Frank Costa (American football)
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Frank Costa is a former American football
quarterback
for the University of Miami
from 1993 to 1995. Frank was born in Philadelphia,PA September 8, 1972. He played several sports at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, but was known locally as the best quarterback to ever have come from the city of Philadelphia. When he graduated from high school, he held virtually every passing record in the city's history including completions in a game, season, and career, as well as yards passing in a season and career, and touchdowns in a season and career. He was named player of the decade for the 1980's.
After being widely recruited, he decided to attend college at The University of Miami (FL). Costa was one of the more consistent players among his inexperienced team. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n20_v218/ai_15924173 Costa finished his college career with a record of 19-3 as a starter, including a memorable win against top-ranked rival Florida State
on October 8, 1994 http://www.allcanes.com/blog/2006/08/countdown-miami-v-florida-state-game-4.html.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
from 1993 to 1995. Frank was born in Philadelphia,PA September 8, 1972. He played several sports at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, but was known locally as the best quarterback to ever have come from the city of Philadelphia. When he graduated from high school, he held virtually every passing record in the city's history including completions in a game, season, and career, as well as yards passing in a season and career, and touchdowns in a season and career. He was named player of the decade for the 1980's.
After being widely recruited, he decided to attend college at The University of Miami (FL). Costa was one of the more consistent players among his inexperienced team. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n20_v218/ai_15924173 Costa finished his college career with a record of 19-3 as a starter, including a memorable win against top-ranked rival Florida State
Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a...
on October 8, 1994 http://www.allcanes.com/blog/2006/08/countdown-miami-v-florida-state-game-4.html.