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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1914–1980)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name           = Red Conkright
| image          = Conkright-Red-1940.jpg
| alt            = A picture of Red Conkright in 1940
| caption        = Conkright in 1940
| number         = 47, 37, 38
| position       = [[Center (gridiron football)|Center]] <br> [[End (gridiron football)|End]] <br> [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1914|4|17}}
| birth_place    = [[Beggs, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1980|10|27|1914|4|17}}
| death_place    = [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 1
| weight_lb      = 203
| high_school    = [[Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Central]] <br> ([[Tulsa, Oklahoma]])
| college        = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| draftyear      = 1937
| draftround     = 5
| draftpick      = 48
| pastteams      =
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1937|1938}})
* [[Cleveland Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1939|1942}})
* [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] ({{NFL Year|1943}})
* [[Washington Commanders|Washington Redskins]] (1943)
* Cleveland Rams ({{NFL Year|1944}})
| pastcoaching   =
* Cleveland Rams (1944–{{NFL Year|1945}}) <br> Asst.
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1946}}) <br> Asst.
* [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]] (1947–1948) <br> Asst.
* [[Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)|Baltimore Colts]] ({{NFL Year|1949}}) <br> Asst.
* [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]] (1950–1951) <br>  Asst.
* [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] (1957–1958) <br> Line
* [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football|Stephen F. Austin]] (1959–1961) <br> Head coach
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1962}}) <br> Asst.
* Oakland Raiders (1962) <br> Head coach
* [[Houston Oilers]] ({{NFL Year|1963|1964}}) <br> Asst.
| highlights     =
* First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Six]] ([[1936 All-Big Six Conference football team|1936]])
| statlabel1     = Games played
| statvalue1     = 62
| statlabel2     = Games started
| statvalue2     = 30
| statlabel3     = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue3     = 5
| regular_record = {{Winning percentage|6|25|1|record=y}} (College) <br> {{Winning percentage|1|8|0|record=y}} (NFL) 
| pfr            = ConkBi20 
| pfrcoach       = ConkRe0
}}

'''William Franklin Conkright''' (April 17, 1914 – October 27, 1980), known more commonly by the nickname "'''Red'''", was an [[American football]] [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] and [[End (gridiron football)|end]] who played eight seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and was later the head coach of the [[Oakland Raiders]] for part of the 1962 season.

Conkright was born in [[Oklahoma]] and attended the [[University of Oklahoma]], where he was a star center on the school's [[Oklahoma Sooners football|football team]]. He was the captain of the Sooners team in 1936 and was named to a first-team all-[[Big Six Conference]] squad. Conkright was drafted in 1937 by the NFL's [[Chicago Bears]]. He played two seasons for the Bears, serving mainly as a backup center and occasionally playing as an end. The [[Cleveland Rams]] bought the rights to Conkright in 1939, and he stayed with the team through the 1942 season. He played for the [[Washington Redskins]] and [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] in 1943 before returning to the Rams briefly in 1944.

Following his retirement as a player, Conkright began a career as a coach. He scouted and coached for the Rams in 1944 and 1945, and moved to the [[Cleveland Browns]] of the new [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) in 1946. He worked as an assistant coach for two more AAFC teams in the late 1940s. Conkright was hired as an assistant at  [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State College]] in 1950, spending two seasons in the position. After a five-year hiatus from coaching, he returned as an assistant for the [[University of Houston]]'s football team. He got his first head coaching job in 1959 at [[Stephen F. Austin State University]]. In 1962, Conkright was hired as an assistant coach and director of player personnel by the [[Oakland Raiders]] in the [[American Football League]]. The team's head coach, [[Marty Feldman (American football)|Marty Feldman]], was fired in the middle of the season and Conkright replaced him. Conkright's Raiders, however, managed to win just one game that year, and he was replaced in 1963 by [[Al Davis]]. Conkright went on to work for two years as an assistant with the [[Houston Oilers]].

==Early years==
Conkright was born in [[Beggs, Oklahoma]] and went to a high school in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], where he was a football star.<ref name="Conkright to start for Rams">{{cite news|last=Dietrich|first=John|title=Bear Castoff To Start For Rams|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=October 6, 1939|page=23|quote=Opportunity arrives Sunday for William (Red) Conkright, the No. 2 center of the Cleveland Rams. Conkright ... will start the game against the Chicago Bears ... Nothing better could be desired by the rugged Conkright, who served two seasons with the Bears, warming the bech most of the time. Third in line of succession to the center job, with Frank Bausch and Frank Sullivan in front of him, Conkright never received a thorough trial. Last summer he was sold to Cleveland. Conkright is 25, and was a star at Tulsa High and the University of Oklahoma.}}</ref><!--Need sourcing for the following (can't find it anywhere): the son of William M. Conkright and Emie Helena Clay Arnold. --> He was nicknamed "Red" because of his red hair.<ref name="Conkright to start for Rams" /><ref name="Conkright sold to Rams">{{cite news|title=Rams Get New Center in Cash Deal With Bears|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=August 14, 1939|page=13|quote=Purchase of William Conkright, 205-pound red-headed center who has been with Chicago Bears for two seasons, was announced last night by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League. The deal was for cash, with no other players involved. ... He probably will alternate with Chuck Cherundolo, star pivot man of the Rams for the last two years.}}</ref>

==College and professional career==
Conkright attended the [[University of Oklahoma]] and played varsity [[college football]] during the 1934, 1935, and 1936 seasons.{{sfn|Roberts|1940|p=12}} He was the team's captain as a senior in 1936, and was named a first-team All-[[Big Six Conference]] center.{{sfn|Roberts|1940|p=12}}<ref name="Conkright at Mississippi" /><ref name="Conkright all-Big Six">{{cite news|title=5 Nebraskans Rate All-Star|access-date=September 2, 2012|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XjcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6661,3892794&dq=conkright&hl=en|newspaper=Prescott Evening Courier|agency=Associated Press|location=Kansas City|date=December 3, 1936|page=5}}</ref> Conkright was missed when he graduated; [[sportswriter]] Federick Ware wrote in the 1937 edition of ''Football Illustrated Annual'' that "finding a center to replace the great Red Conkright" would be one of Sooners head coach [[Thomas E. Stidham|Tom Stidham's]] "main headaches."{{sfn|Ware|1937|p=74}}

Conkright was selected in the fifth round of the [[1937 NFL Draft|1937 draft]] by the [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).{{sfn|Roberts|1940|p=12}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was a third-string center for the Bears behind [[Frank Bausch]] and Frank Sullivan with the Bears, and saw little action in the two years he played for the team.<ref name="Conkright to start for Rams" /> He was, however, occasionally used as an [[Wide receiver|end]] in his first season.<ref name="Conkright to be used as end">{{cite news|last=Dietrich|first=John|title=Conkright Will Be Regular End For Ram Eleven|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=September 12, 1944|page=13|quote=In his seventh season in the National Football League, William (Red) Conkright, veteran center of the Cleveland Rams, has become one of the team's chief hopes for more whiz in its passing attack. ... This switch isn't as radical as it sounds. Conkright, who was captain of Oklahoma in 1937, played an end in his first pro season with the Chicago Bears in 1938, and numbers as one of his chief thrills having scored a touchdown for the Bears that fall. He came to Cleveland in 1938, and immediately became a center.}}</ref> Conkright was sold to the [[Cleveland Rams]] ahead of the 1939 season in a cash deal that did not involve any other players.<ref name="Conkright sold to Rams" />{{sfn|Roberts|1940|p=12}} He became the regular starter at center for the Rams midway through 1939, replacing [[Chuck Cherundolo]].<ref name="Conkright to start for Rams" /> The Rams finished the season with a 5–5–1 [[winning percentage|win-loss-tie]] record under coach [[Dutch Clark]].<ref name="Rams almanac page">{{cite web|title=Cleveland Rams|url=http://www.football-almanac.com/teams/Cleveland_Rams.shtml|publisher=Football Almanac|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114080939/http://www.football-almanac.com/teams/Cleveland_Rams.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2012}}</ref>

Conkright broke his leg in the second game of the 1940 season and sat out the rest of the year. In October, he married his girlfriend Imogene, who he met at the University of Oklahoma and with whom he had a four-month-old son.<ref name="Conkright marries">{{cite news|title=It's Family Life for These Pro Gridders as They Train and Play for Rams in National League|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=October 19, 1940|page=17|quote=Mrs. Imogene Conkright married Bill, Rams' center, after they had attended the University of Oklahoma together. They have a four-month-old son, William, jr., and live at Minden, La. Conkright suffered a fractured leg three weeks ago and will be out for the rest of the season.}}</ref> Conkright came back to play full seasons for the Rams in 1941 and 1942.<ref name="Conkright at NFL.com">{{cite web|title=Bill Conkright|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/billconkright/2511860/profile|work=NFL.com|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026020200/http://www.nfl.com/player/billconkright/2511860/profile|url-status=live|archive-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> He split the 1943 season between the NFL's [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] and the [[Washington Redskins]].<ref name="Conkright at NFL.com" />

Conkright returned to the Rams in 1944 and was expected to be used as a regular left end.<ref name="Conkright to be used as end" /> He saw action in only one game, however, his final appearance in the NFL.<ref name="Conkright at NFL.com" /> He was then placed on the inactive list and converted into an assistant coach and scout for the Rams.<ref name="Conkright joins Browns">{{cite news|title=Conkright Leaves Rams For Post With Browns|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=February 15, 1946|page=20|quote=William (Red) Conkright, former star center and for the past two years assistant coach and scout for the Cleveland Rams, has jumped to the Cleveland Browns of the new All-America Conference and already is at work on his new job. With the Browns, the duties of Conkright will be about the same as they were with the Rams. He is already scouting and signing players, and will act as end coach on Lieut. (J.G.) Paul Brown's formidable staff of experts. Conkright, who is 31 ... was one of the standout centers of the league, but in 1944 was placed on inactive status as a player and became coach and scout. Conkright makes his home in Cleveland, and apparently quit the Rams and joined the Browns primarily for that reason.}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Conkright remained with the Rams through the 1945 season, when the team won the [[1945 NFL Championship Game|NFL championship]].<ref name="Conkright joins Browns" /> Rams owner [[Dan Reeves (NFL owner)|Dan Reeves]] moved the team to [[Los Angeles]] after the season, but Conkright decided to stay in Cleveland, where he and his family lived.<ref name="Conkright joins Browns" /> He took a job as a scout and coach for the [[Cleveland Browns]], a team that was to start play in 1946 in the new [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC).<ref name="Conkright joins Browns" />

Conkright was joined by five former Rams players who switched to the Browns when the Rams moved, including center [[Mike Scarry]], [[tackle (American football)|tackle]] [[Chet Adams]] and backs [[Gaylon Smith]], [[Tommy Colella]] and [[Don Greenwood (American football)|Don Greenwood]].{{sfn|Piascik|2007|p=26}} Before the 1946 season started, Reeves sought an [[injunction]] in [[United States federal courts|federal court]] to prevent Adams from signing with the Browns and force the tackle to honor his contract with the Rams.<ref name="Adams court case">{{cite news|title=Court Acts to Speed Adams Grid Decision|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=August 28, 1946|page=16|quote=It was Trenkamp's argument that Adams had signed to play with the Cleveland Rams and not with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League and that when Reeves transferred the Rams' franchise from Cleveland to Los Angeles, Adams was not bound to play for Reeves' club.}}</ref> Adams argued that his contract described a team in Cleveland, and the move to Los Angeles invalidated it.<ref name="Adams court case" /> Then acting as an agent for the Rams, Conkright had signed Adams to a new contract in October 1945.<ref name="Adams court case" /> Conkright was named as a defendant in the suit, which was decided in August in Adams's favor.<ref name="Reeves Adams suit">{{cite news|last=Lanyon|first=James B.|title=Reeves Sues Browns to Keep Adams on Los Angeles Roster|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=July 20, 1946|page=1|quote=So Reeves ... yesterday filed in federal court a petition asking that Arthur B. (Mickey) McBride, owner of the browns; Paul M. Brown, head coach; William F. Conkright, assistant coach 'be enjoined during the pendency of this action and permanently from any interference or attempted interference with the performance by said Adams of his contract with plaintiff.'}}</ref><ref name="Judge rules for Adams">{{cite news|title=Judge Upholds Chet Adams' Right to Stay With Browns|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=August 30, 1946|page=1}}</ref>

Conkright spent a year as Cleveland's end and center coach under head coach [[Paul Brown]] as the team won the 1946 AAFC championship.<ref name="Conkright moves to Bisons">{{cite news|title=Conkright Is Second Browns' Aide to Shift|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=April 16, 1947|page=18|quote=William F. (Red) Conkright, end coach and scout for the Cleveland Browns last season, yesterday became the second member of the All-America Conference champions' coaching staff to resign. He has accepted a similar position with the Buffalo Bisons, where he will be reunited with his college mentor, Tom Stidham, now Buffalo line coach.}}</ref> While with the Browns, he coached ends [[Mac Speedie]] and future [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] member [[Dante Lavelli]], who he praised for his "uncanny way of getting into the open" to receive passes from [[quarterback]] [[Otto Graham]].<ref name="Conkright on Lavelli">{{cite news|last=Sauerbrei|first=Harold|title=Lavelli Carries Four Pass-Catching Records Into Title Game|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=December 18, 1946|page=22}}</ref>

Conkright signed as an end and center coach for the AAFC's [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]] in April 1947.<ref name="Conkright moves to Bisons" /> In moving to the Bills, he rejoined Tom Stidham, his old head coach at Oklahoma. Stidham was working as the Bills' line coach.<ref name="Conkright moves to Bisons" /> Conkright convinced the Bills to put into place Brown's version of the [[T formation]] offense, and the team improved in the 1947 and 1948 seasons.<ref name="Conkright helps Bills">{{cite news|last=Cobbledick|first=Gordon|title=Plain Dealing|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=December 19, 1948|page=8B}}</ref> The Bills advanced to the 1948 AAFC championship, but lost the game to the Browns.{{sfn|Piascik|2007|pp=120–121}}

Conkright was hired as an assistant coach by the [[Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)|Baltimore Colts]] in 1949, and spent one season with the team.<ref name="Conkright with Colts">{{cite news|title=Colt Rookies Don Uniforms|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1679780102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+22%2C+1949&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=COLT+ROOKIES+DON+UNIFORMS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131134939/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1679780102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+22,+1949&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=COLT+ROOKIES+DON+UNIFORMS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 22, 1949}}</ref> He took a job as an end and center coach for [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State College]] in 1950 and spent two seasons there.<ref name="Conkright at Mississippi">{{cite news|title=Conkright To Coach|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mUVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3124,2532260&dq=conkright+colts&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=February 7, 1950|agency=United Press International|location=Starkville, Miss.|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Conkright hired as Raiders coach">{{cite news|title=AFL Raiders Hire Third Head Coach|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2UtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XokFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4039,2867172&dq=conkright+mississippi&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=October 17, 1962|agency=Associated Press|location=Oakland, Calif.|page=27}}</ref>

After five years away from football, Conkright in 1957 became a defensive line coach at the [[University of Houston]].<ref name="Conkright hired as Raiders coach" /><ref name="Austin hires Conkright">{{cite news|title=Austin College Hires UH Aide|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7tTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M4gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3715,1744002&dq=conkright+austin&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=January 20, 1959|agency=Associated Press|location=Nacogdoches, Tex.|page=7}}</ref> Two years later, he was named the head football coach at [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in  [[Nacogdoches, Texas]].<ref name="Austin hires Conkright" /> In three seasons as coach there, his football team did not have a winning season and posted an overall [[winning percentage|win-loss-tie record]] of 6–25–1.<ref name="CFDW Conkright entry">{{cite web|title=William F. "Red" Conkright Records by Year|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4076|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525174207/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4076|url-status=live|archive-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>

Conkright resigned as Austin's head coach late in November 1961.<ref name="Conkright resigns from Austin">{{cite news|title=Austin Grid Coach, Ex-Sooner, Resigns|newspaper=Daily Oklahoman|date=November 30, 1961}}</ref> The following April, he was hired by the [[Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League]] (AFL) as defensive line coach and director of player personnel on the staff of head coach [[Marty Feldman (American football)|Marty Feldman]].<ref name="Raiders hire Conkright">{{cite news|title=Add Michaels As Raider Aid|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VQ8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1674,1966635&dq=conkright+austin&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=April 4, 1962|agency=Associated Press|location=Oakland, Calif.|page=7}}</ref> Following a 2–10 season in 1961, the Raiders opened the 1962 season with five straight losses, leading to Feldman's dismissal and his replacement by Conkright as  head coach on October 16, 1962.<ref name="Conkright hired as Raiders coach" /> The Raiders finished the season with a 1–13 record under Conkright, and he was replaced in January 1963 by [[Al Davis]].<ref name="Davis signed by Raiders">{{cite news|title=Al Davis Signed To Coach Oakland|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7gyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SeoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1905,1570706&dq=conkright+raiders&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=The Miami News|date=January 20, 1963|agency=Associated Press|location=Oakland, Calif.|page=5C}}</ref>

After his firing by the Raiders, Conkright joined the coaching staff of the AFL's [[Houston Oilers]].<ref name="Conkright joins Oilers">{{cite news|title=Datelines In Sports|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/469161422.html?dids=469161422:469161422&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+20%2C+1963&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=DATELINES+IN+SPORTS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419070039/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/469161422.html?dids=469161422:469161422&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+20,+1963&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=DATELINES+IN+SPORTS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 20, 1963}}</ref> He was an assistant for the Oilers in 1963 and 1964.<ref name="Conkright in 1964">{{cite news|title=Steelers' Rooney Takes Appleton Case in Stride|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BdYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5243,272892&dq=conkright+oilers&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=February 3, 1964|page=26}}</ref>

==Death==
Conkright died in 1980 in [[Houston, Texas]]. He was 66 years old.<ref name="SSDI for Conkright">{{cite web|title=United States Social Security Death Index, William Conkright, 1980|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLDK-4ZF|publisher=Familysearch.org|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215255/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLDK-4ZF|url-status=live|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks]]
 | conf      = [[Lone Star Conference]]
 | startyear = 1959
 | endyear   = 1961
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1959 college football season|1959]]
 | name         = Stephen F. Austin
 | overall      = 4–6–1
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1960 college football season|1960]]
 | name         = Stephen F. Austin
 | overall      = 1–10
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1961 college football season|1961]]
 | name         = Stephen F. Austin
 | overall      = 1–9
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Stephen F. Austin
 | overall    = 6–25–1
 | confrecord = 6–15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 6–25–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season 
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result 
|-
![[1962 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]||[[1962 AFL season|1962]]
||1||8||0||.286||'''4th in AFL West'''||-||-||-||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||1||8||0||{{winpct|4|10|0}}||||||||||
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Piascik|first=Andy|year=2007|title=The Best Show in Football: The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|location=Lanham, MD|isbn=978-1-58979-571-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Howard|year=1940|title=Who's Who in Major League Football|publisher=B.E. Callahan|location=Chicago}}
* {{cite book|last=Ware|first=Frederick|year=1937|title=1937 Football Illustrated Annual|publisher=Fiction House, Inc.|location=New York}}
{{Refend}}

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