Matt Stevens (quarterback)

Matthew Anthony Stevens (born July 30, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played one season in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs during the 1987 NFL strike. He played in three games for the Chiefs, starting two of them. He played high school football at Fountain Valley High School and college football for the UCLA Bruins.^[1][2][3]

Matt Stevens

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Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born	(1964-07-30) July 30, 1964 (age 61) Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Fountain Valley (CA)
College	UCLA
NFL draft	1987: undrafted
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (1987) Los Angeles Cobras (1988)
Awards and highlights
Second Team All-Arena (1988)
Career NFL statistics
Attempts 57 Completions 32 Passing yards 315 TD-INT 1-1 Passer rating 70.4 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Career Arena League statistics
Attempts 361 Completions 199 Passing yards 2,535 TD-INT 50-13 Passer rating 96.9 Stats at ArenaFan.com

Career

In the 1986 UCLA vs. USC game, Karl Dorrell was on the receiving end of a play from Stevens that the Los Angeles Times dubbed "Hail Mary, and in your face.."^[4] On the last play of the first half, UCLA quarterback Stevens threw a Hail Mary pass, which was tipped into the hands of the flanker—Dorrell—to put the Bruins up 31–0 at the half. The Bruins went on to win 45–25.

Stevens was the quarterback for UCLA in the 1986 Rose Bowl in which the Bruins defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 45–28. Stevens was 16–26 for 169 yards and one touchdown.

Stevens is currently the football color analyst on UCLA's flagship radio station. In 2001, Stevens was voted "Color Analyst of the Year" by the Southern California Broadcasters Association.