He was Michigan's starting quarterback in the last half of the 1984 season and led the Wolverines in the 1984 Holiday Bowl against the national champion BYU Cougars.
Zurbrugg became the starting quarterback as a redshirt freshman halfway through the season for the 1984 Michigan Wolverines football team.
Jim Harbaugh sustained a broken arm, and head coach Bo Schembechler turned to Zurbrugg to lead the Michigan offense.
)[4] He threw four touchdown passes against Purdue, including three (to Triando Markray, Vince Bean, and Sim Nelson) in the final 4:08 of the game.
[4][9] After graduating from Michigan, Zurbrugg became a high school teacher and football coach in Alliance, Ohio.