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{{Short description|American football coach (1923–2013)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name                = Bum Phillips
| image               = Bum Philips with G.H.W. Bush cropped.jpg
| image_size          =
| alt                 = Photograph of a laughing Phillips wearing a Houston Texans polo shirt standing beside former U.S. President George H. W. Bush
| caption             = Phillips in 2010
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1923|9|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Orange, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2013|10|18|1923|9|29|mf=y}}
| death_place         = [[Goliad, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| high_school         = 
| college             = [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football|Stephen F. Austin]]
| pastcoaching        = 
* [[Nederland High School|Nederland HS (TX)]] (1951–1956)<br />Head coach
* [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]] (1957)<br />Assistant coach
* [[Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)|Jacksonville HS (TX)]] (1958)<br />Head coach
* [[Amarillo High School|Amarillo HS (TX)]] (1959–1961)<br />Head coach
* [[UTEP Miners football|Texas Western]] (1962)<br />Head coach
* [[Port Neches–Groves High School|Port Neches–Groves HS (TX)]] (1963–1964)<br />Head coach
* [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] (1965–1966)<br />Defensive coordinator
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1967}}–{{NFL Year|1971}})<br />Defensive coordinator
* [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] (1972)<br />Defensive coordinator
* [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]] (1973)<br />Assistant coach
* [[Houston Oilers]] ({{NFL Year|1974}})<br />Defensive coordinator
* Houston Oilers ({{NFL Year|1975}}–{{NFL Year|1980}})<br />Head coach
* [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1985}})<br />Head coach
| highlights          = 
* [[Tennessee Titans#Titans Ring of Honor|Tennessee Titans Ring of Honor]]
* [[Texas Sports Hall of Fame]]
| coachregrecord      = NFL: {{Winning percentage|82|77|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord  = NFL: {{Winning percentage|4|3|record=y}}
| coachrecord         = NFL: {{Winning percentage|86|80|record=y}}<br />NCAA: {{Winning percentage|4|5|record=y}}
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'''Oail Andrew''' "'''Bum'''" '''Phillips Jr.''' (September 29, 1923 – October 18, 2013) was an American [[American football|football]] coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Houston Oilers]] from 1975 to 1980 and the [[New Orleans Saints]] from 1981 to 1985.

==Early football career==
Phillips played football at [[Lamar University]] in [[Beaumont, Texas]], but enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] on September 30, 1942.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/2475693/sports-heroes-who-served-legendary-coach-bum-phillips-was-a-marine-in-wwii/ | title=Sports Heroes Who Served: Legendary Coach 'Bum' Phillips Was a Marine in WWII|author=David Vergun|date=January 26, 2021|website=DOD News, defense.gov}}</ref> He became one of the elite [[Marine Raiders]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/counties/goliad/part-1-in-new-book-bum-phillips-discusses-trip-to-war/article_66ad6757-d710-5339-8d0e-74219b397099.html|title = Part 1: In new book, Bum Phillips discusses trip to war| date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref>

After he returned from the war, Phillips completed the remaining year on his degree at Lamar (a junior college at the time), and enrolled at [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in [[Nacogdoches, Texas]], [[Letterman (sports)|lettering]] in football in 1948 and 1949 and graduating with a degree in education in 1949.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Phillips coached high school football in various Texan cities including [[Nederland High School|Nederland]], [[Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)|Jacksonville]], [[Amarillo High School|Amarillo]], and [[Port Neches–Groves High School|Port Neches–Groves]].

His college coaching stints included serving as an assistant coach at [[Texas A&M University]] (for [[Bear Bryant]]), the [[University of Houston]] (for [[Bill Yeoman]]), [[Southern Methodist University]] (for [[Hayden Fry]]), and [[Oklahoma State University]] with Jim Stanley. He was the head coach at Texas Western University (now the [[University of Texas at El Paso]]) for one season in 1962.

==NFL coaching career==
In the late 1960s, Phillips was hired by [[Sid Gillman]] to serve as a defensive assistant coach for the [[San Diego Chargers]]. In 1973, Gillman became head coach of the [[1973 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]], and he brought Phillips with him as his defensive coordinator.

Phillips was promoted to head coach of the [[1975 Houston Oilers season|Oilers]] on January 25, 1975,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dakfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e9YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3405%2C3749094 "Oilers name Phillips"], [[Associated Press]] (AP), January 26, 1975. Retrieved February 24, 2023.</ref> and he served in that capacity through 1980.<ref name="chron131018"/> As coach of the Oilers, he presided over the team's most successful era since its days in the [[American Football League]].  Under Phillips, the Oilers reached the [[AFC Championship Game]] in two consecutive seasons, losing to the Super Bowl champion [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] 34–5 in 1978 and 27–13 in 1979. Both teams were members of the competitive AFC Central Division and thus played three times in both 1978 and 1979, fueling an intense rivalry. During this period of league-wide AFC dominance, some commentators considered the Oilers and Steelers to be the two best teams in the NFL. Phillips remarked at the time, "The road to the Super Bowl goes through [[Three Rivers Stadium|Pittsburgh]]."

Phillips was fired on New Year's Eve 1980 by Oilers owner [[Bud Adams]]. The 1980 Oilers, at times, had trouble scoring and Phillips refused to hire an offensive coordinator.
"I didn't feel like we needed it", he said. At the time his 11 wins that season were the most wins in a season of a coach who would then be fired. His 59 wins would be the most in franchise history until [[Jeff Fisher]] passed him in 2001 (by then, the team had become the [[Tennessee Titans]]). Soon afterward, he was hired by [[New Orleans Saints]] owner John Mecom Jr. as head coach and general manager of the Saints, serving from 1981 through the first 12 games of the 1985 season. As in his coaching tenure with the Oilers, Phillips took off his trademark Stetson inside the [[Mercedes-Benz Superdome|Louisiana Superdome]]. In 1983, his Saints went into the final week needing one more win to secure the first winning season and playoff berth in franchise history. The Rams beat the Saints for the final playoff spot in week 16, 26–24 on [[Mike Lansford]]'s 42-yard field goal with 00:02 to play.

Phillips offered to resign prior to the [[1985 New Orleans Saints season|1985 season]] after [[Tom Benson]] purchased the Saints for $70 million from Mecom, but Benson asked him to stay on to help his transition into NFL ownership.

Phillips resigned as Saints coach on November 25, 1985, one day after a 30–23 victory over the [[Minnesota Vikings]], 12 games into the season. His son, [[Wade Phillips|Wade Phillips,]] would take over the coaching reins on an interim basis for the remaining four games of the 1985 season. The Saints defeated the Rams 29–3 in Wade's first game at the helm, but finished with losses to the Cardinals, 49ers and Falcons. He finished his NFL head coaching career with 82 wins, the same number of wins as his son.

==Later life and family==
Phillips later worked as a football [[color commentator]] for television and Oilers radio broadcasts. He subsequently retired to his horse ranch in [[Goliad, Texas]].

His son [[Wade Phillips]] has also held assistant and head coaching jobs in the NFL and was the head coach of the [[Dallas Cowboys]] from February 2007 to November 2010. Wade was hired by the [[Houston Texans]] on January 5, 2011, as their new defensive coordinator almost exactly 30 years after his father was terminated by Oilers owner Bud Adams on December 28, 1980, after the Oilers failed to advance past the first round of the playoffs. Wade won a Super Bowl title at [[Super Bowl 50]] with the [[Denver Broncos]] as defensive coordinator and was the defensive coordinator of the [[Los Angeles Rams]], who advanced to [[Super Bowl LIII]] and later parted ways with the Rams following the 2019 season.

His grandson [[Wes Phillips|Wes]] is also an NFL assistant coach.

In 2010, he published his [[memoir]]s, ''Bum Phillips: Coach, Cowboy, Christian'', which [[Kirk Lynn]] used as the basis for his [[libretto]] for the 2014 opera ''[[Bum Phillips (opera)|Bum Phillips]]''.

==Death==
Phillips died at his ranch in Goliad, Texas, on October 18, 2013, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rieken|first=Kristie|date=October 19, 2013|title=Bum Phillips, colorful NFL coach, dies at 90|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/bum-phillips-colorful-nfl-coach-dies-at-90/2013/10/19/0d9450f6-38db-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221115231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/bum-phillips-colorful-nfl-coach-dies-at-90/2013/10/19/0d9450f6-38db-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html|archive-date=December 21, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He was survived by his second wife Debbie and six children from his first marriage, along with almost two dozen grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2013|title=Bum Phillips dies at 90; folksy Texas football icon coached NFL's Oilers and Saints|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bum-phillips-20131019-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221115906/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bum-phillips-20131019-story.html|archive-date=December 21, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

In honor of Bum Phillips coaching both Nederland and Port Neches–Groves High Schools, the rivalry game between his two favorite schools<ref>{{cite web|title=Bum Phillips trophy adds new element to Mid-County Madness|url=https://www.bumphillipscharities.com/bum-phillips-trophy-adds-element-mid-county-madness/|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130648/https://www.bumphillipscharities.com/bum-phillips-trophy-adds-element-mid-county-madness/|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is named the Bum Phillips Bowl.

==Quotes==

Phillips was known for his trademark Stetson [[cowboy hat]] on the sidelines, except when the Oilers played in the [[Astrodome]] or other domed stadiums. He stated that his mother taught him not to wear a hat indoors; his former boss Bear Bryant similarly refused to wear his trademark houndstooth hat during indoor games.<ref name="Loser3">{{Cite book |last = Fowler |first = Ed |title = Loser Takes All: Bud Adams, Bad Football, & Big Business |publisher = Longstreet Press |year = 1997 |pages = 48–49 |isbn = 1-56352-432-5}}</ref> Phillips wore his cowboy hat with blue jeans and a button down shirt, in contrast to Dallas Cowboys head coach [[Tom Landry]] who wore a suit and tie with his trademark [[trilby]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelandryhat.com/2013/11/06/cowboys-flashback-bum-vs-tom-texas-icons-last-battle/|title = Cowboys Flashback: Bum vs Tom – Texas Icons Last Battle|date = November 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/bum-phillips?sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=bum%20phillips|title = Bum Phillips Photos and Premium High Res Pictures|publisher=[[Getty Images]]}}</ref>

Besides his trademark cowboy hat, Phillips is also known for his colorful quotes, such that ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' noted that [[Wikipedia]] had a whole section of his page dedicated to these quips. In the week leading up to Super Bowl LIII, his son Wade was quoted as saying "Unfortunately, I get older but [[Tom Brady]] doesn't", while sporting the elder Phillip's sheepskin coat and cowboy hat as the Los Angeles Rams arrived in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2019/01/28/monday-hot-clicks-wade-phillips-dad-bum-coat-super-bowl|title=Wade Phillips wears dad Bum's coat to Super Bowl|date=January 28, 2019 }}</ref>

*"There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired."{{sfn|Fowler|1997||page=57}}
*"I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches."{{sfn|Fowler|1997|page=45}}
*"In the country, they don't say 'bumblebees' they say 'bummel bees", on how Bum Phillips really got his name. His aunt JoAnnette could only say 'Bum'.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Young|first=Matt|title=How Houston Oilers legend Bum Phillips really got his name|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/How-Bum-Phillips-got-his-name-Houston-Oilers-coach-15939521.php}}</ref>
*"I've never seen a hammer and tong game like that one."
*To a reporter who said, "He sure gets up slow", after Earl Campbell had been tackled. "Yes, but he goes down slow, too."
*"The harder we played the behinder we got."
*"Mama always said that if it can't rain on you, you're indoors." (Explaining why he wouldn't wear his cowboy hat in the [[Astrodome]], the first domed stadium)
*"Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team."
*"I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers... what for? Houston isn't on our schedule." (Source: ''The Book of Sports Lists'')
*(To an official) "Hey, can I, can I tell you one thing? That's three holding penalties on one football team in a quarter and a half. (Pauses) That ain't funny."
*(To an official) "Now, you can't do that! If you do it, I'm telling you you'll have more hell over it than a little bit."
*(after playing the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]] for the fifth time in two seasons and planning to meet them a sixth time) "The road to the [[Super Bowl]] runs through [[Pittsburgh]], sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.<ref name="vicad791212"/>
*(20 years after playing Pittsburgh six times in two seasons) "Don't take long to spend all the time you want in Pittsburgh."<ref name="ppg990326"/>
*(referring to [[Miami Dolphins]] coach [[Don Shula]]) "He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n."<ref name="nyt921101"/> He also said the same line about Bear Bryant.<ref>Harvey, Randy, [http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/columnists/harvey/article/Legendary-coach-Phillips-didn-t-let-football-4908937.php Legendary coach Phillips didn't let football define a full life], ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' (October 19, 2013). Retrieved on October 23, 2013.</ref>
*(referring to Houston Oilers quarterback [[Warren Moon]]) "That boy could throw a football through a car wash and not get it wet."
*(when asked about Oilers RB [[Earl Campbell]]'s inability to finish a one-mile run in training camp) "When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him."
*(when asked by [[Bob Costas]] why he took his wife on all of the Oilers' road trips) "Because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."<ref name="nfl130610"/>
*(on January 7, 1980, to the crowd at the [[Astrodome]] that welcomed the Oilers home after their second consecutive loss to the Steelers in the AFC championship game) "One year ago, we knocked on the door. This year, we beat on the door. Next year, we're going to kick the son of a bitch in."<ref>{{YouTube|c_Dn9T5NUBQ|Excerpt from Bum Phillips's speech at the Astrodome on January 7, 1980}}. Retrieved on October 21, 2013.</ref><ref>Barron, David, [http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/10/houston-icon-bum-phillips-dies/ Houston icon Bum Phillips dies], ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' (October 18, 2013). Retrieved on October 22, 2013.</ref><ref>Goldstein, Richard, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/sports/football/bum-phillips-colorful-football-coach-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 Bum Phillips, Homespun Coach Behind Oilers' Rise, Dies at 90], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (October 19, 2013). Retrieved on October 22, 2013.</ref>
*(of Earl Campbell) "I don't know if he's in a class by himself, but I do know that when that class gets together, it sure don't take long to call the roll."<ref name="indst940324"/>
*Late one night, Phillips and Sid Gillman were watching film and Phillips began to doze off. Gillman woke him up by saying, "Hey Bum, this is better than making love." Phillips responded, "Either I don't know how to watch film, Sid, or you don't know how to make love." (Phillips later indicated that his language may have actually been stronger than that.)<ref>Katzowitz, Josh, [http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24103625/former-oilers-saints-coach-bum-phillips-dies-at-90 Former Oilers, Saints coach Bum Phillips dies at 90] (October 18, 2013). Retrieved on October 22, 2013.</ref>
* (From a PRO! Gameday program interview, when asked what he would be doing if he wasn't an NFL coach) "Teach first grade. Little bitty kids. You say 'boo' to 'em and they jump. And you don't have to fine 'em."
*"Respect all. Fear none."
*"The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline."
*"Two kinds of players ain't worth a damn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' but what he's told."
* (Speaking to the Saints prior to a 1983 game) "Do everything as good as you can, and then a little bit more. That's all the hell you gotta do."

==Head coaching record==
===College===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[UTEP Miners football|Texas Western Miners]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA University Division|NCAA University Division independent]]
 | startyear = 1962
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1962 NCAA University Division football season|1962]]
 | name         = [[1962 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]]
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas Western
 | overall    = 4–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 4–5
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Post-season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[1975 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1975 NFL season|1975]]
||10||4||0||.714||3rd in AFC Central||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1976 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1976 NFL season|1976]]
||5||9||0||.357||4th in AFC Central||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1977 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1977 NFL season|1977]]
||8||6||0||.571||2nd in AFC Central||–||–||–||–
|- ! style="background:#fdd;"
![[1978 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1978 NFL season|1978]]
||10||6||0||.625||'''2nd in AFC Central'''||2||1||.667||Lost to [[1978 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] in [[1978–79 NFL playoffs|AFC Championship Game]]
|- ! style="background:#fdd;"
![[1979 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1979 NFL season|1979]]
||11||5||0||.688||'''2nd in AFC Central'''||2||1||.667||Lost to [[1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] in [[1979–80 NFL playoffs|AFC Championship Game]]
|- ! style="background:#fdd;"
![[1980 Houston Oilers season|HOU]]||[[1980 NFL season|1980]]
||11||5||0||.688||'''2nd in AFC Central'''||0||1||.000||Lost to [[1980 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] in [[1980–81 NFL playoffs|AFC Wild-Card Game]]
|-
! colspan="2"|HOU Total||55||35||0||.611 ||||4||3||.571||
|-
![[1981 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]||[[1981 NFL season|1981]]
||4||12||0||.250||4th in NFC West||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1982 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]||[[1982 NFL season|1982]]
||4||5||0||.444||9th in NFC||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1983 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]||[[1983 NFL season|1983]]
||8||8||0||.500||3rd in NFC West||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1984 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]||[[1984 NFL season|1984]]
||7||9||0||.438||3rd in NFC West||–||–||–||–
|-
![[1985 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]||[[1985 NFL season|1985]]
||4||8||0||.333||''Resigned''||–||–||–||
|-
! colspan="2"|NO Total||27||42||0||.391 ||||0||0||.000||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bum Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilBu0.htm |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>||82||77||0||.516||||4||3||.571||
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of American Football League players]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="vicad791212">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Victoria Advocate]] |location=Victoria, Texas |title=Toward Super Bowl: Oilers' Trek Just Beginning |page=5B |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aMJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SmkDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bum%20phillips%20road%20to%20the%20super%20bowl%20goes%20through&pg=6806%2C3141904 |date=December 12, 1979 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="nyt921101">{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Anderson |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=At Age 62, Don Shula Is Still Going Strong |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/sports/sports-of-the-times-at-age-62-don-shula-is-still-going-strong.html |date=November 1, 1992 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="indst940324">{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Reitmann |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |title=K.U. is wary of Purdue |page=E1 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/240159045 |date=March 24, 1994 |access-date=October 18, 2013|id={{ProQuest|240159045}} }}</ref>
<ref name="ppg990326">{{cite news |first=Ron |last=Cook |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |title=Bum Phillips among carvers at Noll's roast |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/steelers/19990326cook6.asp |date=March 26, 1999 |access-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019121810/http://old.post-gazette.com/steelers/19990326cook6.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="nfl130610">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Wesseling |work=Around the League |publisher=[[NFL]] |title=Houston Oilers legend Bum Phillips' life as an opera? |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/houston-oilers-legend-bum-phillips-life-as-an-opera-0ap1000000210531 |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="chron131018">{{cite news |first=David |last=Barron |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |title=Houston icon Bum Phillips dies |url=http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/10/houston-icon-bum-phillips-dies/ |date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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* Phillips, O.A. "Bum". [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020215222/http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/oralhistory/id/84 Bum Phillips Oral History], Houston Oral History Project, March 28, 2008.
* {{Find a Grave|118939508}}

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