Sam Sanders
American gridiron football player and coach (born 1938)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1938-03-19) March 19, 1938 (age 86) |
Playing career | |
1957–1959 | Buffalo |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1965–1967 | Lehigh (assistant) |
?–1972 | Northern Illinois (assistant) |
1973–1976 | Lehigh (assistant) |
1977–1984 | Alfred |
1985–1989 | Toronto Argonauts (DL) |
1990–1991 | Buffalo |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 54–42–2 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 ICAC (1981) | |
Sam Sanders (born March 19, 1938) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Alfred University from 1977 to 1984[1] and at the University at Buffalo from 1990 to 1991,[2] compiling a career college football record of 54–42–2.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Alfred Saxons (Independent College Athletic Conference) (1977–1984) | |||||||||
1977 | Alfred | 4–5 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
1978 | Alfred | 5–4 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
1979 | Alfred | 7–2 | 2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1980 | Alfred | 7–2–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1981 | Alfred | 10–1 | 3–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1982 | Alfred | 6–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1983 | Alfred | 4–5–1 | 0–2–1 | 5th | |||||
1984 | Alfred | 6–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
Alfred: | 49–27–2 | 13–11–1 | |||||||
Buffalo Bulls (NCAA Division III independent) (1990–1991) | |||||||||
1990 | Buffalo | 2–8 | |||||||
1991 | Buffalo | 3–7 | |||||||
Buffalo: | 5–15 | ||||||||
Total: | 54–42–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Sam Sanders New Head Coach Of Alfred Football". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. February 11, 1977. p. 37. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Gaughan, Mark (January 17, 1990). "Sanders named UB football coach". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. p. 37. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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Alfred Saxons head football coaches
- George Hill (1895)
- Leonard Whitfield (1896)
- Walter Greene (1897–1901)
- Ernest Schaible (1902)
- Gordon B. Frost (1903–1904)
- John M. Reed (1905)
- Reginald G. Cowan (1906)
- Lewis Sage (1907)
- J. Edward Teiper (1908)
- Dalton Sarvey (1909)
- Arthur Cottrell (1910)
- Lester Dittemore (1911)
- Hubert Colton (1912–1913)
- Richard Farr (1914)
- Edwin Sweetland (1915–1917)
- Military officers (1918)
- Edwin Sweetland (1919)
- Al Wesbecher (1920–1922)
- Cy Kasper (1923–1924)
- Ernest R. Miller (1925)
- Erwin A. Heers (1926–1929)
- John Galloway (1930–1934)
- John Cox (1935–1936)
- Alex Yunevich (1937–1941)
- No team (1942–1945)
- Alex Yunevich (1946–1976)
- Sam Sanders (1977–1984)
- Jim Moretti (1985–1997)
- Dave Murray (1998–2013)
- Bob Rankl (2014– )
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