David Klingler

David Klingler

Position(s) Quarterback Jersey #(s) 7, 15
Born	February 17, 1969 (1969-02-17) (age 42) Houston, Texas
Career information
Year(s)	1992–1997
NFL Draft	1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
College	Houston
Professional teams
Cincinnati Bengals (1992-1995) Oakland Raiders (1996-1997) Green Bay Packers (1998) * *Offseason member only.
Career stats
TD-INT	16-22
Yards	3,994
QB Rating	65.1
Stats at NFL.com
Career highlights and awards
1990 Sammy Baugh Trophy Winner

David Ryan Klingler (born February 17, 1969, in Houston, Texas), is a former American football player. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals after a record setting quarterback career at the University of Houston. Klingler attended Stratford High School in Houston.

College career

A 6'2" quarterback, Klingler rewrote numerous college passing records for the Houston Cougars from 1988-1991. On November 17, 1990, Klingler threw 11 touchdown passes against Eastern Washington University at the Astrodome, and on December 2 set the NCAA (division I) record for most yards gained in a single game, 716. In his four seasons at Houston, he completed 726 of 1,262 passes for 9,430 yards and 91 touchdowns, all of which were school records at the time. Klingler set the NCAA record for touchdown passes in a season with 54 in 1990. His single season touchdown pass record stood for 16 years until it was broken in the 2006 Hawaii Bowl by University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan with 58, though Brennan needed three more games than Klingler to break the record. Klingler made a valiant push to win the Heisman Trophy but was eventually beaten by Ty Detmer (winner) of Brigham Young University and Raghib Ismail (runner-up) of Notre Dame. Klingler remained a stand-out for the University of Houston and still ranks in the top ten for career touchdown passes and yards in a career.^[1]

NFL career

Klingler was taken in the 1st round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. From 1992 to 1995 he played for the Bengals - starting for the Bengals in 1993 and 1994 before losing his job to Jeff Blake. He then played two seasons as a backup for the Oakland Raiders. In 1998, he signed with the Green Bay Packers to back up Brett Favre, but he was cut and didn't play. [1]

After the NFL

Klingler entered school at Dallas Theological Seminary, earning both a master's degree in Theology and a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies. In June 2010, he became the director of DTS's Houston extension,^[2] a position he continues to hold as of September 2011.^[3] Klingler was also an analyst for the University of Houston's football radio network from 2006 to 2008.^[3]

See also

• 1989 Houston Cougars football team

References

1. ^ http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/hou/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/career-leaders
2. ^ http://www.dts.edu/about/news/20100511-david-klingler/
3. ^ ^{a b} Forde, Pat (September 13, 2011). "Sprinting through scores of comebacks". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6963609/college-football-dashing-scoring-frenzy-crazy-comebacks. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 

Preceded by Boomer Esiason

Cincinnati Bengals Starting Quarterbacks 1992-1993

Succeeded by Jeff Blake

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Name	Klingler, David
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