Red Dawson
American football player and coach (1906–1983)
 Dawson pictured in The 1954 Owl, Pittsburgh yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1906-12-20)December 20, 1906 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1983(1983-06-10) (aged 76) Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1929–1931 | Tulane |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1932–1935 | Minnesota (backfield) |
| 1936–1941 | Tulane |
| 1942 | Minnesota (assistant) |
| 1946–1949 | Buffalo Bills (AAFC) |
| 1950–1951 | Michigan State (assistant) |
| 1952–1954 | Pittsburgh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–30–5 (college) 19–25–4 (AAFC) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SEC (1939) | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1931) | |
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 was a native of River Falls, Wisconsin.[1]
He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman, his former coach at Tulane. 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 win–loss record was 36–19–4 at Tulane, 9–11–1 at Pittsburgh, and 19–25–4 at Buffalo.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane Green Wave (Southeastern Conference) (1936–1941) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Tulane | 6–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1937 | Tulane | 5–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1938 | Tulane | 7–2–1 | 4–1–1 | T–2nd | 19 | ||||
| 1939 | Tulane | 8–1–1 | 6–0 | T–1st | L Sugar | 5 | |||
| 1940 | Tulane | 5–5 | 1–3 | 10th | |||||
| 1941 | Tulane | 5–4 | 2–3 | 8th | |||||
| Tulane: | 36–19–4 | 17–13–3 | |||||||
| Pittsburgh Panthers (Independent) (1952–1954) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Pittsburgh | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1953 | Pittsburgh | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1954 | Pittsburgh | 0–3 | |||||||
| Pittsburgh: | 9–11–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 45–30–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Professional
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| BUF | 1946 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .250 | T-2nd in AAFC East | – | – | – | – |
| BUF | 1947 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .643 | 2nd in AAFC East | – | – | – | – |
| BUF | 1948 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 1st in AAFC East | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Cleveland Browns in AAFC Championship. |
| BUF | 1949 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 3rd in AAFC | – | – | – | – |
| BUF Total | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | – | – | – | – | ||
| AAFC Total[2] | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | 1 | 1 | .500 | – | ||
| Total | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | 1 | 1 | .500 | – | ||
References
External links
- Pro Football Reference statistics
- Red Dawson at Find a Grave
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Tulane Green Wave starting quarterbacks
- Lyle Richeson
- Lester Lautenschlaeger (1924–1925)
- Johnny Menville (1927–1928)
- Dick Baumbach
- Red Dawson (1931)
- Barney Mintz
- Dick Page
- Bobby Kellogg (1939)
- Jim Ely (1940)
- Bobby Glass (1941)
- Lou Thomas (1942)
- Dub Jones (1943)
- Bennie Ellender (1944, 1947)
- Ernest Crouch (1945)
- Jim Keeton (1946)
- Joe Ernst (1948–1950)
- Fred Dempsey (1951)
- Peter Clement (1952–1953)
- Fred Wilcox (1954)
- Gene Newton (1955–1956)
- Carleton Sweeney (1957)
- Richie Petitbon (1958)
- Phil Nugent (1959–1960)
- Jack Domingue (1961)
- Ted Miller (1962)
- Al Burguieres (1963)
- David East (1964)
- Bobby Duhon (1965–1967)
- Wayne Francingues (1968)
- Rusty Lachaussee (1969)
- Mike Walker (1970–1971)
- Steve Foley (1972–1974)
- Terry Looney (1974)
- Buddy Gilbert (1975)
- Roch Hontas (1976–1979)
- Nickie Hall (1980)
- Mike McKay (1981–1982)
- Bubby Brister (1983)
- Jon English (1983)
- Wade Elmore (1983)
- Mark Massey (1983)
- Ken Karcher (1984–1985)
- Terrence Jones (1986–1988)
- Deron Smith (1989–1990)
- Jerome Woods (1991)
- Billy Duncan (1992)
- Shawn Meadows (1992)
- Craig Randall (1993)
- Tracey Watts (1994)
- Aley Demarest (1995)
- Shaun King (1995–1998)
- Patrick Ramsey (1999–2001)
- J. P. Losman (2000–2003)
- Lester Ricard (2004–2006)
- Richard Irvin (2004)
- Scott Elliott (2005, 2007)
- Anthony Scelfo (2007)
- Kevin Moore (2008, 2010)
- Joe Kemp (2009)
- Ryan Griffin (2009–2012)
- Devin Powell (2012–2015)
- D.J. Ponder (2012)
- Nick Montana (2013–2014)
- Tanner Lee (2014–2015)
- Jordy Joseph (2015)
- Glen Cuiellette (2016)
- Johnathan Brantley (2016–2017)
- Jonathan Banks (2017–2018)
- Justin McMillan (2018–2019)
- Keon Howard (2020)
- Michael Pratt (2020–2023)
- Kai Horton (2021, 2023)
- Justin Ibieta (2022)
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