Matt Dunigan (born December 6, 1960) is an American broadcaster and former professional football player and executive.
[1] In 2008, he was named the host of Road Grill, a Canadian barbecue cooking series on Food Network Canada.
In his freshman year, Dunigan played in eight games behind incumbent starting quarterback Mark Buchanan.
Dunigan was named the starting quarterback for the 1980 season by newly hired head coach Billy Brewer.
In 44 total games at Louisiana Tech, Dunigan had completed 550 of 1,103 pass attempts for 7,010 yards with 40 touchdowns against 50 interceptions.
Prior to the 1984 CFL Season, Moon left for the NFL's Houston Oilers and the Eskimos became Dunigan's team.
While Edmonton held on to his rights, they traded him to the British Columbia Lions in June 1988 for Jim Sandusky and future considerations.
In the West Final, BC beat the team that traded Dunigan in June, the Edmonton Eskimos, 37-19.
Dunigan attempted a pass into the endzone, but it was deflected by Delbert Fowler, and intercepted by Michael Gray.
In March 1990, Dunigan was traded to the Toronto Argonauts for Rick Johnson, Willie Pless, Tony Visco, Emanuel Tolbert, Todd Wiseman, and Jearld Baylis.
Canadian actor and comedian John Candy, along with hockey great Wayne Gretzky, and Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall purchased the Argos.
Toronto then made noise by signing Notre Dame receiver Raghib "Rocket" Ismail.
The Rocket, along with Dunigan and running back Michael "Pinball" Clemons led Toronto to a 13–5 record.
After a first round bye, the Argos won against Winnipeg in front of a packed out SkyDome, and advanced to the Grey Cup.
On July 14, he made pro football history when he passed for 713 yards in a 50–35 victory over his former team, the Eskimos.
In 1995, the CFL was entering its third season of US expansion, and added two teams: the Memphis Mad Dogs and the Birmingham Barracudas.
Also In this game, Dunigan moved past Tom Clements into second place all-time in CFL passing yardage.
In the home finale against Edmonton, Dunigan broke his throwing hand and watched the rest of the season, including the playoffs, from the sidelines.
Upon retirement, Dunigan was the only quarterback to lead four different teams to the Grey Cup game (Edmonton, BC, Toronto, Winnipeg).
In 2006, Dunigan was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#39) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
In February 1997, Dunigan was named the offensive coordinator for Valdosta State University's football program.