The UT Arlington Mavericks (abbreviated UT Arlington, UTA, and Mavs) are the athletic teams that represent the

University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...

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. The Mavericks currently compete in the

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in 15 varsity sports. The number rose to 15 in the fall of 2017 as the university announced women's golf will begin their first season of competition. Jon Fagg is the current athletic director. Prior to his stint at UTA, he was a Deputy Athletics Director, overseeing daily administration and NCAA compliance for the Arkansas Razorbacks at the University of Arkansas. Fagg replaced Jim Baker, who led the Athletic Department from 2012 to 2022.

General history

UTA was a founding member of the

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in 1963 and participated in the league until the end of the 2011–12 athletic year. They joined the

for one year before they moved to the

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. They left the Sun Belt and rejoined the WAC on July 1, 2022. UT Arlington won the Southland Conference's Commissioners Cup three times since the award was first instituted in 1998. The Commissioner's Cup is awarded to the athletics program with the highest all-around performance in all conference events, including all men's and women's events. The Athletic Department finished within two points of the Bubas Cup, the Sun Belt's all-sports championship trophy, twice in 2014-15 and 2016–17, as well as a second place finish in 2018-19. When the school transitioned from junior college to University status in 1959, the schools athletic teams were known as the Rebels. Controversy would surround the name after a decades time. A series of events would occur that lead to a change in mascots to the current version. The Mavericks' name selection was made in 1971, predating the

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's expansion franchise

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' starting choice in 1980. The first women's programs began competition in the 1973–74 school year. Volleyball, basketball and softball were the first three programs, competing in the AIAW until the teams moved under the umbrella of the NCAA in 1982–83.

Sports sponsored

Basketball

Men's basketball

Home games are played at

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, located on

's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing against the 1 seed

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in the first round. Later, Memphis had to forfeit their win for "ineligible competition, impermissible benefits and failure to monitor its athletics programs." On November 29, 2016, the Mavericks defeated the

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for the first time in program history after 11 attempts. The Longhorns decided to terminate their contract with them after their 2016 loss due to the Mavericks becoming too competitive. The terminated contract paid the Mavericks a large lump sum for each game played in Austin for six consecutive years (2011-2016). Although only 19 of 58 University seasons have resulted in an overall winning record, 8 of the past 10 seasons have winning records, including a school record 27 wins in the 2016–17 season (as of the conclusion of the 2016–17 season). They won the Southland Conference regular season championship in 2012, along with a tie for the 2004 regular season championship and a 2008 conference tournament championship that led to their first NCAA Tournament appearance. The first Sun Belt regular season title was earned in the record-setting year of 2016–2017. Overall, the team has played in six postseason tournaments and won four conference championships.

Women's basketball

The women's basketball team was established in 1973 and experienced early success with a combined 64–32 record in three seasons between 1975 and 1977. The Mavericks participated in several

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state and regional tournaments before joining the

beginning with the 1982–83 season. Between 2004 and 2010, the team posted an overall record of 121–65. During this time span, highlights included a perfect 16–0 Southland Conference record for the 2006–07 season and two NCAA tournament appearances in (

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and

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). In 2016–17, the team earned an at-large NIT bid. In 2018/19, the Mavericks finished in a tie for the Sun Belt regular season title. UTA played in the WNIT again, winning their first-round game against

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, the first postseason win in program history. In 2021/22, the basketball team finished second in the regular season. UTA advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament final where the Mavericks earned a 76–62 win over number one seed

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. This marked the third overall appearance in the NCAA tournament. UTA has played in three NCAA and four NIT tournaments (as of the end of the 2021/22 season).

Baseball

The baseball team plays at

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, located at the southwestern edge of the UT Arlington campus. The inaugural season was in 1969. Highlights include Southland Conference regular season championships in 1990 and 1992 along with tournament championships in 2001, 2006 and 2012. The team also won a share of the 2013 Western Athletic Conference regular season title and their first outright divisional Sun Belt Conference regular season title in 2017.

Volleyball

The first season for volleyball at UT Arlington was in 1973. The volleyball team appeared in the national rankings in the 1970s during their time in the AIAW and towards the end of the 1980s in the NCAA. They advanced to the NCAA Division I Volleyball Final Four in 1989. UT Arlington is one of only three institutions in Texas to ever reach the NCAA Division I Volleyball Final Four. The team has won 12 Southland Conference regular season championships, including the first 9 from 1982 to 1990 as well as 10 Southland Tournament crowns. They have appeared in 16 AIAW National and NCAA Tournaments.

Softball

UTA softball plays their home games at

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, adjacent to Clay Gould Ballpark. The Mavericks began play in 1973 and have compiled a record of 1,325–1,149–9, a winning percentage of .535 (as of the conclusion of the 2017 season). Along the way, they have won five Southland Conference regular season titles and one tournament title. Their lone appearance in the NCAA tournament came in 2003, where they went 2–2. In 2017, they played in the National Invitational Softball Championships. Prior to competing in the NCAA, the Mavericks were members of the AIAW, where they competed in two Women's College World Series tournaments.

Football

UT Arlington began play as a junior college in 1919 and played at that level until 1958. They won Junior Rose Bowls in 1956 and 1957, as well as the Junior College National Championship, as Arlington State College. After becoming a four-year University, UTA fielded a College Division ( Division II today) football program as an independent from 1959 to 1963, joined the

in the College Division from 1964 to 1970, a University Level (Division I) program from 1971 to 1981 and a Division I-AA program from 1982 to 1985. Home games were played in

Maverick Stadium Maverick Stadium is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose stadium on the western edge of University of Texas at Arlington campus. It hosts the university's track and field teams and is also leased by the Arlington Independent School District and Pantego ...

beginning in the 1980 season. UTA earned conference championships in 1966, 1967 and 1981. In 1967, the team won the Pecan Bowl against the

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, the only bowl game in its history. The team was disbanded after the 1985 season due to major financial losses (nearly one million dollars per year) and low home game average attendance (5,600 with 23,100 students). By the end, the program was funded by the university's auxiliary enterprise income while the other 14 sports were under-funded, as football accounted for half the total athletic budget.Executive Summary of the Neinas Report
UT Arlington Sports Expansion Study, 2004, Accessed May 13, 2008. In April 2004, UT Arlington students voted by a 2-to-1 margin to increase their student athletic fees by $2 per semester-credit hour should the university reinstate football and begin women's golf and soccer teams. President James D. Spaniolo, who just began his post leading the school, decided to pursue a new multi-purpose venue, which materialized when

opened in 2012. He also made the announcement to relook at adding football in five years.

Other sports

Four unidentified members of the University of Texas at Arlington track team (10011729)

The men's golf team has won four Southland Conference Championships, while finishing as the runner-up eight times. During that time, they had the individual champion three times. In their lone season in the WAC, the team finished in second place while they claimed their fourth individual conference champion. Despite being five seasons removed from participating in the Southland, UTA is still in third place for most team championships. The women's golf team began varsity play in 2017. Their best finish was in 2019 when they finished 7th out of 11 in the Sun Belt Championship. In track and field, the men's team has won eight outdoor and eight indoor Southland Conference championships and two indoor and three outdoor Sun Belt Conference Championships. There have been 20 Indoor All-Americans and 41 Outdoor All-American winners. The women's team has won six outdoor and seven indoor SLC championships. The women have placed five Indoor All-Americans and 14 Outdoor All-Americans in their history, the most recent being freshman Helen Falda in 2017. The teams call Maverick Stadium their home. The facility has hosted numerous conference championship meets, as well as various regular season meets. The men's cross country team lays claim to seven conference titles: three SLC titles, one WAC in its first and only year there, and three SBC, the first coming in the Universities first year in the conference. Additionally, UTA has had seven individual champions. Overall, the team has earned four runner of the year's, two freshman of the year's and four coaches of the year's. Current coach John Sauerhage has won three, all in different conferences. On the women's side, the team has earned five team conference championships, three individual titles, three runner of the year's, one freshman of the year and two coach of the year's. They have finished as runner up at the conference meet eight times. The men's tennis team has won eight conference championships, including seven regular season championships in the Southland Conference, including a streak of 5 in 6 years from 1998 to 2003. The team claimed its first Sun Belt Championship in 2016. The women's team has seen similar success, also winning seven championships with a streak of 6 in 7 years from 1999 to 2005. The

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is the home for the programs. UT Arlington has long been a powerhouse in

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, the Movin' Mavs men's team has won eight

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intercollegiate titles while the

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women's team has one title. Since starting a women's team in 2013 it has quickly grown to international success: the entire starting lineup for the United States team in the

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consisted of UT Arlington players, along with a key starter for the Australian team, with three Lady Movin' Mavs (two from the US and the Australian starter) named to the first team all-tournament.

Venues and facilities

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is now the host facility for basketball and volleyball home games as well as other university activities. It also houses much of the Athletic Department staff, which relocated from the Gilstrap Athletic Center at Maverick Stadium. The arena opened February 1, 2012 and seats approximately 7,000. *

(formerly Allan Saxe Stadium and Arlington Athletic Center) is the home field of the

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located on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) in Arlington, Texas. The stadium has a capacity of 1,600. Clay Gould Ballpark is located at the intersection of West Park Row Drive and Fielder Road. *

is the home of the UTA Mavericks softball team. Adjacent to

, the stadium is located at the intersection of W. Park Row Drive and Fielder Road. It has a capacity of 622. *

is a 12,500–15,000-seat

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on the western edge of University of Texas at Arlington campus. It hosts the university's

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teams and is also leased by the

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and

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for their football teams. It usually serves as the site of 1–3 high school football playoff games every year. The stadium previously served as UTA's home football stadium until the university dropped its program after the final game of the 1985 season. *

is the home of the University of Texas at Arlington men's and women's tennis teams. The facility is located near the intersection of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive on the UTA campus. Several apartment buildings, constructed by the university, surround the center.

School spirit

University of Texas at Arlington cheerleader (10006594)

The school's colors are blue and white with orange becoming more prominent. The school mascot is a horse named Blaze. UTA's former fight song, "Dixie", coincided with the school's Rebel mascot. After the mascot became more and more controversial, the fight song was changed and the current edition, the "UTA Fight Song", was established.

Championship history

Conference titles

:Baseball (7) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 1990, 1992 :* ''Tournament'': 2001, 2006, 2012 :

:* ''Regular Season'': 2013* :

:* ''Regular Season: 2017 :Football (3) :

:* 1966*, 1967, 1981 : Men's basketball (4) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 2004*, 2012, :* ''Tournament'': 2008 :

:* ''Regular Season'': 2017 : Men's cross country (8) :

:* 1985, 1992, 1999 :

:* 2012 :

:* 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 : Men's golf (4) :

:* 1995, 1999*, 2005, 2011 : Men's indoor track and field (10) :

:* 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 :

:* 2014, 2017 : Men's outdoor track and field (11) :

:* 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2007 :

:* 2014, 2015, 2017 : Men's tennis (16) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006*, 2009*, 2010 :* ''Tournament'': 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 :

:*''Tournament'': 2016 :Softball (6) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 1983, 1986*, 1989, 2003, 2007 :* ''Tournament'': 2003 : Volleyball (21) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 1982, 1983*, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2002 :* ''Tournament'': 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002 : Women's basketball (8) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 2005*, 2007*, :* ''Tournament'': 2005, 2007 :

:* ''Regular Season'': 2019* :* ''Tournament'': 2005, 2007, 2022 : Women's cross country (5) :

:* 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001 :

:* 2014 : Women's indoor track and field (7) :

:* 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999*, 2000, 2001 : Women's outdoor track and field (6) :

:* 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 : Women's tennis (14) :

:* ''Regular Season'': 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004*, 2005, 2008, 2011 :* ''Tournament'': 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011 : ''* denotes shared conference title''

Bowl titles

:Pecan Bowl :* 1967

Rivalries

UTA has Sun Belt rivalries with every West Division school (Little Rock, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, and Texas State). UTA currently maintains a primary rivalry with the

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, their Sun Belt rival and a team which has been a conference rival every year since 1987, despite the two schools belonging to three different conferences in that time frame. As of the conclusion of the 2016–2017 seasons, UTA leads the all-time series in volleyball (42–35), men's basketball (36–33), softball (61–59), and football (2–0), and the Bobcats lead in women's basketball (31–39), and baseball (43–66). UTA also maintains a relatively heated rivalry with

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, though they haven't been members of the same conference since 1996. Primarily because the teams are only thirty miles apart and are the only Division I public universities in the

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, the various sporting events between the two are some of the most attended of the year for each team. The longest standing rivalry is in men's basketball which began in 1925. One of UTA's most anticipated baseball rivalries are with the

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. The two

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teams play annually in games that generate high attendance from both schools. 4,015 saw the UTA/TCU match-up at

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in 2013. Six of the top ten most attended games at Clay Gould Ballpark feature TCU as the visiting team. With UTA beginning Sun Belt membership in 2013, they resumed conference rivalries with the

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and

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, who were all members of the Southland Conference at various points during UTA's tenure. Sports rivalries began at UT Arlington while it was a junior college known as the North Texas Agricultural College. A fierce rivalry developed in the 1930s with John Tarleton Agricultural College since both schools held junior college status in the Texas A&M system. Similar to the

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tradition at the College Station campus, the host of the yearly football game between these teams built a bonfire. In 1939, two NTAC students flew a

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to the JTAC campus and dropped a phosphorus bomb on the bonfire to light it prematurely. While the plane was flying low after the bomb was dropped, a JTAC student was able to throw a piece of wood into the propeller and cause the plane to crash. The students were dragged from the wreckage and a 'J' was shaved into their heads.Saxon, G.D., “Transitions: A Centennial History of the University of Texas at Arlington,” The UTA Press, Arlington, Texas, 1995. Bonfires were canceled after this event.Frank Yates interview by Duncan Robinson, February 28, 1973, University Archives, Special Collections Division, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Notable athletes

The university has produced several notable athletes.

Basketball

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- Second round

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pick

Baseball

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– outfielder, 10th overall draft pick by the

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in the

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* Steve Foster – pitcher for the

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– pitcher for the

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– manager of the

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from 2008 to 2010Pence named to National League All-Star roster
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– pitcher for the

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– pitcher for the Texas Rangers *

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– catcher for the

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* Daniel Ortmeier – first baseman/outfielder for the

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* Dave Owen – shortstop for the

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– outfielder for the San Francisco Giants * Ryan Roberts – infielder for the

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Football

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–

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for the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

from 1974 to 1984 *

Skip Butler William Foster "Skip" Butler (born October 21, 1947) is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 4th round, with the 96th overall pick in the 1970 NF ...

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kicker Kicker or The Kicker may refer to: Sports * Placekicker, a position in American and Canadian football * ''Kicker'' (sports magazine), in Germany * Kicker, the German colloquial term for an association football player * Kicker, the word used i ...

and punter, mostly for the

Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 as ...

* Mark Cannon –

center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

, mostly for the

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

Bruce Collie Bruce Stokes Collie (born June 27, 1962) is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of ...

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offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

for the 49ers (1985–89), where he played on

Super Bowl XXIII Super Bowl XXIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champ ...

and XXIV teams and

Eagles Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...

(1990–91) *

Doug Hart Douglas Wayne Hart (June 6, 1939 – January 1, 2020) was a professional American football player, a defensive back who played eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Football career Born and raised in Handley, ...

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defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

for the

who played in the first two Super Bowls *

Derrick Jensen Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition, though he rejects the label "anarchist". ''Utne Reader'' named Jensen among "50 Visionari ...

– running back and

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...

for the Raiders where he played on

Super Bowl XV Super Bowl XV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for ...

and XVIII teams *

Tim McKyer Timothy Bernard McKyer (born September 5, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the ...

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cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

, played on

, XXIV, and XXXII championship teams * Don Morrison – offensive lineman for the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

Cliff Odom Cliff Odom is a former NFL football player. A third round draft choice in 1980, he played thirteen years in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins. His son, Chris Odom Chris Odom (born September ...

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linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

for the Browns, Colts, and

Dolphins A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (t ...

between 1980 and 1993Cliff Odom statistics

Swimming

* Doug Russell – Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder

References

External links

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