Vince Ferragamo Vince Anthony Ferragamo ( born April 24 , 1954 ) is a former professional football player , a quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League . College career . Born in Torrance , California , Ferragamo was heavily recruited as an All - American high school quarterback from Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington , where he was the L . A . City Schools MVP . Ferragamo accepted a football scholarship to the University of California , Berkeley . Buried on the quarterback depth chart behind Cal teammate Steve Bartkowski , Ferragamo transferred to top - ranked Nebraska in 1974 . As a Cornhusker , he lettered in 1975 and 1976 ; during his senior season he was All - Big 8 and All - American , and also an Academic All - American . Ferragamo ' s Nebraska was ranked No . 1 in 1976 but managed only to tie LSU , 6 - 6 , in a game in Tiger Stadium on September 11 . The two teams were said to have waged " unrelenting trench warfare " . The LSU record was 6 - 4 - 1 against the No . 1 opposing team . Ferragamo capped off his college career by leading the Huskers to a victory over Texas Tech in the Astro - Bluebonnet Bowl in the Houston Astrodome . Professional career . National Football League . He played for the Los Angeles Rams ( 1977 – 1980 and 1982 – 1984 ) , Buffalo Bills ( 1985 ) and Green Bay Packers ( 1985 – 1986 ) . After leading the 9 - 7 Rams to road victories over the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFL Playoffs , Ferragamo started for the Rams in Super Bowl XIV , making him the first quarterback to start a Super Bowl in the same season as his first career start , in which the Rams led after three quarters of play before falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 - 19 . Ferragamo enjoyed his best statistical season in 1980 in which he threw for 30 touchdowns , tied for second most in the NFL . The Rams again made the playoffs , but were defeated by Dallas , 34 - 13 in an NFC Wild Card Playoff game . Canadian Football League . Ferragamo played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League for just one season in 1981 . He was signed to a large contract by both CFL and NFL standards at the time ( $ 600 , 000 , compared to $ 250 , 000 the Rams offered him , and the $ 47 , 500 they had paid him for 1980 . ) However , Ferragamo had a difficult time adjusting to the style of Canadian football . Montreal went on to win only 3 games against 13 losses . He was demoted to backup to Gerry Dattilio in the latter half of the season and then third string quarterback for the final 3 games after Ken Johnson arrived in a trade . Ferragamo ' s last game in the CFL was a loss to the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Eastern semi - final which he watched from the pressbox . His stats during his one season in Montreal were 175 of 342 passes completed ( 51 . 2 % ) for 2175 yards , with 7 TD passes and 25 interceptions . Return to NFL . On December 26 , 1982 , Ferragamo threw for 509 yards in a game against the Chicago Bears , at the time the second highest passing mark in league history behind former Ram Norm Van Brocklin . It was the third time in league history that a quarterback had passed for over 500 yards in a game , the first by Norm Van Brocklin ( 554 yards ) and the second by Y . A . Tittle ( 505 yards ) . Subsequent to his return , Ferragamo led the Rams back to the NFL playoffs during the 1983 season behind the running of rookie Eric Dickerson . After beating the favored Cowboys in Irving in the wild card matchup 24 - 17 , Ferragamo and the Rams were drubbed by the defending Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl - bound Washington Redskins by the score of 51 - 7 . He has been featured on the cover of " Sports Illustrated " twice , once in 1980 and again in 1981 . Present . Ferragamo currently owns Touchdown Real Estate in southern California - and Ferragamo - Migneco Vineyards . He is also the chairman of the Vince Ferragamo Foundation a charitable organization that focuses on raising donations for children ' s organizations such as the Special Olympics , the Speech and Language Development Center and the Ronald McDonald House . External links .