David Archer
David Mark Archer
Born: February 15, 1962
Fayetteville, NC USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 207
College: Snow College (UT), Iowa St.
High School: Soda Springs (ID)
Career: 1984-1998
David Archer played from 1984 to 1998 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Rough Riders, Sacramento Gold Miners, Sacramento Surge, San Antonio Texans, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. Archer threw for 27,972 yards in his career, completing 1,918 of 3,412 passes with 161 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. He also ran for 1,544 yards in 320 attempts with 10 rushing touchdowns.
 Atlanta Falcons |
 Washington Redskins |
 San Diego Chargers |
 Sacramento Surge |
 Sacramento Gold Miners |
 San Antonio Texans |
 Ottawa Rough Riders |
 Edmonton Eskimos |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 181 | 10.1 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 34 | 7 | 45 | 90.3 |
| 1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 312 | 161 | 51.6 | 1992 | 6.4 | 7 | 2.2 | 17 | 5.4 | 62 | 43 | 312 | 56.5 |
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 294 | 150 | 51.0 | 2007 | 6.8 | 10 | 3.4 | 9 | 3.1 | 65 | 34 | 249 | 71.6 |
| 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 95 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.7 | 33 | 3 | 24 | 15.7 |
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 23.6 |
| 1992 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 317 | 194 | 61.2 | 2964 | 9.4 | 23 | 7.3 | 7 | 2.2 | 80t | 24 | 149 | 107.0 |
| 1993 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 701 | 403 | 57.5 | 6023 | 8.6 | 35 | 5.0 | 23 | 3.3 | 90 | 88.8 | ||
| 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 390 | 210 | 53.8 | 3340 | 8.6 | 21 | 5.4 | 15 | 3.8 | 79 | 84.6 | ||
| 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 458 | 281 | 61.4 | 4471 | 9.8 | 30 | 6.6 | 8 | 1.7 | 105 | 108.4 | ||
| 1996 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 523 | 292 | 55.8 | 3977 | 7.6 | 23 | 4.4 | 17 | 3.3 | 90 | 81.4 | ||
| 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 362 | 202 | 55.8 | 2860 | 7.9 | 11 | 3.0 | 8 | 2.2 | 48 | 82.4 | ||
| NFL | 661 | 336 | 50.8 | 4337 | 6.6 | 18 | 2.7 | 30 | 4.5 | 65 | 89 | 642 | ||
| WLAF | 317 | 194 | 61.2 | 2964 | 9.4 | 23 | 7.3 | 7 | 2.2 | 80 | 24 | 149 | ||
| CFL | 2434 | 1388 | 57.0 | 20671 | 8.5 | 120 | 4.9 | 71 | 2.9 | 105 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3412 | 1918 | 56.2 | 27972 | 8.2 | 161 | 4.7 | 108 | 3.2 | 105 | 113 | 791 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 70 | 347 | 5.0 | 29 | 2 |
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 52 | 298 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 60 | 287 | 4.8 | 18 | 2 |
| 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 20 | 99 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 |
| 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 15 | 3 |
| 1996 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 38 | 143 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 25 | 109 | 4.4 | 28 | 2 |
| NFL | 135 | 706 | 5.2 | 29 | 2 | |
| WLAF | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| CFL | 164 | 695 | 4.2 | 28 | 8 | |
| Totals | 320 | 1544 | 4.8 | 29 | 10 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Def | ST | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1996 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1993 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| CFL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 11 |
| 1986 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 11 | 11 |
| 1987 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 1 |
| 1988 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | WLAF | Sacramento Surge | 10 | 10 |
| 1993 | CFL | Sacramento Gold Miners | 18 | 18 |
| 1994 | CFL | Sacramento Gold Miners | 11 | 11 |
| 1995 | CFL | San Antonio Texans | 17 | 15 |
| 1996 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18 | 16 |
| 1998 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 13 |
