Steve Beuerlein Madden Career 1992-2004 - Peak 83 OVR

Steve Beuerlein Madden Career 1992-2004 - Peak 83 OVR

Position

Team

Panthers

Height

6'3"

Weight

220

College

Notre Dame

DOB

Mar 7, 1965

Madden

1991-2003

77OVR

2003 Current

83OVR

Peak 1998

Seasons Played

Steve Beuerlein was born on March 7, 1965, in Hollywood, California, played at Notre Dame, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round, 110th overall, in 1987. Dallas acquired him in August 1991 to back up Troy Aikman. After Aikman injured his knee at Washington on November 24, 1991, Beuerlein started the last four regular-season games and won all four, then started a 17-13 wild-card win at Chicago. He backed up Aikman through 1992 and earned a ring in Super Bowl XXVII.

Madden NFL 92 put him at a calculated 30 for the 1991 season. He signed with Phoenix in 1993, was benched by Buddy Ryan in 1994, a year Madden NFL 95 gave him a calculated 80, and was the first selection of the 1995 expansion draft by Jacksonville. Carolina signed him in 1996, and he took the starting job for good in 1998, a season Madden NFL 99 put at a calculated 83.

In 1999 Beuerlein led the NFL with 4,436 passing yards, threw 36 touchdown passes, and made the Pro Bowl in his 13th season. He beat Green Bay 33-31 on a last-second quarterback draw on December 12, 1999, and threw five touchdown passes against New Orleans on January 2, 2000. Madden NFL 2001 listed him at 89 for the 2000 season, when he was sacked a league-high 62 times. A fractured finger ended his 2003 season in Denver and his playing career, and he retired with 24,046 passing yards, 147 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.

Steve Beuerlein Madden Career Milestones

Peak rating: 83 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
Appeared in 12 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2004)
Entered at 30 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 53 points to his peak
Biggest single-year rise: 47 points into Madden NFL 1995
Played for 5 franchises: Cowboys, Cardinals, Jaguars, Panthers, Broncos
Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2004 at 77 OVR

Scale (starred^* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.

Madden	Pos	OVR	Speed	ACC	AGI	STR	JMP	STA	INJ	TGH	AWR	THP	TAC	TAS	TAM	TAD	CAR	BTK	CTH	RBK	PBK	TAK	KPW	KAC	KRN
1992 ^* 1991 NFL season	QB	30*	20	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993 ^* 1992 NFL season	QB	46*	20	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	53	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994 ^* 1993 NFL season	QB	33*	20	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	33	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995 ^* 1994 NFL season	QB	80*	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	95	58	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 ^* 1995 NFL season	QB	69*	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	73	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997 1996 NFL season	QB	58	48	52	46	-	88	49	-	-	80	61	55	-	-	-	70	10	11	-	-	8	-	-	-
1998 ^* 1997 NFL season	QB	72*	46	-	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	79	-	-	-	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999 1998 NFL season	QB	83*	57	55	62	53	-	-	4	-	78	87	80	-	-	-	55	47	9	-	-	9	-	-	-
2000 1999 NFL season	QB	80*	51	55	59	56	-	-	80	-	80	81	76	-	-	-	80	39	9	-	-	19	-	-	-
2002 2001 NFL season Did not play	QB	83	49	48	54	60	43	92	78	71	86	84	-	93	93	93	35	-	13	21	23	33	31	11	-
2003 2002 NFL season	QB	70	38	32	47	56	44	75	36	71	-	84	-	-	-	-	38	-	18	27	27	34	35	16	-
2004 2003 NFL season	QB	77	37	31	44	54	44	75	52	65	87	82	-	89	89	89	38	-	18	27	27	34	35	16	0

How to read these: Each row is the player’s rating in that year’s Madden, listed by the NFL season it covers (Madden NFL 2001 = the 2000 season). Madden sets its ratings before the season is played, so they reflect the previous season’s performance - a player’s breakout year tends to show up as a jump in the following year’s game.

About the starred rows^*: Several early Madden releases rated players on a 1-15 scale, as printed in the game manuals, rather than the modern 0-99. We store those ratings converted to 0-99 (each manual point is about 6.6) so you can compare players across eras at a glance - use the 0-99 / 1-15 toggle above the table to see the original numbers on those seasons. EA didn’t publish an overall rating in those games, so the OVR* values for those years are our own calculation, the average of the player’s two best ratings.

Note: Some Madden releases tracked fewer attributes than others. Cells shown as - were not published by EA that year.

Era Quarterbacks who played alongside Steve Beuerlein

Tom Brady

Madden NFL 2003-2023 - Buccaneers

Drew Brees

Madden NFL 2002-2021 - Saints

Peyton Manning

Madden NFL 1999-2016 - Broncos

Drew Bledsoe

Madden NFL 1995-2007 - Cowboys

Brett Favre

Madden NFL 1994-2011 - Vikings

Daunte Culpepper

Madden NFL 2000-2010 - Lions

Carson Palmer

Madden NFL 2004-2018 - Cardinals

Donovan McNabb

Madden NFL 2000-2012

#1	Luke Kuechly MLB Boston Col.	99
#2	Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford	99
#3	Todd Sauerbrun P West Virginia	98
#4	Kris Jenkins DT Maryland	98
#5	Julius Peppers DE North Carolina	98
#6	Steve Smith Sr. WR Utah	97
#7	Jon Beason LB Miami (FL)	97
#8	Mike Wahle LG Navy	96

Steve Beuerlein Madden Ratings by Year

Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1992 rating: 30 OVR (1991 NFL season, DAL). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1993 rating: 46 OVR (1992 NFL season, DAL). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1994 rating: 33 OVR (1993 NFL season, ARI). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1995 rating: 80 OVR (1994 NFL season, ARI). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1996 rating: 69 OVR (1995 NFL season, JAX). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1997 rating: 58 OVR (1996 NFL season, CAR). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1998 rating: 72 OVR (1997 NFL season, CAR). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 1999 rating: 83 OVR (1998 NFL season, CAR). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 2000 rating: 80 OVR (1999 NFL season, CAR). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 2002 rating: 83 OVR (2001 NFL season, DEN). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 2003 rating: 70 OVR (2002 NFL season, DEN). Steve Beuerlein Madden NFL 2004 rating: 77 OVR (2003 NFL season, DEN).