Steve Pelluer

Growing up as a Cowboys fan, no one ever said, “I want to be #16 because that’s Steve Pelluer’s number.” A third stringer at heart, Pelluer lucked into a game in 1985, when he stepped into a game against the NY Giants (somehow, equally spare second stringer, Gary Hogeboom was injured). Luckily he pulled off a win, and the Cowboys clinched the NFC east title that year. The next year, spare Hogeboom was traded and Pelluer became the default backup. Danny White could never string together more than a few games of being healthy, so Pelluer saw a lot of playing time. His most redeeming career note is that he was the final quarterback to start and win under Tom Landry (final season in 1988 3-13?).

~ by jacobsen77 on August 18, 2008.