Red Dawson
| File:Red Dawson.png Dawson pictured in Jambalaya 1938, Tulane yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 1906 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Died | June 10, 1983 (aged 76) Ocala, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–30–5 (college) 19–25–4 (AAFC) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SEC (1939) | |
Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson (December 20, 1906 – June 10, 1983) was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman. At Pitt he coached future Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt and won Pittsburgh's "Dapper Dan" sports award in 1952. Dawson's greatest successes as a coach, however, were with Tulane and Buffalo. His 1939 Tulane squad went through the season undefeated before a disappointing loss to Texas A&M in the Sugar Bowl. In 1948 his Buffalo Bills team captured the AAFC Eastern Division title in a playoff against the Baltimore Colts, though they ultimately lost the AAFC Championship Game to the Cleveland Browns. Dawson's final won-loss record was 36–19–4 at Tulane, 9–11–1 at Pitt, and 19–25–4 at Buffalo.
External links
- Tulane profile
- Template:CFBCR
- Pro Football Reference Statistics
- TIME magazine account of Tulane win over Colgate, Oct. 26, 1936
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