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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1941–2020)}}
{{for|the defensive end|Ray Perkins (defensive end)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image = 
| number = 27
| position = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|11|06}}
| birth_place = [[Mt. Olive, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|09|1941|12|06}}
| death_place = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3 
| weight_lbs = 183
| afldraftyear = 1966
| afldraftround = 5
| afldraftpick  = 38
| draftyear = 1966
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 110
| high_school = [[Petal High School|Petal]]
| college = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (1964–1966)
| teams =
* [[Baltimore Colts]] ({{NFL Year|1967|1971}})
| pastcoaching = 
* [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]] (1972)<br/>Assistant coach
* [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|1974|1977}})<br/>Wide receivers coach
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1978}})<br/>Offensive coordinator
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1979|1982}})<br/>Head coach
* [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (1983–1986)<br/>Head coach
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1987|1990}})<br/>Head coach
* [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]] (1992)<br/>Head coach
* New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1993|1996}})<br/>Offensive coordinator
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1997}})<br/>Offensive coordinator
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1999}})<br/>Tight ends coach
* Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2000}})<br/>Running backs coach
* [[Jones Bobcats football|Jones County]] (2012–2013)<br/>Head coach
* [[Oak Grove High School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)|Oak Grove HS (MS)]] (2014–2017)<br/>Volunteer coach
| statlabel1 = Receiving yards
| statvalue1 = 1,538
| statlabel2 = Receptions
| statvalue2 = 93
| statlabel3 = Touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 11
| highlights = 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl V|V]])
* [[NFL champion]] ([[1968 NFL Championship Game|1968]])
* 2× [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1964]], [[1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1965]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]])
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1966 All-SEC football team|1966]])
| coachregrecord     = NCAA: {{Winning percentage|34|24|1|record=y}}<BR>NFL: {{Winning percentage|42|75|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord = {{Winning percentage|1|1|record=y}}
| coachrecord        = NCAA: {{Winning percentage|34|24|1|record=y}}<br>NFL: {{Winning percentage|43|76|record=y}}
| pfr = PerkRa00
| pfrcoach           =PerkRa0
}}
'''Walter Ray Perkins''' (November 6, 1941 – December 9, 2020) was an [[American football]] coach and player. He played as a [[wide receiver]] for the [[University of Alabama]] and [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]. He later worked as a football coach for 28 years, including stints as the head coach for the [[New York Giants]], the [[University of Alabama]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], and [[Arkansas State University]].

==Early life and college career==
Perkins was born in [[Mount Olive, Mississippi|Mt. Olive, Mississippi]], on November 6, 1941, and moved to [[Petal, Mississippi]], near [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]], when he was three.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Belson |first=Ken |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Ray Perkins, Coach at Alabama and in the N.F.L., Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/sports/football/ray-perkins-dead.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> He was known for his extraordinary work ethic as a youth in Petal, and was an [[all-America]] running back at [[Petal High School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Katz |first=Michael |date=July 30, 1979 |title=Perkins's Tough Road to Success |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/30/archives/perkinss-tough-road-to-success-perkins-a-tough-road.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> For four years of high school, Perkins began each day by opening the service station across the street at 6 a.m., working there during his lunch break, and then closing the station at the end the day. He earned the high school nickname "Grease" due to the condition of his clothes from work.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cleveland |first=Rick |date=2020-12-10 |title=Ray Perkins was known as 'Grease' in Petal before he became a national football celebrity |url=https://mississippitoday.org/2020/12/10/ray-perkins-was-known-as-grease-in-petal-before-he-became-a-national-football-celebrity/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Mississippi Today |language=en-US}}</ref>

He attended the [[University of Alabama]], playing football from 1964 to 1966. He played for coach [[Bear Bryant]] and was a teammate of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[quarterback]]s [[Joe Namath]] and [[Ken Stabler]]. Bryant moved Perkins from running back to receiver after Perkins suffered a serious head injury that led surgeons to drill three holes in his skull to reduce the pressure.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Belson |first=Ken |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Ray Perkins, Coach at Alabama and in the N.F.L., Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/sports/football/ray-perkins-dead.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> The Crimson Tide won national championships in both 1964 and 1965, and [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) championships in 1964, 1965, and 1966. During his senior year, he was named [[Captain (sports)|team captain]]. He was also selected as an [[1966 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in 1966, as well as SEC Player of the Year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-09 |title=Ray Perkins - Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://ashof.org/inductees/ray-perkins/#:~:text=He%20was%20drafted%20by%20the%20Baltimore%20Colts%20and |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=ashof.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Bryant called Perkins the best offensive player on the two championship teams.<ref name=":1" />

*1964: 11 catches for 139 yards and 1 touchdown.
*1965: 19 catches for 279 yards and 1 touchdown.
*1966: 33 catches for 490 yards and 7 touchdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ray Perkins College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/ray-perkins-2.html}}</ref>
Perkins was nicknamed the "Alabama Hummingbird".<ref name=":0" /> 

==NFL career==
He played for the [[National Football League]]'s [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] as a wide receiver from 1967 to 1971, initially under coach [[Don Shula]]. Perkins caught a 68-yard [[touchdown]] pass from hall of fame quarterback [[Johnny Unitas]] in the [[1970–71 NFL playoffs|1970 AFC Championship Game]] to lead the Colts to a 27–17 victory over the [[Oakland Raiders]] and a berth in [[Super Bowl V]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=Ray Perkins, former Giants, Bucs and Alabama coach and Super Bowl champion, dies at 79 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ray-perkins-former-giants-bucs-and-alabama-coach-and-super-bowl-champion-dies-at-79/#:~:text=Before%20coaching,%20Perkins%20spent%20five%20seasons%20with%20the |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> Perkins went on to win a Super Bowl ring after the Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl V - Dallas Cowboys vs. Baltimore Colts - January 17th, 1971 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197101170clt.htm |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

He came to the Colts during [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|hall of fame]] receiver [[Raymond Berry]]'s final season, and learned film study from Berry. Perkins learned to read defenses from Unitas.<ref name=":0" /> His mentors Unitas, Berry, and Shula are on the [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL 100 |url=https://www.nfl.com/100/all-time-team/roster |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}}</ref> While typically wary of inexperienced receivers, Unitas accepted Perkins as a rookie because of his skills and understanding of the game.<ref name=":4" />  

Perkins finished his NFL career after several knee surgeries.<ref name=":4" /> 

==Coaching career==
After one year out of football, working in real estate, Perkins was hired as a receivers coach at [[Mississippi State University]].<ref name=":0" /> 

Perkins next coached in the NFL as an assistant for the [[New England Patriots]] (1974–1977) and [[San Diego Chargers]] (1978) before becoming [[head coach]] of the [[New York Giants]] from 1979 to 1982.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Ray Perkins Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PerkRa0.htm |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In his third season, he led the Giants to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Giants Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/index.htm |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Although this would be his only winning season, he helped build the team that his successor, hall of famer [[Bill Parcells]], won two [[Super Bowls]] with in [[Super Bowl XXI|1986]] and [[Super Bowl XXV|1990]]. Perkins hired future NFL head coaches Parcells, [[Bill Belichick]] (member of the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team), and [[Romeo Crennel]] as young assistants. He was the first NFL coach for future [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] linebacker [[Lawrence Taylor]], who Perkins personally scouted before selecting Taylor in the draft,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Romeo Crennel Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CrenRo0.htm |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> and future [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player]] [[Phil Simms]].<ref name=":3" /> Parcells and Belichick consider Perkins a mentor, and Parcells has said Perkins was the only reason he was in pro football.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=Perkins, Bryant's successor at Alabama, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30483652/former-alabama-football-coach-ray-perkins-dies-79 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

When Bryant retired after the 1982 season, Perkins took on the daunting task of succeeding him at Alabama. He coached the Crimson Tide for four years from 1983 to 1986, compiling a record of 32–15–1. However, he went 5–6 in 1984,<ref name=":5" /> the school's first losing season since 1957, the year before Bryant arrived in Tuscaloosa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alabama Crimson Tide College Football History, Stats, Records |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/index.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> His teams never won more than four games in SEC play. Although he went to three bowl games and won them all during his tenure,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1983 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/1983-schedule.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1985 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/1985-schedule.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/1986-schedule.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1984 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/1984-schedule.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> it was far short of what Alabama fans had come to expect. Increasing pressure from boosters and alumni at Alabama made Perkins receptive to a lucrative contract offer from the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] after the 1986 Alabama season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-01-01 |title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Perkins to Tampa Bay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/01/sports/sports-people-perkins-to-tampa-bay.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Perkins served as head coach and general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987 to 1990. Some of his former college players got a chance to play for him in the NFL: QB [[Mike Shula]], Kurt Jarvis, and linebacker [[Keith McCants]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Creg |date=2020-12-09 |title=‘You always knew where you stood’: Former Alabama players, teammates reflect on Ray Perkins |url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2020/12/you-always-knew-where-you-stood-former-players-teammates-reflect-on-ray-perkins.html?outputType=amp |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=al |language=en}}</ref> His career coaching record in the NFL was 42–75. He never won more than five games in Tampa Bay; his tenure came during an NFL-record streak of 12 consecutive 10-loss seasons. He was fired in December of the [[1990 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|1990 season]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coach without a team: Perkins just killing time |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/08/04/coach-without-a-team-perkins-just-killing-time/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> and replaced by his offensive coordinator, fellow Alabama alumnus [[Richard Williamson (American football)|Richard Williamson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1990-12-04 |title=Perkins Let Go By Buccaneers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/04/sports/perkins-let-go-by-buccaneers.html |access-date=2025-01-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

Perkins returned to college coaching at [[Arkansas State University]] in 1992. After just one year, Perkins became the [[offensive coordinator]] of the [[New England Patriots]], serving under Bill Parcells from 1993 to 1996, including [[Super Bowl XXXI]].<ref name=":1" /> He also spent 1997 with the [[Oakland Raiders]] as an offensive coordinator, a difficult season where he was in conflict with owner [[Al Davis]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Mike |date=1997-12-14 |title=PRO FOOTBALL; From 'Just Win, Baby' To Futility and Dissent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/14/sports/pro-football-from-just-win-baby-to-futility-and-dissent.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

On December 20, 2011, he was introduced as the new head football coach at [[Jones County Junior College]] (JCJC) in [[Ellisville, Mississippi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Ray Perkins, 70, gets back in the game; Former coach at Alabama, NFL, retired since 2000, will now lead Jones County JC |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20111221/SPORTS030105/112210333/Ray-Perkins-70-gets-back-game?odyssey=obinsite |access-date=December 21, 2011 |work=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]}}</ref> Perkins resigned from JCJC on December 24, 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wansley |first=Shawn |date=December 24, 2013 |title=Ray Perkins resigns as JCJC head football coach |url=http://www.jcjcathletics.com/news_article.php?newsID=933 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103042229/http://www.jcjcathletics.com/news_article.php?newsID=933 |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref> He resided in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]. In 2014, he was said to be taking a volunteer coaching role with [[Oak Grove High School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)|Oak Grove High School]] in Hattiesburg.<ref name="Favre Reduced Role">{{Cite web |last=Caldwell |first=Stan |date=May 6, 2014 |title=Brett Favre taking on reduced role at Oak Grove |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/05/06/brett-favre-taking-reduced-role-oak-grove/8793295/ |website=[[The Clarion Ledger]] |location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]]}}</ref> He became a coach with the school from 2014-17.<ref name=":5" />

===Recruitment allegations===
In 1992, former Alabama player Gene Jelks, who had been recruited by Perkins, publicly accused Alabama coaches and boosters of providing him with illegal cash payments and other inducements during his [[Recruiting (college athletics)|recruitment]] and years at Alabama (Jelks played from 1985 to 1989). Jelks's charges resulted in a [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) investigation of the Alabama football program. Perkins's former assistant coach Jerry Pullen sued Jelks for slander, but he lost that case and two subsequent appeals, including an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.  

==Death==
Perkins died at his home on the morning of December 9, 2020, at 79 years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scarborough |first=Alex |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Former Alabama football coach Ray Perkins dies at 79 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30483652/former-alabama-football-coach-ray-perkins-dies-79 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |work=ESPN.com}}</ref> He is one of at least 345 [[List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy|NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) |url=https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |access-date=July 2, 2023 |work=Concussion Legacy Foundation |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller |date=June 20, 2023 |title=Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/football/cte-study-concussions-brain-tackle.html |access-date=July 2, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Ironically, after his first high school football game doctors had told him not to play football after he suffered a back injury and it was discovered he was missing a vertebra. He received similar medical advice after his first year at Alabama, when he suffered a serious head injury in practice, just before the start of his sophomore season, in a head-to-head collision with one of the team's linebackers. He did not play the season, and during treatment, three holes were drilled into his head to relieve the pressure.<ref name=":0" />

==Honors==
* SEC Player of the Year, 1966<ref name=":2" />
* First-Team [[1966 College Football All-America Team|All-American]], Split end, 1966<ref name=":2" />
* Inducted into the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]], Class of 1990<ref name=":2" />
* Inducted into the [[Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame]], Class of 1998<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walter Perkins |url=https://msfame.com/inductees/walter-perkins/#:~:text=Walter%20%22Ray%22%20Perkins%20Stats,%20Bio.%20Born:%20November%206,#:~:text=Walter%20%22Ray%22%20Perkins%20Stats,%20Bio.%20Born:%20November%206, |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref>
* Elected to the [[Senior Bowl]] Hall of Fame in 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reese's Senior Bowl Hall of Fame, SENIOR BOWL TO ENSHRINE FIVE NEW MEMBERS TO HALL OF FAME AND NAMES 2023 ROOKIES OF YEAR |url=https://www.seniorbowl.com/the-game/hall-of-fame/#:~:text=The%20Senior%20Bowl%20Hall%20of%20Fame,%20established%20in |website=seniorbowl.com}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1983
 | endyear   = 1986
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1983 NCAA Division I-A football season|1983]]
 | name         = [[1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 8–4
 | conference   = 4–2
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowl         =
 | bowlname     = [[1983 Sun Bowl|Sun]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 12
 | ranking2     = 15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1984 NCAA Division I-A football season|1984]]
 | name         = [[1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowl         =
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1985 NCAA Division I-A football season|1985]]
 | name         = [[1985 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 9–2–1
 | conference   = 4–1–1
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowl         =
 | bowlname     = [[1985 Aloha Bowl|Aloha]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 14
 | ranking2     = 13
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1986 NCAA Division I-A football season|1986]]
 | name         = [[1986 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 10–3
 | conference   = 4–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowl         = 
 | bowlname     = [[1986 Sun Bowl|Sun]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 9
 | ranking2     = 9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Alabama
 | overall    = 32–15–1
 | confrecord = 14–9–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State Indians]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I-A independent]]
 | startyear = 1992
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]
 | name         = [[1992 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowl         =
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Arkansas State
 | overall    = 2–9
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 34–24–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = two
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[1979 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1979 NFL season|1979]]
||6||10||0||.375||4th in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1980 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1980 NFL season|1980]]
||4||12||0||.250||5th in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1981 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1981 NFL season|1981]]
||9||7||0||.563||'''3rd in NFC East'''|| 1 || 1 || .500 || {{small|'''Lost to [[San Francisco 49ers]] in [[NFL playoffs, 1981–82|NFC Divisional Game]]'''}}
|-
![[1982 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1982 NFL season|1982]]
||4||5||0||.444||10th in NFC|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|NYG Total||23||34||0||.404||||1||1||.500||
|-
![[1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]]||[[1987 NFL season|1987]]
||4||11||0||.267||4th in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]]||[[1988 NFL season|1988]]
||5||11||0||.313||3rd in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]]||[[1989 NFL season|1989]]
||5||11||0||.313||5th in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1990 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]]||[[1990 NFL season|1990]]
||5||8||0||.385||2nd in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|TB Total||19||41||0||.317||||–||–||–||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PerkRa0.htm Ray Perkins Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks – Pro-Football-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||42||75||0||.359||||1||1||.500||
|}

==See also==
* [[History of the New York Giants (1979–1993)]]
* [[List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy]]
* [[New England Patriots strategy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=ray-perkins3 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=P/PerkRa00|rotoworld= }}

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