going to Texas. All they had to do was lie to me and tell me I was going to play quarterback once I got there. Thank goodness they told me the truth [that] they were going to move me to defense".[4] After graduating from Dickinson High School, Ware instead played at the University of Houston, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1989, along with the Davey O'Brien Award, the latter award given to the most outstanding college quarterback of the year.[5] That season - his junior year - averaging 52 passes per contest (365-of-578, 63.1%), he threw for 4,699 yards (427.18 yds/g or 127 yds/quarter), 46 touchdowns,[6] and set 27 NCAA records over the span of 11 games, seven of which he sat during the fourth quarter. Many of the records (including the notable 340 yards/5 TDs in the first quarter and 517 yards/6 TDs thrown in one half, set on October 21, 1989, in a 95–21 rout against the SMU Mustangs[7][8]) were thanks to the innovative use of the run and shoot offense, which his successor, David Klingler, also used to great effect. The 1989 Cougars were the first FBS team to have a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher, and 1,000-yard receiver in the same season,[9] where they ended the season 9–2 after averaging 624.9 y/g and ranked the #14 team in the nation by the Associated Press, but were on probation, making Ware the only quarterback to win the Heisman while playing for a team on probation.[10] He then declared for the NFL Draft, foregoing his senior year.

## Professional football career

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Ware became the top draft pick of the Detroit Lions in the 1990 NFL draft.[11] Head coach Wayne Fontes overrode the advice of the team's scouting director, who resigned the next day. Ware joined the Lions for the 1990 season, teaming with the previous Heisman Trophy winner from 1988, Barry Sanders. Ware spent four years with Detroit, playing 14 games and starting six: Coach Fontes insisted on starting the oft-injured Rodney Peete, and usually replacing Peete with Erik Kramer when Peete was hurt or played poorly. Fontes generally only played Ware when the Lions were out of the playoffs or already losing a game by a wide margin. Ware's best stretch came late in the 1992 season when the Lions were out of the playoffs: he won two of three games. He began 1994 on the roster of the Los Angeles Raiders, but was released after several games. In 1995, he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the NFL's two expansion teams that year. As a former Heisman Trophy winner, Ware's presence gathered much local excitement in Jacksonville,[12] but ultimately, Ware was cut from the team the week before the regular season began.

It is debated why Ware failed in the NFL despite a prolific college career. While some have argued that Ware's coaches never gave him a fair chance to develop, others have noticed that he was unable to adapt to an offensive system other than the run-and-shoot offense at Houston.[3]

Ware also played in the Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Rough Riders, the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts (where he backed up fellow Heisman winner Doug Flutie). He spent five games with the Berlin Thunder, a German NFL Europe team.

## Broadcaster

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Since 2002, Ware has been a part of the Houston Texans' radio broadcast team with Marc Vandermeer.

Since 2003, Ware has been a college football analyst for ESPN. From 2003 until 2008, he called games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC. In July 2009, ESPN announced that Ware would team up with long-time SEC broadcaster Dave Neal in the fall of 2009 as color commentator for ESPN Regional Television's coverage of Southeastern Conference Football. Ware continued in this role until 2013. From 2014 through 2019, he called games for ESPN's SEC Network, then joined the ESPN College Football Friday Primetime team in 2020.[13]

## Honors

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In 2004, Ware was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. On February 29, 2012, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Other members of his class include Texas A&M University Women's basketball Coach Gary Blair, Shawn Andaya, University of Texas Football Coach Mack Brown, Fred Couples, Coach Lovie Smith, G. A. Moore, Bubba Smith, Dave Parks, and Tobin Rote.

## See also

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* List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders
* List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders
* Racial issues faced by black quarterbacks
* List of black quarterbacks

## References

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1. ^ "Transactions". NFL.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
2. ^ Raiders, 1999 Media Guide (PDF). p. 106. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
3. ^ a b Bembry, Jerry (November 23, 2017). "Andre Ware isn't just an analyst, he's the first black quarterback to win the Heisman". Andscape. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
4. ^ Weissman, Steve (host); Ware, Andre; Schad, Joe (April 21, 2014). College Football Live. ESPN.
5. ^ "1989 Heisman Trophy Voting". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
6. ^ "Andre Ware".
7. ^ "Ten unbreakable college football records". NFL.com.
8. ^ "QB Andre Ware led the revolution at Houston". reviewjournal.com. September 19, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
9. ^ "25 years later, Andre Ware's season matters". ESPN.com. August 7, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
10. ^ "Andre Ware".
11. ^ "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
12. ^ "Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
13. ^ "Andre Ware".

## External links

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*   * Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference

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NCAA major college football annual passing yards leaders

* 1937: Patterson
* 1938: O'Brien
* 1939: Eakin
* 1940: Supulski
* 1941: Schwenk
* 1942: Governali
* 1943: Hoernschemeyer
* 1944: Rickards
* 1945: Dekdebrun
* 1946: Layne
* 1947: Enke
* 1948: Heath
* 1949: O'Malley
* 1950: Heinrich
* 1951: Klosterman
* 1952: Bratkowski
* 1953: Garrett
* 1954: Larson
* 1955: Welsh
* 1956: Brodie
* 1957: Grosscup
* 1958: Duncan
* 1959: Norman
* 1960: Snead
* 1961: Miller
* 1962: Mira
* 1963: Trull
* 1964: Rhome
* 1965: Anderson
* 1966: M. Reed
* 1967: Olivas
* 1968: Cook
* 1969: Shaw
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Huff
* 1972: Strock
* 1973: Freitas
* 1974: Bartkowski
* 1975: Penrose
* 1976: Nielsen
* 1977: Williams
* 1978: Ford
* 1979: Wilson
* 1980: McMahon
* 1981: King
* 1982: Dillon
* 1983: Young
* 1984: Bosco
* 1985: Bosco
* 1986: Perez
* 1987: Santos
* 1988: Mitchell
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Detmer
* 1992: Klingler
* 1993: Vargas
* 1994: Walsh
* 1995: Maxwell
* 1996: Wallwork
* 1997: Leaf
* 1998: Rattay
* 1999: Rattay
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Da. Carr
* 2002: Kingsbury
* 2003: Symons
* 2004: Cumbie
* 2005: Brennan
* 2006: Brennan
* 2007: Harrell
* 2008: Harrell
* 2009: Keenum
* 2010: Moniz
* 2011: Keenum
* 2012: Florence
* 2013: De. Carr
* 2014: Doughty
* 2015: Doughty
* 2016: Mahomes
* 2017: Rudolph
* 2018: Haskins
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: Jones
* 2021: Zappe
* 2022: A. Reed
* 2023: Penix Jr.

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1989 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense|

* QB Andre Ware
* RB Anthony Thompson
* RB Emmitt Smith
* WR Clarkston Hines
* WR Terance Mathis
* TE Mike Busch

* OL Jim Mabry
* OL Bob Kula
* OL Mohammed Elewonibi
* OL Joe Garten
* OL Eric Still
* C Jake Young

Defense|

* DL Chris Zorich
* DL Greg Mark
* DL Tim Ryan
* DL Moe Gardner

* LB Percy Snow
* LB Keith McCants
* LB Alfred Williams

* DB Todd Lyght
* DB Mark Carrier
* DB Tripp Welborne
* DB LeRoy Butler

Special teams|

* PK Jason Hanson
* P Tom Rouen

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Davey O'Brien Award winners

* 1981: McMahon
* 1982: Blackledge
* 1983: S. Young
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: Long
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: McPherson
* 1988: Aikman
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Detmer
* 1992: Torretta
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Collins
* 1995: Wuerffel
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: Manning
* 1998: Bishop
* 1999: Hamilton
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Crouch
* 2002: Banks
* 2003: White
* 2004: White
* 2005: V. Young
* 2006: Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Bradford
* 2009: McCoy
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin III
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Watson
* 2016: Watson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Murray
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: Jones
* 2021: B. Young
* 2022: Duggan
* 2023: Daniels

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* e

Heisman Trophy winners

* 1935: Berwanger
* 1936: Kelley
* 1937: Frank
* 1938: O'Brien
* 1939: Kinnick
* 1940: Harmon
* 1941: B. Smith
* 1942: Sinkwich
* 1943: Bertelli
* 1944: Horvath
* 1945: Blanchard
* 1946: G. Davis
* 1947: Lujack
* 1948: D. Walker
* 1949: Hart
* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Lattner
* 1954: Ameche
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: Hornung
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Dawkins
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: E. Davis
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Huarte
* 1965: Garrett
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Beban
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Sullivan
* 1972: Rodgers
* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: A. Griffin
* 1975: A. Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Rogers
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: B. Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: Torretta
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Salaam
* 1995: George
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: Woodson
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Crouch
* 2002: Palmer
* 2003: J. White
* 2004: Leinart
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: T. Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Bradford
* 2009: Ingram II
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin III
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Henry
* 2016: L. Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Murray
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: D. Smith
* 2021: Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Daniels

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UPI College Football Player of the Year winners

* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Giel
* 1954: Ameche
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: Majors
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Cannon
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: Ferguson
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Huarte
* 1965: Garrett
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Simpson
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Marinaro
* 1972: Rogers
* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: Griffin
* 1975: Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard

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1990 NFL draft first-round selections

* Jeff George
* Blair Thomas
* Cortez Kennedy
* Keith McCants
* Junior Seau
* Mark Carrier
* Andre Ware
* Chris Singleton
* Richmond Webb
* Ray Agnew
* Anthony Smith
* James Francis
* Percy Snow
* Renaldo Turnbull
* Lamar Lathon
* James Williams
* Emmitt Smith
* Tony Bennett
* Darrell Thompson
* Steve Broussard
* Eric Green
* Ben Smith
* Bern Brostek
* Rodney Hampton
* Dexter Carter
* Rob Moore

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Detroit Lions 1990 NFL draft selections

* Andre Ware
* Dan Owens
* Marc Spindler
* Rob Hinckley
* Chris Oldham
* Jeff Campbell
* Maurice Henry
* Tracy Hayworth
* Willie Green
* Roman Fortin
* Jack Linn
* Bill Miller
* Reginald Warnsley
* Robert Claiborne

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Houston Cougars starting quarterbacks

* Charlie Manichia (1946)
* Alan Neveux (1948–1949)
* Bobby Rogers (1950)
* Bob Clatterbuck (1951–1953)
* Jim Dickey (1954–1955)
* Don Flynn (1956)
* Sammy Blount (1957)
* Lonnie Holland (1958–1959)
* Don Sessions (1960–1961)
* Billy Roland (1962)
* Jack Skog (1963–1964)
* Bo Burris (1965–1966)
* Dick Woodall (1967)
* Ken Bailey (1968)
* Rusty Clark (1969)
* Gary Mullins (1969–1971)
* D. C. Nobles (1972–1973)
* David Husmann (1974)
* Bubba McGallion (1975)
* Danny Davis (1976–1978)
* Delrick Brown (1977–1979)
* Terry Elston (1980)
* Brent Chinn (1980)
* Lionel Wilson (1981–1982)
* Gerald Landry (1983–1985)
* Mark Davis (1986)
* David Dacus (1987–1988)
* Andre Ware (1987–1989)
* Ed Powers (1987)
* David Klingler (1990–1991)
* Donald Douglas (1991–1992)
* Jimmy Klingler (1992–1993)
* Chuck Clements (1993–1996)
* Clay Helton (1994)
* Chad O'Shea (1994)
* Tyson Helton (1997)
* Jason McKinley (1997–2000)
* Kelly Robertson (2001)
* Nick Eddy (2001–2002)
* Barrick Nealy (2002)
* Kevin Kolb (2003–2006)
* Blake Joseph (2007)
* Case Keenum (2007–2011)
* Terrance Broadway (2010)
* David Piland (2010–2013)
* Crawford Jones (2012)
* John O'Korn (2013–2014)
* Greg Ward (2014–2016)
* Kyle Postma (2015–2017)
* Kyle Allen (2017)
* D'Eriq King (2017–2019)
* Clayton Tune (2018–2022)
* Logan Holgorsen (2019)
* Donovan Smith (2023–2024)
* Zeon Chriss (2024–present)

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Detroit Lions starting quarterbacks

Formerly the Portsmouth Spartans (1930–1933)

* Chuck Bennett (1930)
* Glenn Presnell (1931–1933)
* Dutch Clark (1932–1937)
* Vern Huffman (1938)
* Dwight Sloan (1939)
* Byron White (1940–1941)
* Harry Hopp (1942)
* Frank Sinkwich (1943–1944)
* Chuck Fenenbock (1945)
* Dave Ryan (1946)
* Clyde LeForce (1947–1949)
* Fred Enke (1948–1949)
* Frank Tripucka (1949)
* Bobby Layne (1950–1958)
* Jim Hardy (1952)
* Tom Dublinski (1953–1954)
* Harry Gilmer (1955)
* Tobin Rote (1957–1959)
* Earl Morrall (1959–1961, 1963–1964)
* Jim Ninowski (1960–1961)
* Milt Plum (1962–1967)
* George Izo (1965)
* Karl Sweetan (1966–1967)
* Bill Munson (1968–1970, 1973–1975)
* Greg Landry (1968–1978)
* Joe Reed (1975–1977, 1979)
* Gary Danielson (1977–1978, 1980–1982, 1984)
* Jeff Komlo (1979, 1981)
* Eric Hipple (1981–1986, 1989)
* John Witkowski (1984)
* Joe Ferguson (1985–1986)
* Chuck Long (1986–1988)
* Todd Hons (1987)
* Rusty Hilger (1988)
* Bob Gagliano (1989–1990)
* Rodney Peete (1989–1993)
* Andre Ware (1990, 1992–1993)
* Erik Kramer (1991–1993)
* Dave Krieg (1994)
* Scott Mitchell (1994–1998)
* Don Majkowski (1996)
* Charlie Batch (1998–2001)
* Frank Reich (1998)
* Gus Frerotte (1999)
* Stoney Case (2000)
* Ty Detmer (2001)
* Mike McMahon (2001–2002)
* Joey Harrington (2002–2005)
* Jeff Garcia (2005)
* Jon Kitna (2006–2008)
* Dan Orlovsky (2008)
* Daunte Culpepper (2008–2009)
* Matthew Stafford (2009–2020)
* Drew Stanton (2009–2010)
* Shaun Hill (2010)
* Jeff Driskel (2019)
* David Blough (2019)
* Jared Goff (2021–present)
* Tim Boyle (2021)

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Detroit Lions first-round draft picks

* Wagner
* Cardwell
* Wojciechowicz
* Pingel
* Nave
* Thomason
* Westfall
* Sinkwich
* Graham
* Szymanski
* Dellastatious
* G. Davis
* Tittle
* Rauch
* Hart
* Watson
* H. Sewell
* Chapman
* Middleton
* Cassady
* Glass
* Karras
* Pietrosante
* Robinson
* Hadl
* D. Sanders
* Beathard
* Nowatzke
* Farr
* Landry
* McCullouch
* Owens
* Bell
* Orvis
* Price
* O'Neil
* Boden
* Hunter
* Gaines
* Bradley
* Dorney
* B. Sims
* Nichols
* Ji. Williams
* J. Jones
* Lewis
* L. Brown
* Long
* R. Rogers
* Blades
* B. Sanders
* Ware
* Moore
* Porcher
* Morton
* Elliss
* R. Brown
* Hartings
* Westbrook
* Fair
* Claiborne
* Gibson
* McDougle
* Backus
* Harrington
* C. Rogers
* R. Williams
* K. Jones
* M. Williams
* E. Sims
* Johnson
* Cherilus
* Stafford
* Pettigrew
* Suh
* Best
* Fairley
* Reiff
* Ansah
* Ebron
* Tomlinson
* Decker
* J. Davis
* Ragnow
* Hockenson
* Okudah
* P. Sewell
* Hutchinson
* Ja. Williams
* Gibbs
* Campbell
* Arnold

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BC Lions starting quarterbacks

* Mazur
* Tuttle
* Robillard
* Galiffa
* Clinkscale
* Teresa
* Gustafson
* Villanueva
* M. Duncan
* Vann
* Herring
* Dorow
* R. Duncan
* Walden
* Keeley
* Schloredt
* Kapp
* Faloney
* Schichtle
* Ohler
* Parker
* Brothers
* Moorhead
* Bunce
* Douglas
* Liske
* Guthrie
* Sciarra
* Cassata
* Tagge
* Keithley
* Paopao
* Dewalt
* Nott
* Cowan
* Vavra
* Dunigan
* Foggie
* Flutie
* Barrett
* Kimbrough
* Johnson
* Renfroe
* McManus
* Austin
* Caravatta
* Ware
* Allen
* Corbin
* Dickenson
* Wynn
* Printers
* Pierce
* Jackson
* Lulay
* Reilly
* DeMarco
* Glenn
* Beck
* Jennings
* O'Brien
* Rourke
* O'Connor
* Pipkin
* Adams
* Evans
* Dolegala

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Berlin Thunder starting quarterbacks

* Andre Ware (1999)
* Chris Dittoe (1999)
* Eric Kresser (2000)
* Scott Milanovich (2000)
* Jonathan Quinn (2001)
* Todd Husak (2002)
* Henry Burris (2003)
* Phil Stambaugh (2003)
* Rohan Davey (2004)
* Dave Ragone (2005)
* Lang Campbell (2006)
* Travis Lulay (2007)

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Toronto Argonauts 85th Grey Cup champions

* 1 Kelly Wiltshire
* 2 Doug Flutie
* 3 Charles Anthony
* 7 Johnnie Harris
* 9 Marcello Simmons
* 10 Antonious Bonner
* 11 Andre Ware
* 12 Adrion Smith
* 13 Mike Vanderjagt
* 19 Donald Smith
* 21 George Nimako
* 28 Duane Dmytryshyn
* 29 Robert Drummond
* 31 Pinball Clemons
* 35 Brendan Rogers
* 36 Lester Smith
* 37 Ken Benson
* 38 Reggie Givens
* 50 Mike O'Shea
* 51 Noah Cantor
* 54 Jeremy O'Day
* 56 Chad Folk
* 57 Dan Payne
* 58 Chris Gioskos
* 59 Pierre Vercheval
* 63 Mike Kiselak
* 73 Andrew Stewart
* 80 Norm Casola
* 81 Andre Kirwan
* 87 Derrell Mitchell
* 88 Paul Masotti
* 89 Denis Montana
* 91 Demetrious Maxie
* 92 Rob Waldrop
* 94 Oscar Giles

* Head coach: Don Matthews

* Assistant coaches: Bill Bradley
* Gary Etcheverry
* Donald Hill-Eley

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