Red Dawson

Red Dawson
	Dawson pictured in The 1954 Owl, Pittsburgh yearbook
Biographical details
Born	December 20, 1906; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died	June 10, 1983 (aged 76); Ocala, Florida
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	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
	3 SoCon (as player, 1929, 1930, 1931); 1 SEC (1939)
Awards
	All-Southern (as player, 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 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 won-loss record was 36–19–4 at Tulane, 9–11–1 at Pitt, and 19–25–4 at Buffalo.

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