WLAF and CFL Career
Archer played for the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF in 1992, throwing for 2,964 yards (NFL Europa single season record) and leading them to a World Bowl championship, where he was named game MVP. In 1993 he headed to the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Sacramento Gold Miners (part of the league's United States expansion) where in 1993 he threw for 6,023 yards, still the fourth most in any CFL season (Doug Flutie of the Calgary Stampeders threw for even more yards that year.) He threw for 3,340 yards for Sacramento in 1994. He played with the San Antonio Texans in 1995, and the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1996. After the Rough Riders folded, he was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the dispersal draft. He decided to not play in Saskatchewan as the contract offer was too low and retired instead. He spent the 1997 season as a CFL television analyst and returned to the CFL with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1998. His final game was the Western Final playoff game against the Calgary Stampeders with Jeff Garcia at quarterback. Calgary won and went on to win the Grey Cup. Archer retired after that game and is now the color analyst for the Atlanta Falcons and SEC college football.
In his five seasons in the CFL he completed 1,388 of 2,434 passes (57%) for 20,671 yards with 71 interceptions and 120 touchdown passes.
He is now doing color commentary for ACC football's regional broadcasts, replacing Richard "Doc" Walker.
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Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks
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- Randy Johnson (1966–1970)
- Dennis Claridge (1966)
- Terry Nofsinger (1967)
- Steve Sloan (1967)
- Bob Berry (1968–1972)
- Bruce Lemmerman (1969)
- Dick Shiner (1971–1973)
- Bob Lee (1973–1974)
- Pat Sullivan (1974–1975)
- Kim McQuilken (1974–1976)
- Steve Bartkowski (1976–1985)
- Scott Hunter (1976–1977)
- June Jones (1978–1979)
- Mike Moroski (1983–1984)
- David Archer (1985–1987)
- Turk Schonert (1986)
- Scott Campbell (1987–1990)
- Erik Kramer (1987)
- Jeff Van Raaphorst (1987)
- Chris Miller (1987–1993)
- Steve Dils (1988)
- Hugh Millen (1989–1990)
- Billy Joe Tolliver (1991–1997)
- Wade Wilson (1992)
- Bobby Hebert (1993–1996)
- Jeff George (1994–1996)
- Chris Chandler (1997–2001)
- Tony Graziani (1997–1999)
- Steve DeBerg (1998)
- Danny Kanell (1999–2000)
- Doug Johnson (2000–2003)
- Michael Vick (2001–2006)
- Kurt Kittner (2003)
- Matt Schaub (2004–2005)
- Joey Harrington (2007)
- Byron Leftwich (2007)
- Chris Redman (2007–2009)
- Matt Ryan (2008–present)
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Sacramento Surge
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- Founded in 1991
- Folded in 1992
- Based in Sacramento, California
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| The Franchise |
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| Stadiums |
- Hughes Stadium
- Hornet Stadium
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| Important Figures |
- David Archer
- Ben Bennett
- Eddie Brown
- Bill Goldberg
- Mike Jones
- Mike Pringle
- Michael Sinclair
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| Key Personnel |
- Owner: Fred Anderson
- General Manager: Michael F. Keller
- Head Coach: Kay Stephenson
- Defensive Coordinator: Charlie Sumner (1991)
- Jim Haslett (1992)
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| World Bowl Appearances (1) |
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| League Championships (1) |
- World Bowl II: Sacramento 21, Orlando Thunder 17 (at Montreal)
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| WLAF seasons (2) |
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Edmonton Eskimos starting quarterbacks
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- Stukus
- Berry
- Filchock
- Arnold
- Faloney
- Parker
- Getty
- Amedee
- Redell
- Kerbow
- Baker
- Cosentino
- Kerbow
- Fulton
- Trull
- Lemmerman
- Lawrence
- Wilkinson
- Moon
- Dunigan
- Allen
- Ham
- Allen
- Bell
- Vargas
- McManus
- Archer
- Kemp
- Greene
- Maas
- Ray
- Maas
- Ray
- LeFors
- Ray
- Zabransky
- Ray
- Jyles
- Joseph
- Jyles
- Nichols
- Joseph
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| Persondata |
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Archer, David |
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| Short description |
American football player |
| Date of birth |
February 15, 1962 |
| Place of birth |
Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Date of death |
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