Tim Clifford
| Indiana Hoosiers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Colerain (Cincinnati) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | November 28, 1958 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Timothy R. Clifford, Sr. (born November 28, 1958) is a former American football player. He played college football as a quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers football team from 1977 to 1980. He won the 1979 Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy in 1979 as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.
Clifford grew up in Cincinnati where he played football, basketball, baseball and track at Colerain High School.
Clifford attended the Indiana University Bloomington where he played varsity football and baseball. He was a pitcher for the baseball team and played at the quarterback position for the school's football team from 1977 to 1980. He became the school's all-time leader in passing yardage. In his four years at Indiana, Clifford completed 333 of 631 passes for 4,338 yards, 31 touchdowns, and 32 interceptions.
As a junior, Clifford totaled 2,078 passing yards and led the 1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team to an 8–4 record and the program's first victory in a bowl game, a 38-37 victory over BYU in the 1979 Holiday Bowl. In September 1978, he completed 11 passes for 345 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-7 victory over Colorado. During the 1979 season, Clifford set Indiana single-season records in pass attempts (259), completions (149), passing yardage (1,907 in regular season games), and total offense (1,978 yards in regular season games).
At the end of the 1979 season, he won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference. He was the first Hoosier to win the Silver Football since Corbett Davis in 1937. Despite being selected as the conference MVP, Clifford did not receive first- or second-team honors from the Associated Press, as Art Schlichter and Mark Hermann won those honors.
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