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Steve Goepel
Personal information
Born: (1949-01-22) January 22, 1949 (age 75)
River Dell Regional (NJ)
College:Colgate
Position:Quarterback
NFL draft:1971 / Round: 12 / Pick: 311
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Head coaching record
Career:23–12–2
Player stats at NFL.com

Steve Goepel (born January 22, 1949) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots. He also was a football head coach at Ramapo College. He played college football at Colgate University

Early years

Goepel attended

River Dell Regional High School, where he practiced football, basketball and baseball.[1] He accepted a football scholarship from Colgate University, where he was coached by Neil Wheelwright
.

As a sophomore, he was a backup at quarterback behind Ron Burton. As a junior, he was named the starter at quarterback, posting 88-of-182 completions for 1,196 yards, 7 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

As a senior, he completed 137-of-309 completions for 1,802 yards, 15 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. He also was the team's

extra point
conversions.

Goepel finished his college career with 258-of-547 completions for 3,336 yards, 25 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. He also set 9 school records, including passing ards, total offense and punting.

He played

first base on the baseball
team, where he batted .360 as a senior.

Professional career

Goepel was selected by the

Washington Redskins invited Goepel for a tryout, that turned into an interrogation session by then head coach George Allen, to obtain information about the Cowboys offense.[4]

In

taxi squad. He was released on July 26, 1973.[5]

Coaching career

Goepel was the quarterback and receiver coach at

River Dell Regional High School from 1976 to 1979. He served as the head football coach at Ramapo College from 1981 to 1984, compiling a record of 23–12–2.[6]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Ramapo Roadrunners (New Jersey State Athletic Conference
) (1981–1984)
1981 Ramapo 6–2–1 4–1–1 2nd
1982 Ramapo 7–3 3–3 T–3rd
1983 Ramapo 5–4 2–4 T–4th
1984 Ramapo 5–3–1 2–3–1 4th
Ramapo: 23–12–2 11–11–2
Total: 23–12–2

References

  1. ^ "Steve Goepel". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Transactions". Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pats' case is tip of iceberg". 22 September 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Transactions". Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. New York Times
    . September 6, 1982. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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