Pete Stoyanovich

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Pete Stoyanovich
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Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1967-04-28) April 28, 1967 (age 57)
Dearborn Heights, Michigan, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school: Dearborn Heights (MI) Crestwood
College: Indiana
NFL draft: 1989  / Round: 8 / Pick: 203
Career history
Career highlights and awards
NFL record
  • Longest made field goal in playoffs: 58 (1991, tied with Graham Gano)
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made:272
Field goals attempted:342
Field goal %:79.5
Longest field goal:59

Peter Stoyanovich (born April 28, 1967) is an American football placekicker of Macedonian descent. His father Mijalce and his mother Slobodanka are from Ljubojno, North Macedonia. He played with the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs and briefly the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Dolphins in the eighth round of the 1989 NFL draft. [1] He attended college at Indiana University. [2]

A first-team All-Pro in 1992, [3] Stoyanovich finished his career in the top 35 in NFL history in all kicking categories. He led the NFL in scoring in 1992. [4] His game-tying 58-yard field goal in a 1991 Wild Card playoff set a record for the longest field goal in NFL playoff history, which has since been tied by Graham Gano in 2018. In a 1997 regular season game versus the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium, Stoyanovich kicked a 54-yard field goal as time expired to beat Denver 24–22. [5]

Stoyanovich served as the kicking double for Sean Young in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective . [6]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGPField GoalsExtra PointsPoints
FGAFGMLngPctXPAXPMPct
1989 MIA 1626195973.1393897.495
1990 MIA 1625215384.03737100.0100
1991 MIA 1437315383.8292896.6121
1992 MIA 1637305381.1363494.4124
1993 MIA 1632245275.03737100.0109
1994 MIA 1631245077.43535100.0107
1995 MIA 1634275179.43737100.0118
1996 KC 1624174570.83434100.085
1997 KC 1627265496.3363597.2113
1998 KC 1632275384.43434100.0115
1999 KC 1628215175.04545100.0108
2000 KC 5424250.01515100.021
STL 3534860.01111100.020
Career 1823422725979.542542098.81,236

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