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453:of the
271:profile
183:Overall
1491:&
1313:(1958)
1297:(1955)
1289:(1954)
1233:(1922)
1225:(1921)
1217:(1920)
1209:(1919)
1201:(1918)
1193:(1917)
1070:Total:
480:Honors
402:, and
230:Awards
47:, U.S.
1035:7–3–1
850:T–1st
821:7–2–1
798:6–3–1
654:T–1st
619:6–2–2
602:T–1st
579:T–3rd
527:Team
524:Year
430:-led
191:Bowls
1062:92–5
1026:1988
1003:1987
983:10–1
974:1986
945:1985
916:1984
896:11–1
887:1983
867:12–1
858:1982
835:1981
812:1980
789:1979
760:1978
740:11–1
731:1977
708:1976
685:1975
662:1974
639:1973
610:1972
587:1971
564:1970
374:and
248:1959
219:18×
52:Died
32:Born
1041:1st
1038:5–0
1018:1st
1015:5–0
1012:8–2
989:1st
986:5–0
960:1st
957:5–0
954:9–2
931:1st
928:6–0
925:9–2
902:1st
899:6–0
873:1st
870:5–0
847:4–1
844:6–4
827:1st
824:5–0
804:1st
801:5–0
775:1st
772:5–0
769:8–3
746:1st
743:5–0
723:1st
720:5–0
717:8–2
700:1st
697:5–0
694:7–3
677:1st
674:5–0
671:9–1
651:4–1
648:7–3
625:1st
622:5–0
599:5–1
596:9–1
576:2–2
573:6–4
457:of
418:in
368:NFL
326:at
194:0–1
1573::
473:.
406:.
398:,
394:,
390:,
386:,
156:AD
142:OC
95:HC
1411:e
1404:t
1397:v
1161:e
1154:t
1147:v
1045:L
993:L
964:L
935:L
906:L
877:L
779:L
750:L
629:L
554:)
550:(
273:)
250:)
246:(
144:)
140:(
40:)
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