The Gophers were coming off a 1–10 season under Joe Salem, from the previous year, and it didn't take long for Foggie to assert himself as the starting quarterback for Minnesota as a true freshman.

The season was topped off by a surprising upset over Iowa and star quarterback Chuck Long, which returned the Floyd of Rosedale to Minnesota after a two-year absence.

Foggie continued to develop into a better and more mature quarterback and was also helped along by the addition of talented freshman running back, Darrell Thompson, who emerged as a star in the making, that season.

The highlight of that season was the Gophers upset of Rose Bowl bound Michigan at The Big House – earning Minnesota the Little Brown Jug for the first time in 9 years.

Thought of as running quarterback who wouldn't succeed in the National Football League, Foggie was bypassed in the 1988 NFL draft.

Although many felt he would have a better chance of making the NFL at another position, Foggie opted to remain a quarterback and joined the Canadian Football League.

Then he quarterbacked the New Jersey Red Dogs from 1997 to 2000, where he attained his greatest success in the AFL, throwing for over 8,700 yards and 155 touchdowns in his first three seasons with the club.

[9] In 2014, Foggie accepted the position of head coach for the Red Wing (Minnesota) High School football team.