Matt Dunnigan

Dunnigan signed with Edmonton in January, 1983.  He saw limited action in his rookie season, but did throw 4 touchdowns in only 26 attempts.  Dunnigan moved into the starter's role in 1984 and was one of the best running QBs in he CFL, as he racked up 732 yards in 1984 and 737 yards in 1985 which at the time was a CFL record for yards rushing by a QB. HIs feet along with a 59.6% completion percentage in 1985 earned Dunnigan his first All Canadian recognition.  After five years with Edmonton (1983-87), Dunnigan was traded to BC in a big deal for WR Jim Sandusky and future considerations.  The future considerations turned out to be LB Jeff BraswellLB Greg Stumon, RB Reggie Taylor, DB Andre Francis, DE Leroy Blugh and BC's first round pick in the 1989 college draft.  Dunnigan played two years in BC (1988 and 1989), earning his second All Canadian honour in 1988 though his stats in 1989 were better as he hit career highs in passing yards with 4509 and touchdown passes with 27.  Dunnigan was traded to Toronto after the 1989 season for QB Rick Johnson, LB Willie Pless, LB Tony Visco, WR Emanual Tolbert, DB Todd Wiseman and DT Jearld Bayliss. Dunnigan played two seasons in Toronto (1990-91), but injuries limited him to only 8 games in each of those two seasons.  Dunnigan became a free agent and signed with Winnipeg in June, 1992.  His first year in Winnipeg, was Dunnigans worst statistically in his career with a 49.9% completion perecentage, but he followed that with maybe his best year in his career in 1993.  In 1993, Dunnigan threw for 4682 yards and 36 touchdowns as was named an Easern All-Star and was the runner-up for the Most Outstanding Player award.  Dunnigan followed up in 1994 with another Eastern All-Star selection as he threw for 3965 yards in only 11 games.  Dunnigan became a free agent prior to the 1995 season and signed with the expansion Birmingham Barracudas.  Birmingham was a pass crazy team and Dunnigan set career highs in passes thrown (642), passes completed (352) and yards (4911) and was just short in TDs with 34.  Those kind of stats earned Dunnigan his third All Canadian selection.  With the folding of the US based teams, Dunnigan became a gree agent again and signed with Hamilton for 1996, his last season in the CFL.  After his retirement, Dunnigan moved into the broadcast booth on TSN and had a brief one year stint coaching the Calgary Stampeders before returning to TSN.

Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1983 EDM 16 26 14 53.9 239 4 2    
1984 EDM 13 412 220 53.4 3273 21 19    
1985 EDM 14 405 242 59.7 3410 19 22    
1986 EDM 18 485 275 56.7 3648 25 14    
1987 EDM 13 326 175 53.7 2823 21 19    
1988 BC 17 471 268 56.9 3778 26 22    
1989 BC 18 597 331 55.4 4509 27 20    
1990 TOR 8 262 144 55 2028 17 14    
1991 TOR 8 196 121 61.7 2011 16 10    
1992 WPG 18 411 205 49.9 2857 17 15    
1993 WPG 16 600 334 55.7 4682 36 18    
1994 WPG 11 431 252 58.5 3965 31 16    
1995 BIRM 18 643 362 56.3 4911 34 16    
1996 HAM 6 211 114 54 1725 12 4    
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1983 EDM 4 23 5.8 0 20
1984 EDM 89 732 8.2 9 69
1985 EDM 113 737 8.2 9 69
1986 EDM 118 594 5 4 24
1987 EDM 51 287 5.6 4 33
1988 BC 97 501 5.2 6 31
1989 BC 70 397 5.7 10 21
1990 TOR 48 218 4.5 7 24
1991 TOR 34 190 5.6 2 14
1992 WPG 42 238 5.7 3 24
1993 WPG 84 517 6.2 11 37
1994 WPG 42 226 5.4 4 28
1995 BIRM 38 213 5.6 7 29
1996 HAM 20 158 7.9 1 22
Pass Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1983 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1984 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1985 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1986 EDM 1 0 0 0 0
1987 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1992 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1993 WPG 1 28 28 0 28
1994 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BIRM 1 -1 -1 0 -1
1996 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1983 EDM 4 0
1984 EDM 7 5
1985 EDM 9 2
1986 EDM 11 4
1987 EDM 4 2
1988 BC 11 8
1989 BC 9 6
1990 TOR 3 0
1991 TOR 4 3
1992 WPG 5 3
1993 WPG 7 4
1994 WPG 5 4
1995 BIRM 7 3
1996 HAM 1 1
Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1983 EDM 1 0 0 0 0 0
1984 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 4
1985 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BC 0 0 0 0 0 3
1989 BC 0 0 0 0 0 2
1990 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 BIRM 0 0 0 0 0 2
1996 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1983 EDM


1984 EDM


1985 EDM


1986 EDM


1987 EDM


1988 BC 1

1989 BC 3

1990 TOR 1

1991 TOR 2

1992 WPG 2

1993 WPG 5

1994 WPG 2

1995 BIRM 1

1996 HAM 1