Matt Dunigan

PLAYING CAREER

EDMONTON ESKIMOS 1983 - 1987
BC LIONS 1988, 1989
TORONTO ARGONAUTS 1990, 1991
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1992 - 1994
BIRMINGHAM BARRACUDAS 1995
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1996

AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK 1985, 1988
ALL-CANADIAN QUARTERBACK 1985, 1988, 1995
TOM PATE MEMORIAL AWARD 1989
ALL-EASTERN QUARTERBACK 1993, 1994
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY 1993
SOUTH DIVISION ALL-STAR 1995
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1986 - 1988, 1991, 1992
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1987, 1991

Matt Dunigan is a graduate of Louisiana Tech and joined the Edmonton Eskimos as quarterback in 1983. After a year on the sidelines, Dunigan guided the team for the next four seasons, leading them to two Grey Cup games.

In 1988, Dunigan was part of a six for one trade that sent him to the BC Lions and immediately led them to the Grey Cup. He was the league’s passing leader in 1989 and then was part of another six for one trade that sent him to the Toronto Argonauts. In his first year he guided them to 689 points or 38.3 points per game and followed with a Grey Cup victory in 1991.

Dunigan became a free agent in 1992 and joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, guiding them to two Grey Cup appearances. In 1995, the expansion Birmingham Barracudas signed Dunigan as a free agent. There he set career bests with 362 completions on 643 attempts for 4,911 yards and 34 touchdown passes. In 1996, he signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the final stop in his 14-year career.

Over his career he rushed 850 times for 5,031 yards and 77 touchdowns. When Dunigan retired he was second in all-time passing statistics (3,057 completions in 5,476 attempts for 43,857 yards and 306 touchdown passes) and held the record for most passing yards in a game (713 yards).

INDUCTED 2006 - PLAYER

 

Class of 2006 Bobby Jurasin, Allen Pitts, Victor Spencer, Henry "Gizmo" Williams

 

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