of 86–64–7 and passed for over 29,000 yards and 201 touchdowns. He is the only quarterback from his era to still rank high in the "lowest interception percentage" category in NFL passing statistics. The Professional Football Researchers Association named Gabriel to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2013. After his playing career, he had a brief two-year career as a member of the NFL on CBS broadcasting team from 1978 to 1979. Coaching career Gabriel was the last football coach at Cal Poly Pomona, where from 1980 to 1982 his teams compiled an 8–24 record. On November 26, 1982, he resigned to become offensive coordinator with the Boston Breakers of the USFL. Cal Poly-Pomona terminated its football program. Gabriel was head coach of the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football. He was the only coach who did not win a game in the inaugural 1991 season. The Skyhawks disbanded shortly thereafter. Acting career Roman Gabriel was a frequent guest on television talk shows of the era, including The Merv Griffin Show, The Virginia Graham Show, The Rosey Grier Show, and The Joey Bishop Show. Gabriel had a brief career in movies, playing a prison guard in Otto Preminger's 1968 spoof Skidoo and a Native American named "Blue Boy" in the 1969 John Wayne and Rock Hudson film, The Undefeated. He had previously appeared as a headhunter in the November 14, 1966 "Topsy-Turvey" episode of CBS' Gilligan's Island. With several of his Rams teammates, he made a cameo appearance as a football player in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the 12th Wildcat", as well as in 1970 on an Ironside episode, "Blackout". He appeared twice on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. He was also on a 1978 episode of Wonder Woman, "The Deadly Sting". Career statistics Regular season Postseason statistics Head coaching record College Awards 1969: NFL Most Valuable Player Award, AP, UPI, NEA, and the Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) 1970: Pro Bowl MVP 1973: NFL Comeback Player of the Year See also Gunslinger List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback References External links 1940 births Living people American football quarterbacks College football announcers Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football coaches Carolina Panthers announcers Los Angeles Rams players NC State Wolfpack football players Philadelphia Eagles players American Football League first overall draft picks National Football League announcers National Football