Career
Evans played collegiately at University of Southern California and was the Most Valuable Player of the 1977 Rose Bowl after the Trojans" 14-6 victory over Michigan. Evans played professionally for the Bears as well as Chicago"s team in the United States Football League, the Chicago Blitz, as well as the USFL"s Denver Gold, and the NFL"s Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders in a career that spanned nearly 20 years from 1977 to 1995. Evans is the only player of the Bears to score a perfect quarterback rating in a game, doing so against the Green Bay Packers in 1980, completing 18 of 22 passes for 316 yards and three touchdowns.
The game marked the first time since 1970 that a Bears quarterback threw for more than 300 yards.
2 team in the nation. In 1976, he threw for 1,440 yards with 10 touchdowns vs six interceptions.
He completed 53.7% of his passes.