Pat Beach

American football player (born 1959)

American football player

Pat Beach

No. 81, 83, 89

Position:

Tight end

Personal information

Born:

(1959-12-28) December 28, 1959 (age 64)
Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

247 lb (112 kg)

Career information

High school:

Pullman (WA)

College:

Washington State

NFL draft:

1982 / Round: 6 / Pick: 140

Career history

Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (1982–1991)
Philadelphia Eagles (1992)
Phoenix Cardinals (1993)

Career highlights and awards

Second-team All-Pac-10 (1981)

Career NFL statistics

Receptions:	163
Receiving yards:	1,558
Touchdowns:	14

Player stats at PFR

Patrick Jesse Beach (born December 28, 1959) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and Phoenix Cardinals. He played college football at Washington State University in Pullman.

Early life

Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, Beach moved to Pullman with his family at age eleven. A three-sport athlete at Pullman High School (football, basketball, track & field),^[1]^[2] he played college football in town at Washington State University (WSU) under head coach Jim Walden.^[3]

Beach led the Cougars to the Holiday Bowl in 1981 and was selected by the Colts in the sixth round (140th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

NFL career

In his second NFL season in 1983, Beach scored the Baltimore Colts' last touchdown in a 20–10 win over the Houston Oilers on December 18, a twelve-yard completion from Mike Pagel with less than two minutes remaining.^[8]^[9] The franchise relocated to Indianapolis prior to the 1984 season.

Following the 1987 season, Beach caught a two-yard touchdown pass in the Colts' divisional playoff game against the Cleveland Browns, a 38–21 loss.^[10] In his career, he totaled 163 catches for 1,558 yards, averaging 9.6 yards per catch, and caught 14 touchdowns.

Personal

Beach married high school friend Robyn Crawford in 2007.

References

^ "WSU lands Pat Beach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). July 12, 1978. p. 24.
^ Emerson, Paul (July 12, 1978). "Pat Beach switches to WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
^ Emerson, Paul (September 21, 1979). "Home grown". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
^ Barrows, Bob (April 28, 1982). "Sorenson, Beach drafted". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
^ "NFL teams take best local talent". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 29, 1982. p. 27.
^ "Two more Cougars drafted in NFL". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 29, 1982. p. 1C.
^ "Four Cougars, two Vandals picked". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). April 29, 1982. p. 35.
^ "Colts 20, Oilers 10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 19, 1983. p. 3C.
^ "Houston Oilers at Baltimore Colts - December 18th, 1983". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ Goldberg, Dave (January 10, 1988). "Cleveland's Byner finer than Colts". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.