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{{Short description|American football player (born 1951)}}
{{distinguish|Mike Ray}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Mike Rae
| image       =
| image_size  = 
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| number      = 15
| position    = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lbs  = 193
| high_school = [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood]]<br />([[Lakewood, California]])
| college     = [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
| draftyear   = 1973
| draftround  = 8
| draftpick   = 205
| pastteams   =
* [[Toronto Argonauts]] ({{CFL Year|1973|1975}})
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1976|1977}})
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1978|1979}})
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1981}})
* [[Los Angeles Express (USFL)|Los Angeles Express]] ({{USFL Year|1983}})
| highlights  =
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]])
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1972 USC Trojans football team|1972]])
* [[Pop Warner Trophy]] (1972)
| statlabel1  = Passing attempts
| statvalue1  = 249
| statlabel2  = Passing completions
| statvalue2  = 124
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 49.8%
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]-[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 12-14
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 1,536
| pfr         = RaexMi00 
}}

'''Michael John Rae''' (born July 26, 1951) is an American former professional [[gridiron football|football]] [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).

==Early life==
Rae attended and played [[high school football]] at [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood High School]].

==College career==
Rae played [[college football]] at the [[University of Southern California]].  In 1972 Rae was at the helm as the Trojans went undefeated to a Rose Bowl win en route to the National Championship.<ref>[[Dan Jenkins|Jenkins, Dan]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112550/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086940/index.htm "No Doubt About Who's Champ"]. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', January 8, 1973. Retrieved on May 8, 2013.</ref>

*1970: 20/45 for 331 yards with 4 TD and 1 INT.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/mike-rae-1.html| title = Mike Rae College Stats {{!}} College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>
*1971: 38/79 for 599 yards with 7 TD and 4 INT.
*1972: 114/199 for 1754 yards with 5 TD and 12 INT. 82 carries for 247 yards and 5 TD.

==Professional career==
After USC, he was the backup quarterback for the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] before being not offered a contract after 1975 season.<ref>''[[Ottawa Citizen]]''. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19750902&id=GskyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=me0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1474,111248 "Big Z's boot is cold and so are the Argos"]. September 2, 1975, p. 21. Retrieved on May 8, 2013.</ref> Rae played for the [[Oakland Raiders]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] and [[Washington Redskins]] between 1976 and 1981. Rae also shared quarterback duties with former UCLA quarterback [[Tom Ramsey]] during the inaugural season of the L.A. Express of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983.<ref>''Associated Press''. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19840330&id=NKtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4730,8326966 "Express Trade Ramsey"]. ''[[Ocala Star-Banner]]'', March 30, 1984, p. 3C. Retrieved on May 8, 2013.</ref>

==Now==

Since 2008, Rae has been the men's golf coach at [[Saddleback College]] in [[Mission Viejo, California|Mission Viejo]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saddleback.edu/athletics/golf/Staff.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403085012/http://www.saddleback.edu/athletics/Golf/Staff.html |archive-date=2013-04-03 }}</ref>

==References==
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