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{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Stan Humphries
| number      = 16, 12
| position    = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1965|4|14}}
| birth_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lb   = 223
| high_school = [[Southwood High School|Southwood]] (Shreveport)
| college     = [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Northeast Louisiana]] (1984–1987)
| draftyear   = 1988
| draftround  = 6
| draftpick   = 159
| pastteams   =
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1988|1991}})
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1992|1997}})
| highlights  =
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]])
* [[Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame]]
* [[San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team]]
* [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA I-AA national champion]] ([[1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team|1987]])
;NFL record
* [[99-yard pass play|Longest touchdown pass: 99 yards]] (tied) 
| statlabel1  = Passing attempts
| statvalue1  = 2,516
| statlabel2  = Passing completions
| statvalue2  = 1,431
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 56.9%
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 89–84
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 17,191
| statlabel6  = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6  = 75.8
| pfr         = HumpSt00
}}

'''William Stanley Humphries''' (born April 14, 1965) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Washington Redskins]] and [[San Diego Chargers]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Northeast Louisiana Indians]] and he was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the [[1988 NFL draft]].

==College career==
Playing for [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Northeast Louisiana]] (now [[University of Louisiana at Monroe|Louisiana–Monroe]]), Humphries was [[quarterback]] on the team that won the [[1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game]]. In two seasons, Humphries passed for 4,395 yards and 29 touchdowns. He still holds the record for 300-yard passing games with eight.

==Professional career==
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| twenty split = 2.84
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|     vertical = 28.0
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|         note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=26049 |title=Stan Humphries, Combine Results, QB - Louisiana-Monroe |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
}}

=== Washington ===
Humphries was selected 159th overall by [[1987 Washington Redskins season|the Redskins]] in the sixth round of the [[1988 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He made his first professional start in 1990 in Phoenix against [[1990 Phoenix Cardinals season|the Cardinals]] with regular starter [[Mark Rypien]] sidelined with an injury. Humphries went on to pass for 1,015 yards and three touchdowns in seven games in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stan Humphries 1990 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HumpSt00/gamelog/1990/ |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The following season, he won a Super Bowl ring with the Redskins as Rypien's backup.

=== San Diego ===
Humphries was traded to [[1992 San Diego Chargers season|the San Diego Chargers]] before the start of the 1992 season following a preseason injury to starting Chargers QB [[John Friesz]]. The two teams ran the same offense, allowing Humphries to quickly make an impact. He passed for 3,356 yards, which ranked fifth in the league in 1992. He helped lead the Chargers, who were 4–12 in 1991 and stumbled out to an 0–4 start in 1992, to finish with an 11–5 record that won the [[AFC West]] and ended the Chargers' decade-long playoff drought. To this day, [[1992 San Diego Chargers season|the 1992 San Diego Chargers]] are the only NFL team to make the playoffs after an 0–4 start. He played with a [[Separated shoulder|separated left shoulder]] in the 1992 AFC Wild-Card Game, a 17–0 win over [[1992 Kansas City Chiefs season|the Kansas City Chiefs]], their first home playoff game since the [[1980 AFC Championship Game|1980 AFC Championship game]]. Their season ended the next week in a 31–0 loss to [[1980 Miami Dolphins season|the Miami Dolphins]] in the AFC Divisional Playoffs.

In [[1994 San Diego Chargers season|1994]], Humphries led the Chargers with clutch performances through an impressive series of victories in the NFL Playoffs. It started with the Chargers rallying from a 21–6 halftime deficit at home to defeat [[1994 Miami Dolphins season|the Miami Dolphins]] (led by [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] quarterback [[Dan Marino]]) with a 22–21 victory in the AFC divisional playoffs, earning the Chargers a trip to the [[AFC Championship Game]] the next week at Pittsburgh. [[1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season|The Pittsburgh Steelers]] were favored by 10{{frac|1|2}} points, and some Steeler players the week prior to the game had made a Super Bowl rap video, assuming they would be the ones going to the Super Bowl. In what would become one of pro football's all-time great upsets, the Chargers again rallied from a 13–3 deficit late in the third quarter and held off a furious last-minute Pittsburgh drive with a goal-line stand to win the [[American Football Conference|AFC]] championship 17–13 at [[Pittsburgh]]'s [[Three Rivers Stadium]]. Thus the Chargers earned a trip to Miami and [[Super Bowl XXIX]], the first and only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. Humphries executed the first successful two-point conversion in the Super Bowl (which was adopted by the NFL at the start of the 1994 season), throwing a pass to [[Mark Seay]]. They were greeted by 70,000 fans at [[San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium]] upon arriving back from Pittsburgh. Despite losing [[Super Bowl XXIX]] 49–26 to [[1994 San Francisco 49ers season|the San Francisco 49ers]], more than 100,000 fans greeted the Chargers when they arrived back in San Diego after the game.

In 1997, Humphries was forced to retire after a series of concussions. During his career, he led the Chargers to three playoff appearances and the franchise's only Super Bowl appearance. Humphries started for San Diego from 1992 to 1997, making 81 starts in 88 games while completing 1,431 of 2,516 passes for 17,191 yards and 89 touchdowns. San Diego was 47–29 (62 percent) in regular-season games and 3–3 in playoff contests he started. He was inducted into the [[Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame|Chargers Hall of Fame]] in 2002. In 2009, he was one of four quarterbacks named on the [[San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team|franchise's 50th anniversary team]]. In 2004, Humphries was also inducted by the [[San Diego Hall of Champions]] into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/football/stan-humphries/ |title=Stan Humphries |publisher=San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum |access-date=September 23, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091002221004/http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/football/stan-humphries/ |archive-date=October 2, 2009 }}</ref> He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chargersgab.com/2007/06/25/stan-humphries-inducted-into-louisiana-sports-hall-of-fame/|title=Stan Humphries Inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame  |website=Chargers Gab |author=Dubenetzky, Jim  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224064547/http://www.chargersgab.com/2007/06/25/stan-humphries-inducted-into-louisiana-sports-hall-of-fame/|archive-date=2010-12-24|url-status=live|date=June 25, 2007}}</ref>

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacks
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starter}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1989 NFL season|1989]] !! [[1989 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 2 || 0 || 0-0 || 5 || 10 || 50.0 || 91 || '''9.1''' || 39 || 1 || 1 || 75.4 || 5 || 10 || 2.0 || 9 || 0 || 3 || 9
|-
! [[1990 NFL season|1990]] !! [[1990 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 7 || 5 || 3-2 || 91 || 156 || 58.3 || 1,015 || 6.5 || 44 || 3 || 10 || 57.5 || 23 || '''106''' || '''4.6''' || 17 || 2 || 9 || 62
|-
! [[1992 NFL season|1992]] !! [[1992 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| '''16''' || '''15''' || '''11-4''' || 263 || 454 || 57.9 || 3,356 || 7.4 || 67 || 16 || '''18''' || 76.4 || 28 || 79 || 2.8 || 25 || '''4''' || '''28''' || 218
|-
! [[1993 NFL season|1993]] !! [[1993 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 12 || 10 || 6-4 || 173 || 324 || 53.4 || 1,981 || 6.1 || 48 || 12 || 10 || 71.5 || 8 || 37 || '''4.6''' || '''27''' || 0 || 18 || 142
|-
! [[1994 NFL season|1994]] !! [[1994 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 15 || '''15''' || '''11-4''' || 264 || 453 || 58.3 || 3,209 || 7.1 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''99''' || 17 || 12 || '''81.6''' || 19 || 19 || 1.0 || 8 || 0 || 25 || '''223'''
|-
! [[1995 NFL season|1995]] !! [[1995 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 15 || '''15''' || 9-6 || '''282''' || '''478''' || '''59.0''' || '''3,381''' || 7.1 || 51 || 17 || 14 || 80.4 || '''33''' || 53 || 1.6 || 18 || 1 || 23 || 197
|-
! [[1996 NFL season|1996]] !! [[1996 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 13 || 13 || 7-6 || 232 || 416 || 55.8 || 2,670 || 6.4 || 63 || '''18''' || 13 || 76.7 || 21 || 28 || 1.3 || 7 || 0 || 20 || 187
|-
! [[1997 NFL season|1997]] !! [[1997 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 8 || 8 || 3-5 || 121 || 225 || 53.8 || 1,488 || 6.6 || 72 || 5 || 6 || 70.7 || 13 || 24 || 1.8 || 11 || 0 || 18 || 144
|-
! colspan="2"| Career !! 88 !! 81 !! 50-31 !! 1,431 !! 2,516 !! 56.9 !! 17,191 !! 6.8 !! 99 !! 89 !! 84 !! 75.8 !! 150 !! 356 !! 2.4 !! 27 !! 7 !! 144 !! 1,182
|}

===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacks
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starter}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1992 NFL season|1992]] !! [[1992 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 2 || 2 || 1-1 || 32 || 67 || 47.8 || 339 || 5.1 || '''44''' || 0 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 4 || 38.1 || 2 || 10 || 5.0 || 10 || 0 || '''6''' || '''57'''
|-
! [[1994 NFL season|1994]] !! [[1994 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| '''3''' || '''3''' || '''2-1''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''63''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''114''' || '''55.3''' || '''716''' || '''6.3''' || 43 || '''4''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''5''' || '''67.7''' || '''7''' || 1 || 0.1 || 3 || 0 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 5 || 35
|-
! [[1995 NFL season|1995]] !! [[1995 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 1 || 1 || 0-1 || 23 || 47 || 48.9 || 292 || 6.2 || 26 || 2 || 4 || 47.5 || 4 || '''32''' || '''8.0''' || '''17''' || 0 || 1 || 8
|-
! colspan="2"| Career !! 6 !! 6 !! 3-3 !! 118 !! 228 !! 51.8 !! 1,347 !! 5.9 !! 44 !! 6 !! 13 !! 54.8 !! 13 !! 43 !! 3.3 !! 17 !! 0 !! 12 !! 100
|}

== Post-playing career ==
Humphries became a [[college football]] commentator, and also hosts his namesake celebrity golf tournament, which has raised more than $1 million over the years for Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.

Humphries has served as the head girls basketball coach at [[Ouachita Christian School]] in [[Monroe, Louisiana]] since 2017.<ref name="BBall_coach">{{cite web |author1=Eisenberg, Jeff |title=Stan Humphries’ journey from Super Bowl QB to high school basketball coach |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/stan-humphries-journey-from-super-bowl-qb-to-high-school-basketball-coach-163719180.html |website=Yahoo Sports |date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>

=== Golf ===
Humphries has qualified for amateur golf's [[United States Senior Amateur Championship]] in 2022 and the R&A Senior Amateur Championship in 2023, finishing fourth in the latter.

==References==
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