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1494:Rudy Abrams
1488:(1993–1998)
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197:(1997–1998)
142:Livingstone
123:(assistant)
59:Livingstone
22:Rudy Abrams
1652:Categories
1542:Jerry Mack
1510:Mose Rison
1462:Ray Greene
1251:Eric Brown
1131:Ted Browne
630:References
309:Conference
38:1942-01-14
575:(Western)
551:(Western)
527:(Western)
312:Standing
148:1999–2002
138:1994–1998
128:1983–1993
117:1981–1982
97:1972–1979
86:1969–1971
55:1960–1963
1576:(2021– )
1552:# (2018)
1536:# (2013)
1520:# (2010)
1456:# (1977)
1285:(2021– )
1253:# (2009)
1179:Mel Rose
306:Overall
1566:No team
1410:No team
1346:Unknown
1275:No team
1147:Unknown
1115:Unknown
1091:No team
1051:Unknown
999:No team
983:No team
975:Unknown
967:No team
959:Unknown
951:No team
943:Unknown
935:No team
927:Unknown
603:51–39–1
464:26–11–1
461:33–18–1
450:Pioneer
423:Pioneer
291:College
167:Overall
92:(RB/WR)
1568:(2020)
1560:(2019)
1464:(1978)
1452:&
1404:(1942)
1388:(1936)
1348:(1922)
1277:(2020)
1133:(1959)
1117:(1949)
1109:(1948)
1085:(1941)
1069:(1935)
1061:(1934)
1053:(1933)
1045:(1932)
1037:(1931)
1021:(1926)
1017:&
961:(1903)
953:(1902)
945:(1901)
929:(1892)
599:Total:
573:T–3rd
202:Awards
591:12–14
588:18–21
504:T–4th
443:T–1st
371:4–3–1
368:5–4–1
353:T–3rd
303:Team
300:Year
175:Bowls
1609:stub
861:2020
817:2020
773:2020
729:2020
685:2020
652:2020
560:2002
549:3rd
536:2001
525:2nd
512:2000
491:1999
430:1998
403:1997
382:1996
361:1995
340:1994
209:CIAA
195:CIAA
107:1980
78:1964
32:Born
570:2–5
567:4–6
546:3–3
543:5–4
522:3–3
519:4–6
501:4–3
498:5–5
440:5–2
437:7–4
416:1st
413:5–2
410:8–3
395:2nd
392:7–1
389:8–2
374:4th
350:5–3
347:5–5
244:in
236:in
207:3×
178:0–2
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851:.
845:.
807:.
801:.
763:.
757:.
719:.
713:.
675:.
669:.
193:2
71:HC
40:)
1640:e
1633:t
1626:v
1615:.
1324:e
1317:t
1310:v
905:e
898:t
891:v
874:.
830:.
786:.
742:.
698:.
654:.
481:)
477:(
447:L
420:L
330:)
326:(
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