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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 90 

Congratulating Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony Dungy of the 

Indianapolis Colts on becoming the first African-American head coaches 

of National Football League teams to qualify for the Super Bowl. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2007 

Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan (for herself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BACA, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. KIRK, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, and Mr. FILNER) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony 

Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts on becoming the first 

African-American head coaches of National Football 

League teams to qualify for the Super Bowl. 

Whereas in the 40 Super Bowls prior to Super Bowl XLI, 

to be held on February 4, 2007, no National Football 

League (NFL) team that played in the Super Bowl had 

an African-American head coach; 

Whereas on January 21, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Bears, coached by Lovie Smith—an African-American—defeated the New Orleans Saints by a score of 39 


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to 14 in the National Football Conference Championship 

game and advanced to Super Bowl XLI; 

Whereas Lovie Smith was named the 13th head coach in Chicago Bears history on January 15, 2004; 

Whereas Lovie Smith was named the Associated Press NFL 

Coach of the Year for 2005; 

Whereas Lovie Smith’s 11 victories in 2005 are the most by 

a second-year coach in the history of the Chicago Bears 

and he became the first second-year coach of the Bears 

to win a division title, earning the second seed in the National Football Conference playoffs; 

Whereas on January 21, 2007, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the 

Indianapolis Colts, coached by Tony Dungy—an AfricanAmerican—defeated the New England Patriots by a 

score of 38 to 34 in the American Football Conference’s 

Championship game and also advanced to Super Bowl 

XLI; 

Whereas Anthony Kevin ‘‘Tony’’ Dungy was named head 

coach of the Indianapolis Colts on January 22, 2002; 

Whereas the 2006 season was Tony Dungy’s 5th with the 

Colts and 11th as an NFL head coach; 

Whereas Tony Dungy is the 35th coach in NFL history to 

earn 100 career victories (including playoff victories); 

Whereas Tony Dungy leads all NFL head coaches in wins 

from 1999 to 2005, with a record of 78 wins and 34 defeats; 

Whereas the NFL had a record 7 African-American head 

coaches in 2006 and a record of 197 African-American 

coaches total, including 7 assistant head coaches; and 


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Whereas since Frederick Douglass ‘‘Fritz’’ Pollard became 

the first African-American head coach in the NFL in 

1922, there have been nine other African-American head 

coaches in the NFL—including five who are currently 

serving: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives con2 gratulates Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony 

3 Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts for their accomplishments 

4 and for being the first African-American head coaches of 

5 National Football League teams to qualify for the Super 

6 Bowl. 

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