Steven Michael Alatorre (born September 3, 1959) is a former

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who played for the

Montreal Concordes The Montreal Alouettes ( French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Cana ...

of the

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(CFL).

Early years

Alatorre attended and played

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at Cypress High School.

College career

Alatorre played

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Cypress College Cypress College is a public community college in Cypress, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and belongs to the North Orange County Community College District. It offers a variety of general education (55 associat ...

from 1977–1979 before transferring to

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, where he was the starting quarterback during part of the 1980 season and the 1981 season. During his two years at Tennessee, he completed 139 of 273 passes for 1,918 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 20 interceptions under head coach Johnny Majors. He led the Volunteers to a 28–21 win over

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in the

1981 Garden State Bowl The 1981 Garden State Bowl, part of the 1981–82 bowl game season, took place on December 13, 1981, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The competing teams were the Tennessee Volunteers, representing the Southeastern Conference (S ...

, completing 24 of 42 passes for 315 yards and a touchdown, and winning the game's MVP honors. Alatorre's efforts in the 1981 season helped lead Tennessee to a 8–4 finish, which marked the most wins for the program since 1973.

Professional career

Alatorre played three regular season games for the Concordes. On 22 attempts, Alatorre passed for 114 yards, one

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, and one

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. Alatorre signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL in 1982 and was traded to the Montreal Concordes before the start of the regular season. Due to an injury to Ken Johnson, Alatorre started the first game of the 1982 season. However, he was replaced by Luc Tousignant to begin the second half.

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Pro Football Archives bioTennessee Volunteers bio
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Early years

College career

Professional career

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