Police and court records show that former Arkansas quarterback Clint Stoerner (STER'-nur) faces a

drunken-driving charge and other misdemeanor counts after he was

stopped by an officer early yesterday morning at Fayetteville.

Stoerner, who lives at Little Rock, was quarterback for Arkansas

from 1996 through the 1999 season and still holds many Razorback

passing records. He was a backup on the Dallas Cowboys' roster for

three seasons after finishing his college career at Arkansas, and

then played for Nashville in the Arena Football League.

A preliminary report provided to Fayetteville District Court by

the city's police department said Stoerner was stopped at 2:07 a.m.

yesterday near the intersection of Maple Street and Washington

Avenue. The report said Stoerner was stopped because his car stereo

was too loud in a dense residential neighborhood. According to the

report, an officer heard the noise coming from the stereo in

Stoerner's vehicle plainly from more than 30 feet away.

The report said the officer talked with Stoerner about the

stereo's volume level and about how much alcohol he had consumed

that night. Another officer, W. McKinney, wrote in the report that

he also spoke with Stoerner and noticed a distinct odor of

intoxicants on Stoerner's breath. McKinney said Stoerner's eyes

were bloodshot and glassy, and he swayed when he stood still.

The report says a field-sobriety test indicated Stoerner was

drunk, and he was arrested by McKinney and taken to the Washington

County Jail. At the jail, Stoerner refused to breathe into a

breath-analysis machine, McKinney wrote.

McKinney's report says Stoerner was charged with driving while

intoxicated, violation of the implied-consent law requiring a

driver to submit to a breath-analysis test if requested by police,

and violation of the city's motor-vehicle sound limit ordinance.

All the charges are misdemeanors.

A Washington County Jail report available on the Internet shows

Stoerner was released later in the morning on $880 bond. The jail

report says he faces a Monday court date on the sound-ordinance

violation charge, and is to appear in court on November 5 on the

DWI charge.

After his senior year at Arkansas, Stoerner was a backup

quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL for three seasons,

2001-2003, starting just three games. He later played for the

Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League.

At Arkansas, his passing prowess has kept his name in the record

books. He holds Arkansas records for touchdown passes in a season

(26, 1998) and college career, 57 -- for passing yards in a single

game (against LSU, 1997), in a season (2,629, 1998) and a career,

7,422 -- consecutive passes without an interception (134, 1997-98)

-- and is also the leader in passing attempts in a game, season and

career.

Stoerner signed with Arkansas after a high school career at

Baytown, Texas.