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American football player and coach
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12 August 1914(Rockwall, USA)
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8 June 2001(Granbury, USA)
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Biography
Introduction
Sam Bradford Boyd (August 12, 1914 – June 8, 2001) was an American football player and coach.He served as the head football coach of the Baylor University from 1956 to 1958, compiling a record of 15–15–1.His 1956 squad finished a 9–2 season with a win over Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl.Boyd played college football at Baylor from 1936 to 1938 and with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1939 and 1940.Boyd served in the United States Navy for three years during World War II.In 1962, he was inducted into Baylor's Athletic Hall of Fame.Boyd died on June 8, 2001 at his home in Granbury, Texas.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches | AP | ||
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| Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Baylor | 9–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | W Sugar | 11 | 11 | ||
| 1957 | Baylor | 3–6–1 | 0–5–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1958 | Baylor | 3–7 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
| Baylor: | 15–15–1 | 5–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–15–1 | ||||||||
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