Stan Humphries William Stanley " Stan " Humphries ( born April 14 , 1965 ) is a former professional American football quarterback . He played for the Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers of the National Football League . He played college football at Northeast Louisiana ( now named the University of Louisiana at Monroe ) . He was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft . College career . At Northeast Louisiana University ( now Louisiana – Monroe ) , Humphries was quarterback on a team that won the I - AA National Championship in 1987 . In two seasons , Humphries passed for 4 , 395 yards and 29 touchdowns . He still holds the record for 300 - yard passing games with eight . Professional career . Humphries was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft . He made his first pro start in 1990 in Phoenix against the Cardinals with regular starter Mark Rypien sidelined with an injury . Humphries went on to pass for 1 , 015 yards and three touchdowns in seven games in 1990 . He was traded to the San Diego Chargers before the start of the 1992 season following a preseason injury to starting Chargers QB John Friesz . The two teams ran the same offense , allowing Humphries to quickly make an impact . He passed for 3 , 356 yards , which ranked fifth in the league in 1992 , leading the Chargers , who were 4 - 12 in 1991 and stumbled out to an 0 - 4 start in 1992 , to finish with an 11 - 5 record , winning the AFC West and ending the Chargers ' decade - long playoff drought . To this day , the 1992 San Diego Chargers are the only NFL team to make the playoffs after an 0 - 4 start . He started for San Diego for six years , making 81 starts in 88 games while completing 1 , 431 of 2 , 516 passes for 17 , 191 yards and 89 touchdowns . San Diego was 47 - 29 in regular - season games and 3 - 3 in playoff contests he started from 1992 to 1997 . He played with a separated left shoulder in the 1992 AFC Wild - Card Game , a 17 - 0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs , their first home playoff game since the 1980 AFC Championship game . Their season ended the next week in a 31 - 0 loss to the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Divisional Playoffs . The Chargers would win 62 percent of the games during the six years that he started . In 1994 , he led the Chargers with clutch performances through an impressive series of victories in the NFL Playoffs that started with the Chargers rallying from a 21 - 6 halftime deficit at home to defeat the Miami Dolphins ( led by Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino ) with a 22 - 21 victory in the AFC divisional playoffs , earning the Chargers a trip to the AFC Championship Game the next week at Pittsburgh . The Pittsburgh Steelers were favored by 10 points , and some Steeler players the week prior to the game had made a Super Bowl rap video , assuming they would be the ones going to the Super Bowl . In what would become one of pro football ' s all - time great upsets , the Chargers again rallied from a 13 - 3 deficit late in the 3rd quarter and held off a furious last - minute Pittsburgh drive with a goal - line stand to win the AFC championship 17 - 13 at Pittsburgh ' s Three Rivers Stadium . Thus the Chargers earned a trip to Miami & Super Bowl XXIX , the first and only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history . They were greeted by 70 , 000 fans at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium upon arriving back from Pittsburgh . Despite losing Super Bowl XXIX to the San Francisco 49ers 49 - 26 , more than 100 , 000 fans greeted the Chargers when they arrived back in San Diego after the game . In all , Humphries led the Chargers to three playoff appearances and the franchise ' s only Super Bowl appearance . Humphries ' toughness took its toll and in 1997 , he was forced to leave the game after a series of concussions . He was inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame in 2002 . In 2009 , he was one of four quarterbacks named on the franchise ' s 50th anniversary all - time team . In 2004 , Humphries was also inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego ' s finest athletes both on and off the playing surface . He is currently a commentator for college football . He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 . He hosts his namesake celebrity golf tournament . The event has raised more than $ 1 million over the years for Rady Children ' s Hospital in San Diego . He is currently the athletic director and women ' s basketball coach for the Roman Catholic St . Mary ' s High School in Natchitoches , Louisiana . References . http : / / www . smstigers . com /