He joined the varsity team in 1954 as a backup quarterback behind Jerry Barger and he completed 12 of 28 passes for 212 yards, with one touchdown and three interceptions.

[1] But Jurgensen made the biggest impact that season as a defensive back, when he tied a team record with interceptions in four consecutive games.

Duke finished the campaign with a 7–2–1 regular-season record and an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title.

This game marked Duke's first ACC loss, coming in the fourth year of the conference's existence.

[1] Before being drafted by the NFL, Jurgensen worked as a Sunday school bus driver in Herndon, Virginia.

[3] Although he did not play quarterback in any playoff games, Jurgensen was the holder for field goals and extra points.

[3] Jurgensen was traded to the Washington Redskins on April 1, 1964, in exchange for Norm Snead and Claude Crabb.

[3] Injuries hampered his performance during the 1968 season, however, with Jurgensen missing two games with broken ribs and suffering chronic pain in the elbow of his throwing arm due to calcium deposits.

[6] However, he tied an NFL record early in the 1968 season for the longest pass play in league history.

The 99-yard pass play to Jerry Allen occurred September 15, 1968, during the Redskins' game against the Chicago Bears.

[4] The Redskins enjoyed a resurgence in the early 1970s under coach George Allen and made it as far as Super Bowl VII, losing to the Miami Dolphins.

[5] The defensive-minded Allen preferred Kilmer's conservative, ball-control style of play to Jurgensen's more high-risk approach.

[5] In 1974, at the age of 40 and in his final season, Jurgensen won his third NFL passing crown even though he was still splitting time with Kilmer.

[10] Lombardi once told Pat Peppler of the Green Bay Packers head office that, "If we would have had Sonny Jurgensen in Green Bay, we’d never have lost a game.”[11] After retiring from the Redskins following the 1974 season, Jurgensen began another career as a color commentator, initially with CBS television.

Later teaming with Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff, Jurgensen continued to cover the Washington Redskins on radio.

He covered the team for WRC-TV from 1994 until December 2008, when Redskins Report was canceled due to budget cuts.