Chad Pennington

Biography

Chad Pennington (born June 26, 1976 in Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee: more facts about this subject) ) is an American football (American football: A game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays) quarterback (quarterback: The position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team) for the NFL (NFL: the national football league (nfl) is the largest and most popular professional american...
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Pennington played in college for Marshall University (Marshall University: marshall university is a public university based in huntington, west virginia....
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After serving as a backup for his first two seasons with the Jets, Pennington was asked to start as quarterback after the team started 1-3 in the 2002 NFL season. Thanks to his play, the Jets would end up finishing with a 9-7 record, which earned them the AFC (AFC: more facts about this subject) East division title. He would lead the team to an easy wild card round victory over the Indianapolis Colts (Indianapolis Colts: the indianapolis colts are a national football league team based in indianapolis, indian...
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In a 2003 preseason game against the New York Giants (New York Giants: : this is for the current nfl american football team, the new york giants....
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) , the Jets still managed to earn a Wild Card berth. Pennington answered speculation that his shoulder was ailing with a sterling 20-17 overtime win against the AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers (San Diego Chargers: the san diego chargers are a national football league team based in san diego, californi...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) . This win came in the first round of the playoffs and Pennington's numbers were impressive: 23-33 for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Pennington then faced the 15-1 Steelers at Pittsburgh. Despite the Jets offensive struggles and being in a 10-0 hole, the Jets rallied to score 17 unanswered points. However, Pennington would see his season end with his kicker Doug Brien missing two crucial game winning field goals. The Steelers would go on to win in overtime, the third overtime in a row for Pennington and the Jets.