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American football player (born 1975)

Philip Drury Dawson (born January 23, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He primarily played for the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2012, and has the second most field goals made for their franchise, passing Hall of Famer Lou Groza in 2010. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns. He also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers from 2013 to 2016, and the Arizona Cardinals in 2017 and 2018. He signed a contract in 2019 to retire as a member of the Browns.

Dawson attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas and was a letterman in football. In a 1992 playoff game at Texas Stadium against Nacogdoches High School, Dawson kicked a 52 yard field goal as time expired to beat Nacogdoches 31–28. He graduated in the class of 1993; the Baltimore Ravens placekicker Matt Stover attended the same high school, graduating in 1986. As a senior, he was a starter at both kicker and offensive tackle until he hurt his knee in a preseason scrimmage. He thought he might have to have season ending surgery, but he gutted it out, stuck to kicking, and was named as an All American and the Southwest Region Offensive Player of the Year by SuperPrep.

Dawson attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a four year letterman in football. After redshirting his freshman year, he scored 80 points his first year of playing. He also tied a school record with 54 consecutive extra points. The following season, he made honorary All America honors while leading the Longhorns in scoring. He made first team All America his junior and senior years, while simultaneously making All Big 12. He earned a B. A. in political science. Dawson is famous for his 1995 game winning field goal against the University of Virginia, booting a 50 yarder against a 30 MPH wind to give Texas a dramatic 17–16 victory as time expired.

Dawson was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Raiders, who then waived him. He was picked up by the New England Patriots and assigned to the practice squad, but never appeared in a game for them.

The Cleveland Browns signed him as a free agent in March 1999, and he remained with the team for 14 years until he joined the San Francisco 49ers in 2013. (He was the only player left from the 1999 Browns squad). Dawson holds the Browns record for most consecutive field goals made (29) and most field goals in a game (6). Dawson is currently the 7th most accurate kicker in the NFL. On October 10, 2010, Dawson tied Lou Groza for the Browns' career field goal record with 234. Dawson scored the first points in the history of the "new" Cleveland Browns in 1999. On October 10 of that year, he scored the only touchdown of his career on a fake field goal against the Bengals in an 18 17 loss. On November 17, 2008, Dawson hit a 56 yard field game winning field goal against the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football. Dawson would have become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2010 season, but he was given the franchise tag on February 22, keeping him for the 2011 season.

Dawson signed with the San Francisco 49ers on March 19, 2013. On September 26, 2013, Dawson attempted and missed a 71 yard fair catch kick in the last seconds of the second quarter of a game against the St. Louis Rams. He made 27 consecutive field goals during the 2013 season, until the streak was snapped by a 24 yard field goal miss against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 17. He finished his first year in San Francisco with the second most points (140) and field goals (32 of 36) in the team's history. Dawson kicked the game winning field goal in the 49ers Wild Card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on January 5, 2014, giving the 49ers a 23 20 victory. On March 11, 2014, Dawson signed a new two year contract to remain with the 49ers. Dawson re signed with the 49ers on a one year contract on March 12, 2016. He made his 400th career field goal on November 20, 2016, against the Patriots.

On March 10, 2017, Dawson signed a two year contract with the Arizona Cardinals. On September 10, 2017, in the season opening 35–23 loss to the Detroit Lions, Dawson made his debut as a Cardinal. He converted two extra points and a field goal in the loss. On September 17, 2017, Dawson converted three field goals, including a 40 yarder to force overtime and a 30 yarder in overtime to win, in the 16–13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. On November 26, 2017, Dawson hit a 57 yard field goal with one second left to beat the favored Jacksonville Jaguars. It was the longest made field goal of Dawson's career (although he made a 59 yard field goal during a 2010 preseason game with the Browns). He converted four field goals in the game, including the 57 yard game winner, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Dawson became the 11th player in NFL history to appear in 300 career games. On November 26, 2018, Dawson was placed on injured reserve with a hip injury.

Dawson announced his retirement after 21 seasons on August 1, 2019, after signing a one day ceremonial contract with the Browns to retire as a member of the team. After Dawson's retirement, Adam Vinatieri became the sole remaining active player from the 1990s.

Year Team GP Field Goals Extra Points Points FGA FGM Lng Pct XPA XPM Pct 1999 CLE 15 15 8 49 66.7 24 23 95.8 47 2000 CLE 16 17 14 45 82.4 17 17 100.0 59 2001 CLE 16 25 22 48 88.0 30 29 96.7 95 2002 CLE 16 28 22 52 78.6 35 34 97.1 100 2003 CLE 13 21 18 52 85.7 21 20 95.2 74 2004 CLE 16 29 24 50 82.8 28 28 100.0 100 2005 CLE 16 29 27 44 93.1 21 19 90.5 100 2006 CLE 16 29 21 51 72.4 25 25 100.0 88 2007 CLE 16 30 26 51 86.7 43 42 97.7 120 2008 CLE 16 36 30 56 83.3 18 18 100.0 108 2009 CLE 11 19 17 49 89.5 19 18 94.7 69 2010 CLE 16 28 23 48 82.1 28 28 100.0 97 2011 CLE 16 29 24 54 82.8 20 20 100.0 92 2012 CLE 16 31 29 53 93.5 29 29 100.0 116 2013 SF 16 36 32 56 88.9 44 44 100.0 140 2014 SF 16 31 25 55 80.6 33 33 100.0 108 2015 SF 16 27 24 54 88.9 21 20 95.2 92 2016 SF 16 21 18 53 85.7 34 33 97.1 87 2017 ARI 16 40 32 57 80.0 26 23 88.5 119 2018 ARI 10 8 5 43 62.5 15 15 100.0 30 Career 305 526 441 57 83.8 531 518 97.6 1,841

Dawson had a rule named after him after a missed call by referees. On November 18, 2007, Dawson attempted a 51 yard field goal in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to tie the game against the Baltimore Ravens. The kick carried through the air and hit the left upright, then over the crossbar (through the uprights, like any good field goal) and then hit the rear curved support post (stanchion) that holds the crossbar, then bounced back over the crossbar (through the uprights again, but backwards this time) into the end zone in front of the goalpost. The kick was originally ruled no good. Under NFL rules, the play was not reviewable. Officials discussed the play among themselves for several minutes and decided that, since the ball had indeed crossed the crossbar within the goal, whatever happened afterward to the ball did not matter. The kick was considered good, as announced by referee Pete Morelli. However, as the play is not technically reviewable, referee Pete Morelli announced that the play was reversed "after discussion," as opposed to "after further review," as is usually stated. At this point the Ravens, already celebrating in the locker room (they would have won 30 27 if the field goal was no good), were called back out onto the field to proceed to an overtime period. The Browns went on to win the game, 33 30 in overtime, as Dawson came through again with a more visible 33 yard field goal. Dawson finished 4 for 5 in FGs, whereas fellow Lake Highlands High School alumnus Matt Stover finished 3 for 3 in FGs for the Ravens. Notably, later in the season on December 16, in driving snow and wind gusts up to 40 mph, Dawson kicked another field goal, an improbable 49 yarder, that hit the same center support post. This field goal helped the Browns achieve an 8 0 win over the Buffalo Bills in blizzard conditions. Hitting this same structure twice in the same season has led some members of the Cleveland press to begin referring to the support post as "The Dawson Bar." Prior to the 2008 season, the rule was changed to allow field goal and extra point attempts that hit the uprights or crossbar to be reviewed. This new rule is dubbed the "Phil Dawson Rule."

Dawson resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Shannon, and three children, Dru, Beau, and Sophiann. Dru was the starting quarterback at Vandegrift High School near Austin, and graduated in 2020. As of fall 2023, he was on the roster as a QB at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Beau graduated in 2022 from Lipscomb Academy High School in Nashville where Dawson was the special teams coordinator for the team. As of fall 2023, he is on the roster as a tight end and deep snapper at Lamar University in Beaumont. After two seasons and a state title at Lipscomb, Dawson was hired as the head football coach and athletic director at Hyde Park High School in Austin. Dawson kicks right footed but throws left handed. His wife Shannon is a singer songwriter and produced her first album "Redemption" in 2013.