Terry Andrysiak

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Terry Andrysiak
caption =
college = University of Notre Dame
sport = Football
jersey = 2
position = Quarterback
career_start = 1984
career_end = 1987
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 184
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth year and age|1965
highschool = St. Francis Cabrini, Allen Park, Michigan
former_school(s)=
bowl_games = y
bowl_list = 1988 Cotton - Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10
awards =

Terrence J. Andrysiak was an American football quarterback for St. Francis Cabrini High School and the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a financial executive for Smith Barney in Flint, Michigan. [cite web|title=The Moeller Group|publisher=citi Smith Barney|url=http://fa.smithbarney.com/themoellergroup/|accessdate=2008-01-15]

As a sophomore at Notre Dame, Andrysiak won his first game as a starting quarterback while filling in for an injured Steve Beuerlein—a 37-14 victory over Mississippi. [cite web|title=All's well that starts well?|publisher=Irish Sports Report|url=http://old.irishsports.com/stories/subscription/2003/09/14/isr_football.20030914-isr-TRIB-SS20-All_s_well_that_star.fff.sto|accessdate=2007-11-26]

At the beginning of his senior year, Andrysiak was given the starting job by head coach Lou Holtz over future NFL player Kent Graham, and would win his first three starts, including a 26-7 victory at ninth-ranked Michigan and a 31-8 victory over seventeenth-ranked (and eventual Rose Bowl champions) Michigan State. His eleven-yard touchdown pass to Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown at Michigan is regarded as one of the most spectacular receptions ever made by the wide receiver. [cite web|title=Tim Brown|publisher=Blue and Gold Illustrated|url=http://www.bginotredame.com/content/?aid=1533|accessdate=2008-01-15]

However, Andrysiak's season would be truncated by a separated shoulder in a loss to Pittsburgh. He would return to start the final game of the season, a 35-10 loss to Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl. [cite web|title=QB Battles and Results|publisher=Blue and Gold Illustrated|url=http://www.bginotredame.com/content/?aid=3363|accessdate=2008-01-15] After graduation, he played for three years in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Andrysiak was inducted into Detroit's Catholic High School League Hall of Fame in 1988, [cite web|title=Hall of Fame Athletes|publisher=CHSL|url=http://www.aodonline.org/CHSL/Hall+of+Fame+10692/Hall+of+Fame+-+Athletes+.htm#1988|accessdate=2008-01-15] and would later return to his high school as the head football coach.

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