| Red Dawson | |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1929–1931 |
| Player Team1: | Tulane |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1932–1935 |
| Coach Team1: | Minnesota (backfield) |
| Coach Years2: | 1936–1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Tulane |
| Coach Years3: | 1942 |
| Coach Team3: | Minnesota (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1946–1949 |
| Coach Team4: | Buffalo Bills (AAFC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1950–1951 |
| Coach Team5: | Michigan State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1952–1954 |
| Coach Team6: | Pittsburgh |
| Overall Record: | 45–30–5 (college) 19–25–4 (AAFC) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Championships: | 1 SEC (1939) |
| Awards: | All-Southern (1931) |
Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson (December 20, 1906 – June 10, 1983) was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He was a native of River Falls, Wisconsin.[1]
He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman, his former coach at Tulane. At Pitt he coached future Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt and won Pittsburgh's "Dapper Dan" sports award in 1952. Dawson's greatest successes as a coach, however, were with Tulane and Buffalo. His 1939 Tulane squad went through the season undefeated before a disappointing loss to Texas A&M in the Sugar Bowl. In 1948 his Buffalo Bills team captured the AAFC Eastern Division title in a playoff against the Baltimore Colts, though they ultimately lost the AAFC Championship Game to the Cleveland Browns. Dawson's final win–loss record was 36–19–4 at Tulane, 9–11–1 at Pittsburgh, and 19–25–4 at Buffalo.
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | |||
| BUF | 1946 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .250 | T-2nd in AAFC East | – | – | – | – | |
| BUF | 1947 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .643 | 2nd in AAFC East | – | – | – | – | |
| BUF | 1948 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 1st in AAFC East | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Cleveland Browns in AAFC Championship. | |
| BUF | 1949 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 3rd in AAFC | – | – | – | – | |
| BUF Total | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | – | – | – | – | |||
| AAFC Total[2] | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | 1 | 1 | .500 | – | |||
| Total | 19 | 25 | 4 | .438 | 1 | 1 | .500 | – | |||