Loren Snyder

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Loren Snyder
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1963-11-28) November 28, 1963 (age 56)
Yakima, Washington
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: Thornton (CO)
College: Northern Colorado
Undrafted: 1987
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Loren Howard Snyder (born November 28, 1963) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Northern Colorado.

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Early years

Snyder attended Thornton High School. He accepted a football scholarship from the Division II University of Northern Colorado. He was named a starter at quarterback as a sophomore, after passing senior Tom Aiello on the depth chart.

As a junior, he led the North Central Conference with 2,384 passing yards and 17 touchdown passes.

As a senior, he set a school single-season record with 2,724 passing yards, also breaking Mike Busch's North Central Conference 1984 mark. He additionally set school single-season records with 23 touchdowns passes and 2,464 total offensive yards. [1]

He finished his college career with 14 school records, including 6,214 passing yards, 6,874 total offensive yards and 48 touchdown passes. In 2010, he was inducted into the University of Northern Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame. [2]

Professional career

Snyder was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1987 NFL Draft. He was waived on August 31. [3]

After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the 1987 season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16 game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Dallas replacement team that was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media. [4] He passed Stan Yagiello and Ben Bennett to become the third-string quarterback. He appeared in 2 games, completing 4-of-9 passes for 44 yards. He was released on October 26. [5]

On April 5, 1988, he was signed as a free agent by the Denver Broncos. [6] He was released on August 15. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Loren Snyder, Football 1983-86" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ "UNC selects Hall of Famers" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Transactions" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Who's playing today and for whom". Lakeland Ledger. October 4, 1987.
  5. ↑ "Transactions" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Broncos sign 21 free agents" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Transactions" . Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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