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record of 132–173–10. His tenure of 28 years as head coach San
Francisco State spanned over half of the length of time college football was played at the school. Rowen was also the head basketball coach at Defiance from 1951 to 1954 at and San Francisco State for a season in 1957–58, tallying a
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1483:
1444:Carl Voltmer
1436:Paul R. Lyne
1379:
1364:J. D. Kibler
1355:
1289:. Retrieved
1279:
1267:. Retrieved
1261:
1251:
1211:
1196:
680:
509:
504:
489:
410:
405:
366:
350:
338:
334:
330:
321:Joe Verducci
302:
264:Victor Rowen
263:
262:
57:(2013-01-14)
18:
1822:2013 deaths
1817:1919 births
1796:(1992–1994)
1772:(1961–1989)
1764:(1950–1960)
1756:(1946–1949)
1740:(1943–1945)
1722:Ray Kaufman
1716:(1939–1941)
1708:(1935–1938)
1696:(1931–1934)
1622:(2018–2020)
1598:(2012–2015)
1590:(2003–2011)
1582:(1996–2002)
1574:(1994–1995)
1566:(1988–1993)
1558:(1985–1987)
1550:(1979–1984)
1542:(1971–1973)
1534:(1967–1970)
1526:(1964–1966)
1518:(1954–1963)
1510:(1951–1953)
1502:(1948–1950)
1494:(1946–1947)
1486:(1943–1945)
1478:(1941–1942)
1470:(1939–1940)
1462:(1936–1938)
1460:Merner Call
1454:(1933–1935)
1430:(1927–1930)
1422:(1925–1926)
1414:(1923–1924)
1406:(1921–1922)
1382:(1917–1918)
1374:(1915–1916)
1358:(1906–1913)
1350:(1904–1905)
1291:January 19,
517:(1961–1989)
418:(1951–1953)
353:Keith Rowen
299:Early years
247:Far Western
143:(assistant)
93:Position(s)
83:Long Island
1811:Categories
1754:Dick Boyle
1746:Dan Farmer
1730:Dan Farmer
1714:Dick Boyle
1706:Hal Harden
1702:Dan Farmer
1604:Casey Goff
1564:Malen Luke
1532:Roger Merb
1516:Dick Small
1420:Paul Mason
1243:References
1216:131–174–10
1201:119–164–10
394:Conference
272:basketball
158:Basketball
38:1919-07-24
1770:Vic Rowen
1572:Ed Stults
1508:Vic Rowen
490:Defiance:
450:Defiance
429:Defiance
397:Standing
343:in 1986.
188:1952–1954
173:1957–1958
163:1951–1954
148:1961–1989
137:1954–1960
127:1951–1953
117:1946–1948
97:Tight end
22:Vic Rowen
1694:Dave Cox
1638:(2022– )
1524:Kirk Mee
684:Camellia
472:Defiance
391:Overall
276:baseball
241:Mid-Ohio
237:Football
192:Defiance
183:Baseball
167:Defiance
131:Defiance
112:Football
74:Football
1738:No team
1484:No team
1380:No team
1356:No team
1204:58–87–5
291:career
274:, and
207:Overall
1788:(1991)
1780:(1990)
1748:(1945)
1732:(1942)
1724:(1942)
1704:&
1630:(2021)
1614:(2017)
1606:(2016)
1446:(1932)
1438:(1931)
1398:(1920)
1390:(1919)
1366:(1914)
1269:May 1,
1212:Total:
347:Family
243:(1953)
64:, U.S.
47:, U.S.
1166:T–5th
1140:0–4–1
1137:1–8–1
1091:3–6–1
1074:T–4th
1071:2–3–1
1068:2–7–1
982:T–5th
976:3–6–1
959:T–5th
890:T–3rd
867:T–3rd
861:4–4–1
844:T–2nd
821:T–3rd
815:7–2–1
798:T–5th
746:0–9–1
706:T–3rd
605:3–1–1
602:6–3–1
585:T–1st
582:3–1–1
579:6–2–1
559:3–1–1
556:6–2–1
539:T–1st
494:12–10
388:Team
385:Year
363:Death
303:Born
219:Bowls
79:1940s
1293:2013
1271:2011
1174:1989
1151:1988
1128:1987
1105:1986
1082:1985
1059:1984
1036:1983
1013:1982
990:1981
967:1980
944:1979
921:1978
898:1977
875:1976
852:1975
829:1974
806:1973
783:1972
760:1971
737:1970
714:1969
691:1968
662:1967
639:1966
616:1965
593:1964
570:1963
547:1962
524:1961
467:1953
446:1952
425:1951
52:Died
32:Born
1189:6th
1186:0–5
1183:3–7
1163:1–4
1160:1–9
1143:6th
1120:5th
1117:1–4
1114:2–9
1097:4th
1094:2–3
1051:6th
1048:1–5
1045:2–8
1028:4th
1025:2–3
1022:4–6
1005:6th
1002:0–5
999:3–7
979:1–4
956:1–4
953:3–7
936:6th
933:0–5
930:1–9
913:4th
910:2–3
907:5–5
887:2–3
884:4–7
864:2–3
841:2–3
838:5–6
818:3–2
795:1–4
792:3–8
775:6th
772:2–4
769:5–6
752:5th
749:0–4
729:5th
726:1–4
723:3–7
703:3–3
700:5–5
677:1st
674:6–0
671:9–2
654:2nd
651:5–1
648:7–3
631:1st
628:5–0
625:8–2
608:3rd
562:1st
536:4–1
533:8–2
497:6–8
482:1st
479:4–0
476:8–0
459:4th
456:2–3
453:4–4
438:6th
435:0–5
432:0–6
222:0–1
1813::
1260:.
270:,
245:5
239:1
105:HC
1672:e
1665:t
1658:v
1326:e
1319:t
1312:v
1295:.
1273:.
681:L
514:)
510:(
415:)
411:(
40:)
36:(
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