Pete Gonzalez
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| Date of birth | July 4, 1974 |
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| Place of birth | Miami, Florida |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Pittsburgh |
| NFL draft | 1998 / Undrafted |
| Career history | |
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| 1998–1999 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2000 | Buffalo Bills* |
| *Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Pete Gonzalez (born July 4, 1974 in Miami, Florida) is a former professional American football quarterback. He played collegiately for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Gonzalez was the starting quarterback for the University of Pittsburgh football team. In 1997, he led the Panthers to a come-from-behind-victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl 41-38 in double overtime. (It was the first season of the current overtime rules in college football, which was designed to eliminate tied games.) He subsequently took Pitt to their first bowl game in eight years with an appearance in the Liberty Bowl.
Gonzalez signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1998. He spent two seasons with the Steelers, both years as the third-string quarterback, throwing just one pass that was complete for eight yards to Hines Ward. The one pass came in the 1999 season opener against the Cleveland Browns (the Browns' first game in four years), in which the Steelers won 43-0 and had put Gonzalez in late in the game after the outcome had been decided.
After the Steelers chose not to re-sign him—starting quarterback Kordell Stewart was the only quarterback carryover for the 2000 season from 1999, a year they had four quarterbacks on the roster the entire season (Stewart, Mike Tomczak, Gonzalez, and Anthony Wright)—Gonzalez signed with the Buffalo Bills, but was cut in training camp and never returned to football as a player.
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