Ralph Leek Explained

Ralph Leek was an American football player for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. In 1980, he was a back-up to starting quarterback Ed McMichael.^{[1] [2]} In 1981, as a junior, Leek was a starter.^[3] He ran for a one-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter of the first game of the season, as Rutgers defeated Syracuse 29-27.^[4] The following week, he threw one touchdown pass in a 13-5 victory over Colgate.^[5] Leek completed 72% of his pass attempts in those two games.^[6] In the third game, against Virginia, he was intercepted three times in the first half, but Rutgers won, 3-0.^[7] The Scarlet Knights started the season 5-1 but lost their last five games to finish at 5-6. Overall, Leek completed 80 of 167 passes for 926 yards in 1981; he also had five touchdown passes and 16 interceptions.^{[2] [8]} Leek led Rutgers in passing yards and total offense yards (971), but his 16 interceptions set a single-season team record which was broken by Jacque LaPrarie in 1982.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=la0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2WcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5560,647020&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "Falcinelli Kicks Rutgers to Win"
2. Boyles, Bob and Guido, Paul (2009). USA Today College Football Encyclopedia 2009-2010. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. p. 1230.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uxssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-MgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1018,5106200&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "Bryant Doesn't Want Surprises"
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3CFLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XyMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6176,1449838&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "Rutgers Triumphs"
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wEVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3126,3224455&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "Rutgers Clips Colgate"
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kuwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LH8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4687,748862&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "CLYDE Tabs Rutgers to Topple Cavaliers"
7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SuRLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6557,2682444&dq=ralph-leek+rutgers&hl=en "Cavaliers Fall, 3-0, to Rutgers"
8. http://www.scarletknights.com/football/history/leaders.asp "Rutgers Football Year-by-Year Leaders"
9. http://scarletknights.com/football/history/career-passing.asp "Rutgers Football Passing Leaders"