Don Moorhead Don Moorhead ( born October 11 , 1948 ) is a retired American football player . He was the starting quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team in 1969 and 1970 and for the BC Lions from 1971 to 1975 . He set 24 football records at the University of Michigan , including most yards of total offense and most yards passing . Biography . Early years . Moorhead grew up in South Haven , Michigan where he was an All - State high school football player . University of Michigan . Accomplishments and records . After graduating from high school , Moorhead enrolled at the University of Michigan . He was the starting quarterback for Bo Schembechler ' s Michigan Wolverines in all 21 games of the 1969 and 1970 seasons ; he led the Wolverines to an overall record of 17 – 4 in his two seasons as quarterback . During his playing career at Michigan , Moorhead also broke Bob Chappuis ' s school record for total offense in a career with 3 , 641 yards of total offense . Moorhead set a total of 24 University of Michigan football records , including total offensive plays ( 706 ) , most yards gained passing ( 2 , 550 ) , most passes completed ( 200 ) and most passes attempted ( 423 ) . 1969 season . As a junior , Moorhead led the 1969 Wolverines team to an 8 – 2 regular season record , including a 24 – 12 win in the 1969 Ohio State game . He also led the 1969 Wolverines in total offense with 1 , 699 yards , 565 yards rushing and 1 , 134 yards passing . He completed 50 percent of his 178 passing attempts in 1969 , threw five touchdown passes and had six passes intercepted . After the 1969 season , Schembechler called Moorhead " a very cool customer . " The Wolverines tied for the Big Ten Conference championship in 1969 and advanced to the 1970 Rose Bowl . Shortly before the game , Schembechler suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized . Moorhead said at the time , " I was shocked . It was like learning that your father was very ill . " Moorhead led the Wolverines in the Rose Bowl against a USC Trojans team that included a defensive front five known as the " Wild Bunch . " Charlie Weaver made a key play in the second quarter batting down a Moorhead pass to Jim Mandich who was open in the end zone . In all , the Wild Bunch knocked down four of Moorhead ' s passes . Moorhead was 14 - for - 32 in passing with one interception and 127 passing yards . USC won the game , 10 – 3 . After the game , Moorhead expressed disappointment at not winning the game for the ailing Schembechler : " A couple of times in the huddle , guys would say ' get this one for Bo . He worked so hard to get us here . ' But we weren ' t able to get it . " 1970 season . Before the start of the 1970 football season , the Associated Press ran a feature story on Moorhead , writing that , " Anyone wishing to undermine the very capable 1970 Michigan team must simply figure a way to ' eliminate ' quarterback Don Moorhead early in the season . " Coach Schembechler lavished praise on Moorhead , calling him " a great football player " who knows the game and " can think out there . " Schembechler added , " As long as Moorhead is whole , in my opinion , we have as good a quarterback as there is the country . " The 1970 Michigan team started the season with nine consecutive wins , outscoring opponents 279 to 70 . Ranked # 4 in the country , the Wolverines faced Ohio State in the final game of the season at Columbus . Ohio State defeated Michigan , 20 – 9 , in Moorhead ' s final game in a Wolverines uniform . Moorhead was selected as an All - Big Ten Conference quarterback at the end of the 1970 season . BC Lions . Moorhead was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 1971 NFL Draft , but the Saints also drafted Mississippi ' s Archie Manning the same year . The Saints intended to use Moorhead as a running back , but Moorhead wanted to play quarterback . In February 1971 , Moorhead told a group in his home town , " The big deal is that I want to play quarterback . New Orleans drafted me as a running back , so you know that ' s what they ' re thinking . " Determined to play quarterback , Moorhead elected instead to sign with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League . Moorehead was the Lions ' starting quarterback from 1971 to 1975 and led the team to the Grey Cup playoffs in 1973 and 1974 . He announced his retirement from football in July 1976 after undergoing three knee operations in two years and tearing the biceps on his left arm . At the time of his retirement , Moorhead said , " Football was good to me . It gave me lots of things , but I may pay for it in later years with my injuries . I didn ' t set the world on fire , but I did have good years at British Columbia . " After football . When he retired from football , Moorhead became a physical education teacher at Paw Paw High School in Paw Paw , Michigan , retiring in 2010 .