Chris Zurbrugg
| No. 12 Michigan Wolverines | |
| Date of birth | August 10, 1964 |
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| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Michigan |
| High school | Alliance High School, Alliance, Ohio |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1984–1986 | Michigan |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Christopher M. Zurbrugg (born August 10, 1964) is a former American football player. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1986. He was Michigan's starting quarterback in the last half of the 1984 season and led the Wolverines in the 1984 Holiday Bowl against the national champion BYU Cougars. In his second start for Michigan, Zurbrugg set a Michigan record for most passing yards in a game and tied the record with four touchdown passes in a game. Zurbrugg later became a high school teacher and football coach in Alliance, Ohio.
Zurbrugg grew up in Alliance, Ohio and graduated from Alliance High School in 1983. He accepted a football scholarship to attend the University of Michigan.
Zurbrugg became the starting quarterback as a redshirt freshman halfway through the season for the 1984 Michigan Wolverines football team. Jim Harbaugh sustained a broken arm, and head coach Bo Schembechler turned to Zurbrugg to lead the Michigan offense. Schembechler noted that he had been reluctant to start Zurbrugg, because he had two cracked vertebrae in his back during the spring of 1984. In his first start on October 27, 1984, Zurbrugg rushed for 51 yards and scored a rushing touchdown in leading Michigan to a 26-18 win over Illinois.
In his second start, Zurbrugg broke the Michigan single-game record with 259 passing yards against Purdue. (Zurbrugg's record was broken the following year by Harbaugh.) He threw four touchdown passes against Purdue, including three (to Triando Markray, Vince Bean, and Sim Nelson) in the final 4:08 of the game. His four touchdown passes against Purdue also tied Michigan's single game record for touchdown passes in a single game.
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