After his senior year of football was over, Gardere played outfield for the University of Texas baseball team for one season. The team went to the College World Series losing in the second round. A 9-4 loss to Oklahoma, when a Gardere error broke the game open, marked the only time he would lose to Oklahoma. Ironically, Texas was ranked #1 and Oklahoma was unranked. Records UT - Passing yards by a freshman, season (1,511), surpassed by Shea Morenz in 1993 UT - Passing yards, season (2364), surpassed by James Brown in 1995 UT - Passing yards, career (7,396), surpassed by Brown in 1997 UT - Highest Completion Percentage (min 100 attempts) (57.52%), season, surpassed by Major Applewhite in 1999 UT - Total offense, career (7,409), surpassed by Brown in 1997 UT - Fastest to 1,000 yards in a single season (5 games), tied Bret Stafford, tied by Morenz, surpassed by Brown in 1995 UT - Fastest to 2,000 yards in a single season (9 games), tied by Brown, surpassed by Applewhite in 1999 UT - Starts, career (41), surpassed by Colt McCoy in 2009 UT - Games by a quarterback, career (44), surpassed by Applewhite in 2001 UT - Attempts, season (298), surpassed by Applewhite in 1999 UT - Attempts, career (1025), surpassed by Applewhite in 2001 UT - Completions, game (24), tied by Morenz in 1993, surpassed by Brown in 1996 UT - Completions, season (166), surpassed by Morenz in 1993 UT - Completions, career (561), surpassed by Applewhite in 2001 UT - Lowest percentage of passes intercepted (minimum 300 passes), career (4.5%), surpassed by Brown in 1997 UT - Interceptions, career (45), tied by McCoy 2009 UT - Touchdown passes, game (4), tied Rick McIvor, Randy McEachern, Clyde Littlefield; surpassed by Brown in 1994 UT - Touchdown passes, career (37), surpassed by Brown in 1997 Bold means still active Professional career After graduation in 1992, Gardere got a training camp invitation with the Seattle Seahawks in 1993. He was beaten out for the punter position by Rick Tuten, who became a Pro Bowl player. But two days after being cut by Seattle, Gardere was punting for the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League. He was the West Division's leading punter that year. He played one more year Sacramento and then another for the Memphis Mad Dogs. He was often listed as a Punter/Quarterback, but he