Steve Dils

TD–INT:	27–32
Passing yards:	5,816
Passer rating:	65.8
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Career highlights and awards
	Sammy Baugh Trophy (1978); Second-team All-Pac-10 (1978);
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
TD–INT:	27–32
Passing yards:	5,816
Passer rating:	65.8
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Steve Dils
No. 12, 8
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	December 8, 1955 (age 69); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Fort Vancouver (Vancouver, Washington)
College:	Stanford
NFL draft:	1979 / round: 4 / pick: 97
Career history
	Minnesota Vikings (1979–1984); Los Angeles Rams (1984–1987); Atlanta Falcons (1988);
TD–INT:	Stephen Whitfield Dils (born December 8, 1955) is an American former football quarterback who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal.Contents College career ; College statistics ; NFL career ; After football ; See also ; References ; College career Dils played high school football at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver, Washington, and attended Stanford University. He was Stanford's starting quarterback under Bill Walsh in 1978, and led Stanford to a 25–22 victory over Georgia in the 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl, where he was named the game's offensive most valuable player. That season, Dils won the Sammy Baugh Trophy, awarded to the top passer in college football.College statistics * Includes bowl games.NFL career Dils was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL draft. In his second year with the club, he made his first start filling in for an injured Tommy Kramer and led the Vikings to a win over the Washington Redskins, a game which proved crucial to Minnesota's playoff run that year. He played six seasons with the Vikings and started most of the 1983 season, where he was paired in the backfield with former Stanford teammate Darrin Nelson. He was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1984. He spent his final full season with the Atlanta Falcons before retiring with the Rams before the 1989 regular season began. Chris Berman bestowed one of his more labored nicknames—Steve "Love the One You're With" Dils—based on the player's vague similarity in name to Stephen Stills.After football Dils is currently the managing director of the Canadian commercial real estate company Avison Young's Atlanta office.See also List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders ; Related Research Articles The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion team, the team began play the following year. They are named after the Vikings of medieval Scandinavia, reflecting the prominent Scandinavian American culture of Minnesota. The team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in the Downtown East section of Minneapolis. Francis Asbury Tarkenton, nicknamed "the Scrambler", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He is widely regarded as the first great dual-threat quarterback in the NFL. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, where he was recognized as a twice first-team All-SEC, and was selected by the Vikings in the third round of the 1961 NFL draft. After retiring from football, he became a media personality and computer software executive. Jon Steven Young is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted by and played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Prior to his NFL career, Young was a member of the Los Angeles Express in the United States Football League (USFL) for two seasons. 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Jeffrey Scott George is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, where he won the Sammy Baugh Trophy, and was selected first overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1990 NFL draft. A member of seven NFL teams during his career, George helped the 1995 Atlanta Falcons and the 1999 Minnesota Vikings reach the playoffs and led the league in passing yards in 1997 with the Oakland Raiders. George's NFL tenure would also be marked by frequent conflicts with coaches and management, which resulted in his departure from most of his teams. The 1989 NFL season was the 70th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announced his retirement. Paul Tagliabue was eventually chosen to succeed him, taking over on November 5. Joseph Robert Garcia Kapp was an American football player, coach, and executive. He played college football as a quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Kapp played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings and the Boston Patriots. Kapp led the BC Lions to their first Grey Cup Championship victory in 1964. With the Vikings, he led them to victory in the 1969 NFL Championship Game, the only league championship in team history. Kapp returned to his alma mater as head coach of the Golden Bears from 1982 to 1986. He was the general manager and president of the BC Lions in 1990. Steven Christopher Bono is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 1985 NFL draft. He played for seven different teams in 15 different seasons, spending the most time with the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. Charles Wade Wilson was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, and Oakland Raiders in a seventeen-year NFL career from 1981 to 1998. He was quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys from 2000 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2017, and also for the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2006. He played college football for East Texas State Lions, where he was an NAIA All-American quarterback and led the Lions to the NAIA national semifinals during the 1980 season. Hugh Breedlove Millen is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Washington Huskies. Robert Melville Lee is an American former professional football quarterback and punter. He played college football for Arizona State, CCSF and Pacific. He was selected 441st overall in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He also played for the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams. The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference. In 1967, they were placed into the new Central division, which became part of the National Football Conference following the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The divisions were reorganized again in 2002, with the Vikings as part of the NFC North, in which they have played ever since. The Vikings have won their division 20 times and appeared in the playoffs 30 times, leading to four conference championships and one NFL title in 1969. Samuel Jacob Bradford is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Kevin William O'Connell, nicknamed "KOC", is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). O'Connell played college football at San Diego State from 2004 to 2007 and in the National Football League (NFL) for 5 seasons from 2008 to 2012, with his longest tenure (2009–2011) as a player with the New York Jets. John Sullivan is an American former professional football center. He played college football at Notre Dame and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft, later playing for the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams.References ↑ "Steve Dils college statistics". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.; ↑ Sams, Douglas (January 21, 2010). "Steve Dils leaves Grubb & Ellis for Avison Young". Atlanta Business Journal. Retrieved January 27, 2010.; This page is based on this Wikipedia article ; Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.; Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Career highlights and awards
	Sammy Baugh Trophy (1978); Second-team All-Pac-10 (1978);
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
TD–INT:	27–32
Passing yards:	5,816
Passer rating:	65.8
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Legend
	Led the Pac-8/Pac-10
	Led the NCAA
Bold	Career high
v ; t ; e ; Stanford Cardinal starting quarterbacks
	Code (1892); Harrelson (1894); Tarpey (1902); Walker (1926); Bogue (1926); S. Lewis (1928); Alustiza (1935); Paulman (1938); Albert (1940–1941); Bell (1946–1947); Shaw (1948); Kerkorian (1949–1951); Garrett (1952–1953); Brodie (1954–1956); Douglas (1957); Nicolet (1958); Norman (1959–1960); Sears (1961); Thurlow (1962); Berg (1963); DeSylvia (1964); D. Lewis (1965); Washington (1966); Williams (1967); Plunkett (1968–1970); Bunce (1971); Boryla (1972–1973); Cordova (1974–1975); Benjamin (1976–1977); Dils (1978); Schonert (1979); Elway (1980–1982); Cottrell (1983); Paye (1983–1986); Buckley (1984); Johnson (1987–1989); Palumbis (1988, 1990–1991); Smith (1989); Stenstrom (1991–1994); Frost (1994); Butterfield (1995); Hutchinson (1996–1997); Husak (1998–1999); Borchard (1999); Fasani (2000–2001); C. Lewis (2000–2003); Matter (2002); Edwards (2003–2006); Ostrander (2004, 2006–2007); Pritchard (2007–2009); Luck (2009–2011); Nunes (2012); Hogan (2012–2015); Burns (2016); Chryst (2016–2017); Costello (2017–2019); Mills (2019–2020); West (2019–2021); McKee (2021–2022); Sanders (2021); Patu (2021); Daniels (2023–2024); Lamson (2023–2024); Brown (2024);
v ; t ; e ; Minnesota Vikings 1979 NFL draft selections
	Ted Brown ; Dave Huffman ; Steve Dils ; Jerry Meter ; Joe Senser ; Bob Winkel ; Billy Diggs; Brian Nelson; David Stephens;
v ; t ; e ; Minnesota Vikings starting quarterbacks
	George Shaw (1961); Fran Tarkenton (1961–1966, 1972–1978); Ron Vander Kelen (1963, 1966–1967); Bob Berry (1966, 1974); Joe Kapp (1967–1969); Gary Cuozzo (1969–1971); Bob Lee (1970–1971, 1976–1977); Norm Snead (1971); Tommy Kramer (1977, 1979–1989); Steve Dils (1980–1981, 1983); Wade Wilson (1983–1991); Archie Manning (1984); Tony Adams (1987); Rich Gannon (1990–1992); Sean Salisbury (1992–1994); Jim McMahon (1993); Warren Moon (1994–1996); Brad Johnson (1996–1998, 2005–2006); Randall Cunningham (1997–1999); Jeff George (1999); Daunte Culpepper (2000–2005); Todd Bouman (2001); Spergon Wynn (2001); Gus Frerotte (2003, 2008); Tarvaris Jackson (2006–2008, 2010); Kelly Holcomb (2007); Brooks Bollinger (2007); Brett Favre (2009–2010); Joe Webb (2010); Donovan McNabb (2011); Christian Ponder (2011–2014); Matt Cassel (2013–2014); Josh Freeman (2013); Teddy Bridgewater (2014–2015); Shaun Hill (2016); Sam Bradford (2016–2017); Case Keenum (2017); Kirk Cousins (2018–2023); Sean Mannion (2019, 2021); Jaren Hall (2023); Joshua Dobbs (2023); Nick Mullens (2023); Sam Darnold (2024–present);
v ; t ; e ; Los Angeles Rams starting quarterbacks
	Formerly the Cleveland Rams (1936–1945) and St. Louis Rams (1995–2015)
	Bob Snyder (1937); Parker Hall (1939–1942); Jack Jacobs (1942); Albie Reisz (1944); Bob Waterfield (1945–1952); Jim Hardy (1948); Norm Van Brocklin (1950–1957); Bill Wade (1954, 1956, 1958–1960); Frank Ryan (1959–1961); Buddy Humphrey (1960); Zeke Bratkowski (1961–1963); Roman Gabriel (1962–1972); Ron Miller (1962); Terry Baker (1963); Bill Munson (1964–1965); Pete Beathard (1972); John Hadl (1973–1974); James Harris (1974–1976); Ron Jaworski (1975–1976); Pat Haden (1976–1981); Joe Namath (1977); Vince Ferragamo (1979–1980, 1982–1984); Jeff Rutledge (1979); Dan Pastorini (1981); Bert Jones (1982); Jeff Kemp (1984–1985); Dieter Brock (1985); Steve Bartkowski (1986); Steve Dils (1986–1987); Jim Everett (1986–1993); T. J. Rubley (1993); Chris Miller (1994–1995); Chris Chandler (1994, 2004); Mark Rypien (1995); Tony Banks (1996–1998); Steve Walsh (1996); Steve Bono (1998); Kurt Warner (1999–2003); Trent Green (2000, 2008); Marc Bulger (2002–2009); Jamie Martin (2002, 2005); Scott Covington (2002); Ryan Fitzpatrick (2005); Gus Frerotte (2007); Brock Berlin (2007); Kyle Boller (2009); Keith Null (2009); Sam Bradford (2010–2013); A. J. Feeley (2011); Kellen Clemens (2011, 2013); Shaun Hill (2014) ; Austin Davis (2014); Nick Foles (2015); Case Keenum (2015–2016) ; Jared Goff (2016–2020); Sean Mannion (2017); John Wolford (2020, 2022); Matthew Stafford (2021–present); Bryce Perkins (2022); Baker Mayfield (2022); Brett Rypien (2023); Carson Wentz (2023); Jimmy Garoppolo (2024);
v ; t ; e ; Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks
	Randy Johnson (1966–1970); Dennis Claridge (1966); Terry Nofsinger (1967); Steve Sloan (1967); Bob Berry (1968–1972); Bruce Lemmerman (1969); Dick Shiner (1971, 1973); Bob Lee (1973–1974); Pat Sullivan (1974–1975); Kim McQuilken (1974–1976); Steve Bartkowski (1975–1985); Scott Hunter (1976–1977); June Jones (1978–1979); Mike Moroski (1983–1984); David Archer (1985–1987); Turk Schonert (1986); Scott Campbell (1987, 1990); Erik Kramer (1987); Jeff Van Raaphorst (1987); Chris Miller (1987–1993); Steve Dils (1988); Hugh Millen (1989–1990); Billy Joe Tolliver (1991–1993, 1997); Wade Wilson (1992); Bobby Hebert (1993, 1996); Jeff George (1994–1996); Chris Chandler (1997–2001); Tony Graziani (1997–1999); Steve DeBerg (1998); Danny Kanell (1999–2000); Doug Johnson (2000, 2002–2003); Michael Vick (2001–2006); Kurt Kittner (2003); Matt Schaub (2004–2005, 2019); Joey Harrington (2007); Byron Leftwich (2007); Chris Redman (2007, 2009); Matt Ryan (2008–2021); Marcus Mariota (2022); Desmond Ridder (2022–2023); Taylor Heinicke (2023); Kirk Cousins (2024); Michael Penix Jr. (2024–present);

Last updated January 27, 2025

[Steve_Dils_college_statistics-1] "Steve Dils college statistics". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

[abj-2] Sams, Douglas (January 21, 2010). "Steve Dils leaves Grubb & Ellis for Avison Young". Atlanta Business Journal. Retrieved January 27, 2010.

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Contents

College career

College statistics

NFL career

After football

See also

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