Alan Lowry coached for several teams over more than 25 years, winning one Super Bowl and going to another.
21 Facts About Alan Lowry
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At the University of Texas, Lowry was a two-sport athlete at Texas and a three-way player for the football team.
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Alan Lowry was the team's starting punter in his junior and senior years.
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Alan Lowry was 2nd Team All-State in football, led his team to the 1968 State quarterfinals, and was All-District in baseball.
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Alan Lowry played back-up quarterback and defensive back on the freshman team.
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Alan Lowry played in eight games that year despite injuries, including the 1970 Cotton Bowl.
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Alan Lowry again was named to the All-Conference team, this time as quarterback while continuing to be the team's punter.
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Alan Lowry, who was fighting a 104 degree fever that day, scored the game-winning touchdown on a controversial 34 yard touchdown run in which he stepped very close to, if not onto, the sideline at the 10 yard line.
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Alan Lowry missed part of the 1971 season, when he played in the outfield, with an ankle injury he suffered waterskiing.
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Alan Lowry skipped the 1972 season to participate in spring football drills, missing his only chance to go to the College World Series.
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Alan Lowry did manage to play summer baseball for the Austin Aztecas in 1972.
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Alan Lowry missed the start of the season with a pulled leg muscle and only played in 4 games before his season was cut short by the same injury that ended his athletic career.
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In 1989, Alan Lowry was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor.
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Alan Lowry began his coaching career at Texas as a graduate assistant coaching the scout team in 1973.
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Alan Lowry resigned that post in summer of 1976 due to the serious illness of his mother.
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Alan Lowry spent his first nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Alan Lowry originally joined the Cowboys in 1982 as their special teams coach before shifting to receivers.
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Alan Lowry is perhaps best known for masterminding the "miracle" play with the Tennessee Titans in what is known as the Music City Miracle.
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On January 11,2013, Alan Lowry was let go by the Titans after 17 seasons with the franchise.
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Alan Lowry is a native of Miami, Oklahoma, and currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife, Donna.
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Alan Lowry was inducted into the Irving Independent School District First Hall of Fame class in 2012.