Steve Beuerlein

Although Servite led Moeller early in the 4th quarter, Moeller won 29–15, but Beuerlein's performance caught the eye of Notre Dame head coach Gerry Faust, who had coached for 18 years at Moeller prior to taking the Notre Dame job.

After Servite went on to win its final eleven games en route to a 31–7 victory over Long Beach Poly in the CIF-SS Big 5 championship game (and a #4 national ranking), Faust offered Beuerlein a full scholarship, and he attended Notre Dame the following year.

The win gave Beuerlein a perfect 40 record against the Trojans, the only Notre Dame quarterback ever to do so besides Ralph Guglielmi from 1951–1954.

Beuerlein started 39 out of 46 games for the Irish during his four-year career, with a 21–18 record.

Stephen Taylor Beuerlein (born March 7, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

After his playing career, he became an NFL and college football analyst for CBS.

In his senior year, Beuerlein led Anaheim's Servite High School to the California Interscholastic Federation 1982 Southern Section Big Five championship, where he was named player of the year.

In the first game of the year he played against Ohio's famed Moeller High School.

As a true freshman in the 1983 Notre Dame season, the 18-year-old Beuerlein got his first start in the fourth game, relieving senior quarterback and four-year starter Blair Kiel, who had begun the season with a 1–2 record.

Beuerlein started the remaining eight games of the regular season, splitting playing time with Kiel, and winning his first five starts.

Beuerlein entered his sophomore 1984 season as the starter at quarterback.

In the fifth game of the season against #14 Miami, he was knocked out of the game with an injury to his throwing shoulder.

He missed only one game, and started the rest of the season's games, taking repeated cortisone injections.

He led the Irish to a 4–1 finish to the regular season and a 7–4 record, losing only to #11 South Carolina, and with victories at #6 LSU and #14 USC, before losing in the Aloha Bowl to #10 SMU.

In that game, Beuerlein noticed a deterioration in the condition of his throwing shoulder, which had been worsening since the injury.

Beuerlein also blamed the injury on throwing a school-record 18 interceptions.

After an unsuccessful offseason rehab, Notre Dame sent Beuerlein to a California orthopedist in April, where the doctor discovered a bone chip in his collarbone, which had ground away much of his acromioclavicular joint.

He had surgery immediately, which removed an inch of his collarbone and the entire remaining parts of his AC joint.

Five months after surgery to his throwing shoulder, Beuerlein was starting the 1985 season opener at Michigan.

Beurlein was benched for the Ole Miss game in favor of sophomore backup Terry Andrysiak after throwing just three touchdowns at that point After good play coming off the bench that game, Beurlein won his starting job back.

Before Beuerlein's senior year, Faust resigned after five seasons.

The university then hired Minnesota head coach Lou Holtz.

Beuerlein enjoyed his best statistical season in 1986 under Holtz, throwing for 2211 yards, 13 TDs and 7 INTs.

He graduated in 1987 with a degree in American Studies, having broken nearly every passing and total offense record in Notre Dame history.

Beuerlein was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL Draft, but suffered a season-ending injury in preseason play.

He made his NFL debut in 1988 under new head coach Mike Shanahan, starting and winning the season opener against the San Diego Chargers 24–13, his first game in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since upsetting USC in college two years prior.

The Raiders would lose Beuerlein's next two starts in close games, including a loss to the crosstown Los Angeles Rams, where Beuerlein threw for 375 yards, then the third-highest total in Raiders history.

Beurlein was eventually benched for the more experienced Jay Schroeder, who had been acquired from the Washington Redskins only one day before the season opener.

Beuerlein came off the bench for Schroeder twice before regaining the starting job, losing it again near the end of the season.

The Raiders finished third in the AFC West division, with a record of 7–9.

In 1989, Schroeder was named the starter.

After a 1–3 start, Shanahan was fired.

Under new coach Art Shell, Beuerlein started the final six games after a three-interception outing by Schroeder in a Week 10 loss to San Diego, winning the Raiders' starting job.

The Raiders finished 8–8 for another third-place finish in the AFC West.

Going into the 1990 season, Beuerlein was to be the lowest-paid starting QB in the league, at a salary of $140,000.

This led to a contract dispute and holdout, and although he eventually signed before the start of the season, the holdout angered Raiders owner Al Davis, who refused to allow the Raiders' coaches to play Beuerlein.

Schroeder was handed the starting job with Vince Evans as the backup, and Beuerlein was held inactive for every game.

In his final collegiate game, Beuerlein threw three second-half touchdowns, helping lead the Irish to an upset over the 17th ranked USC Trojans.

He lost his final three starts of the regular season in close games decided by five points or less, but the Irish' 6–5 record was good enough for a Liberty Bowl bid, where Kiel got the start for the first time since the Miami game and led the Irish to a 19–18 victory over Doug Flutie's 13th-ranked Boston College team.