Mark Royals

Mark Royals
No. 14, 5, 3
Date of birth	June 22, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Mathews, Virginia
Career information
Position(s)	Punter
US college	Appalachian State
Career history
As player
1987	Philadelphia Eagles
1987	St. Louis Cardinals
1990–1991	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1992–1994	Pittsburgh Steelers
1995–1996	Detroit Lions
1997–1998	New Orleans Saints
1999–2001	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2002–2003	Miami Dolphins
2003	Jacksonville Jaguars
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Mark Alan Royals (born June 22, 1965) is a former American football punter in the National Football League. He attended Mathews High School. He was the last player from the St. Louis Cardinals (football) to retire from the NFL. He is currently a color commentator for coverage of the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm on the regional sports television network Spectrum Sports Florida. He has also co-hosted various sports radio shows since retiring.

Career

1994 AFC Wildcard Game

Royals may be best known for a bad punt he kicked in the 1993 NFL season AFC wildcard game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs on January 8, 1994. Near the end of the fourth quarter with Pittsburgh leading Kansas City by seven points, Royals failed to direct a punt towards a sideline, and instead, punted the ball forward directly towards the line of scrimmage. The punt was blocked and recovered by Kansas City. With 1:43 remaining in the fourth quarter and on 4th down, Kansas City quarterback Joe Montana threw a touchdown pass to receiver Tim Barnett. The ensuing PAT tied the game which then went into sudden death overtime. Kansas City kicker Nick Lowery eventually kicked the game winning field goal for the Chiefs eliminating the Steelers from the playoffs.^[1]^[2] Royals was cut from the Steelers roster later in 1994.

References

^ jamail white (November 20, 2017), "1994 playoffs 9-7 Steelers at 11-5 Chiefs Joe Montana comeback". YouTube. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
^ "The Chiefs' last home playoff win: Joe Montana, artificial turf and the Steelers". kansascity. January 13, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

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[1] white (November 20, 2017), "1994 playoffs 9-7 Steelers at 11-5 Chiefs Joe Montana comeback". YouTube. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

[2] "The Chiefs' last home playoff win: Joe Montana, artificial turf and the Steelers". kansascity. January 13, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

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