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was named as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. In ten seasons, Bowden led the Tigers to zero conference championships, finishing only as high as second in the conference twice and second in the
Atlantic division three times.
391:. His 1998 Tulane squad went 12–0 and achieved a top-10 final ranking in both polls. Despite being one of only two undefeated teams in the regular season, Tulane was not even considered for a bid in a
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from 1972 through 1976. He is married to Linda White and has two children, Ryan and Lauren. He is a son of former
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every year he coached there, except in 2004, when, after
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in celebration of the
National Prayer Luncheon in 2008.
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Clemson, Bowden was the head coach at
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Players of
American football from Birmingham, Alabama
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1875:Players of American football from West Virginia
1870:Coaches of American football from West Virginia
463:, former head coach at Auburn University , and
16:American football player and coach (born 1954)
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1865:Sportspeople from Morgantown, West Virginia
1845:West Virginia Mountaineers football players
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1830:Florida State Seminoles football coaches
992: National championship
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402:Bowden in 2006 as Clemson's head coach.
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335:coach. He served as the head coach at
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1038:Bowden resigned on October 13, 2008.
996: Conference title
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1840:Tulane Green Wave football coaches
1835:Kentucky Wildcats football coaches
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351:, who served as the head coach of
331:; born July 10, 1954) is a former
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1810:Auburn Tigers football coaches
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345:Florida State University
276:Coach of the Year (1998)
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381:University of Kentucky
469:evangelical Christian
455:head coach, the late
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369:University of Alabama
1016:Rankings from final
1009:Rankings from final
475:Head coaching record
236:Head coaching record
39:Biographical details
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1298:Clark Shaughnessy
1282:Clark Shaughnessy
1258:Appleton A. Mason
1194:H. T. Summersgill
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54:July 10, 1954
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1777:Dabo Swinney
1769:Tommy Bowden
1768:
1753:Ken Hatfield
1737:Charley Pell
1713:Frank Howard
1689:Bob Williams
1681:Bud Saunders
1649:Bob Williams
1641:Frank Dobson
1633:Bob Williams
1609:Bob Williams
1593:Shack Shealy
1585:John Heisman
1577:Walter Riggs
1553:Walter Riggs
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1442:Chris Scelfo
1434:Tommy Bowden
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1394:Vince Gibson
1346:Raymond Wolf
1290:Myron Fuller
1178:John Lombard
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1079:. Retrieved
1075:the original
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1011:Coaches Poll
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349:Terry Bowden
341:Bobby Bowden
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298:
285:(1999, 2003)
22:Tommy Bowden
18:
1800:1954 births
1771:(1999β2008)
1763:(1993β1998)
1755:(1990β1993)
1747:(1978β1989)
1739:(1977β1978)
1731:(1973β1976)
1723:(1970β1972)
1715:(1940β1969)
1707:(1931β1939)
1699:(1927β1930)
1683:(1923β1926)
1675:(1921β1922)
1667:(1917β1920)
1651:(1913β1915)
1643:(1910β1912)
1625:Stein Stone
1587:(1900β1903)
1569:John Penton
1490:Jon Sumrall
1482:Slade Nagle
1476:(2016β2023)
1468:(2012β2015)
1458:Mark Hutson
1452:(2007β2011)
1444:(1998β2006)
1436:(1997β1998)
1428:(1992β1996)
1420:(1988β1991)
1412:(1985β1987)
1404:(1983β1984)
1396:(1980β1982)
1388:(1976β1979)
1386:Larry Smith
1380:(1971β1975)
1372:(1966β1970)
1370:Jim Pittman
1364:(1962β1965)
1356:(1954β1961)
1354:Andy Pilney
1348:(1952β1953)
1340:(1946β1951)
1338:Henry Frnka
1332:(1942β1945)
1324:(1936β1941)
1316:(1932β1935)
1308:(1927β1931)
1300:(1922β1926)
1284:(1915β1920)
1260:(1910β1912)
1250:R. R. Brown
1244:(1907β1908)
1196:(1900β1901)
1154:T. L. Bayne
1138:T. L. Bayne
919:Chick-fil-A
616:(1999β2008)
523:(1997β1998)
435:Bowden, an
414:with rival
86:Position(s)
1794:Categories
1761:Tommy West
1745:Danny Ford
1729:Red Parker
1705:Jess Neely
1657:Wayne Hart
1450:Bob Toledo
1418:Greg Davis
1410:Mack Brown
1322:Red Dawson
1242:Joe Curtis
1162:Harry Baum
1146:Fred Sweet
1081:August 18,
1043:References
1032:team fight
949:(Atlantic)
911:(Atlantic)
883:Music City
875:(Atlantic)
837:(Atlantic)
493:Conference
441:Pope Field
50:1954-07-10
1697:Josh Cody
1234:John Russ
810:Declined*
746:Tangerine
496:Standing
408:bowl game
222:1999β2008
212:1997β1998
201:1991β1996
179:1987β1989
164:1985β1986
153:1983β1984
142:1981β1982
120:1978β1979
72:1973β1976
1779:(2008β )
1492:(2024β )
1484:# (2023)
1460:# (2011)
962:Clemson:
502:Coaches
490:Overall
427:Personal
194:Kentucky
1314:Ted Cox
1170:No team
1018:AP Poll
937:Clemson
899:Clemson
863:Clemson
825:Clemson
797:Clemson
762:Clemson
729:Clemson
696:Clemson
661:Clemson
628:Clemson
589:Tulane:
576:Liberty
412:a brawl
241:Overall
226:Clemson
183:Alabama
1691:(1926)
1659:(1916)
1635:(1909)
1627:(1908)
1619:(1907)
1611:(1906)
1603:(1905)
1595:(1904)
1579:(1899)
1571:(1898)
1563:(1897)
1555:(1896)
1292:(1921)
1276:(1914)
1268:(1913)
1252:(1909)
1236:(1906)
1228:(1905)
1220:(1904)
1212:(1903)
1204:(1902)
1188:(1899)
1180:(1898)
1172:(1897)
1164:(1896)
1156:(1895)
1148:(1894)
1140:(1893)
977:Total:
947:Tβ2nd
873:Tβ2nd
562:Tulane
535:Tulane
379:, the
353:Auburn
268:Awards
263:(1998)
216:Tulane
205:Auburn
135:Auburn
62:, U.S.
981:90β49
969:43β32
966:72β45
807:Tβ6th
779:Peach
739:Tβ5th
706:Tβ4th
678:Gator
645:Peach
487:Team
484:Year
461:Terry
274:C-USA
261:C-USA
244:90β49
1083:2014
932:2008
909:2nd
894:2007
858:2006
835:3rd
820:2005
792:2004
757:2003
724:2002
691:2001
656:2000
623:1999
596:11β1
593:19β4
566:12β0
557:1998
530:1997
465:Jeff
207:(OC)
196:(OC)
190:1990
185:(WR)
168:Duke
159:(QB)
157:Duke
148:(TE)
137:(RB)
131:1980
126:(DB)
105:1977
44:Born
944:1β2
941:3β3
926:21
906:5β3
903:9β4
870:5β3
867:8β5
852:21
832:4β4
829:8β4
804:4β4
801:6β5
786:22
772:3rd
769:5β3
766:9β4
736:4β4
733:7β6
703:4β4
700:7β5
685:16
671:2nd
668:6β2
665:9β3
638:2nd
635:5β3
632:6β6
572:1st
569:6β0
545:2nd
542:5β1
539:7β4
505:AP
280:ACC
278:2Γ
1796::
923:22
849:21
783:22
682:14
583:7
471:.
383:,
375:,
371:,
355:.
315:aΚ
259:1
172:OC
113:GA
98:HC
52:)
1531:e
1524:t
1517:v
1116:e
1109:t
1102:v
1085:.
1059:.
1020:.
1013:.
916:L
880:L
842:W
776:W
743:L
710:W
675:L
642:L
613:)
609:(
580:7
520:)
516:(
327:/
324:n
321:Ι
318:d
312:b
309:Λ
306:/
302:(
174:)
170:(
115:)
111:(
48:(
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