IV 
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 Chi-
cago Bears, coached by Lovie Smith—an African-Amer-
ican—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 Chi-
cago 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 Na-
tional Football Conference playoffs; 
Whereas on January 21, 2007, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the 
Indianapolis Colts, coached by Tony Dungy—an African- 
American—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 de-
feats; 
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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
gratulates Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony 
Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts for their accomplishments 
and for being the first African-American head coaches of 
National Football League teams to qualify for the Super 
Bowl. 
Æ 
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