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{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}
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| birth_place = [[Clarksville, Texas]], U.S.
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* [[San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL team)|San Antonio Gunslingers]] (1984)
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* Second-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1978 All-Southwest Conference football team|1978]])
* [[List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders|NCAA passing leader]] (1978)
* [[List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders|NCAA total offense leader]] (1978)
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▲| high_school = [[Mesquite High School (Texas)|Mesquite]] ([[Mesquite, Texas]])
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'''Michael Carlton Ford''' (born January 30, 1959) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[quarterback]] for the [[San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL team)|San Antonio Gunslingers]] of the [[United States Football League]] (USFL). He attended [[Mesquite High School (Texas)|Mesquite High School]] in [[Mesquite, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2016 SMU Football Media Guide | url = https://issuu.com/smumustangs.com/docs/completemg_f500653f63a4aa/130 | date = 1 August 2016 | website=issuu.com |publisher=SMU Athletics | access-date = 31 December 2018 | page = 128 | quote = A high-touted quarterback recruit from Mesquite High School, Ford was the nation's second-ranked passer in 1978, when he threw for 3,007 yards.}}</ref> Ford played [[college football]] for the [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]] from 1977 to 1980.<ref name=SR>{{cite web|title=Mike Ford|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 5, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/mike-ford-2.html}}</ref> As a sophomore in 1978, he led all NCAA major college players in both total offense yards (2,957),<ref>{{cite web|title=Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Total Yards|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=August 27, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/tot-yds-player-yearly.html}}</ref> total offense per game (268.8 yards/game),<ref>{{cite web|title=Football Bowl Subdivision Records|publisher=NCAA|pages=50–51|year=2015|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/fbs.pdf}}</ref> and passing yards (3,007).<ref>{{cite web|title=1978 Passing Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 22, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1978-passing.html}}</ref> In 11 games during the 1978 season, he completed 224 of 389 passes for 3,007 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions for and SMU team that compiled a
After his college career, he played in the [[USFL]] for the [[San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL team)|San Antonio Gunslingers]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=fordmik001| title = Mike Ford football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} </ref>
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