2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 71
BY SENATOR BERNARD
A RESOLUTION
To commend Terry McAulay on receiving the 2021 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports
Leadership Award and being named to the 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Class.
WHEREAS, the Dave Dixon Award is presented annually by the Louisiana Sports
Writers Association's thirty-member Hall of Fame selection committee to an individual who
has played a decisive role as a sports leader, administrator benefitting Louisiana, or bringing
credit to Louisiana on the national or international level; and
WHEREAS, the 2021 Dave Dixon Award is presented to Terry McAulay upon his
induction into the 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, Terry McAulay, a Hammond native, remains one of just six officials
to referee at least three Super Bowls; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McAulay began his officiating career as a high school football and
basketball game referee while attending Louisiana State University (LSU); and
WHEREAS, in 1982, after graduating from LSU with a degree in computer science,
he moved to the Baltimore area and began his career with the National Security Agency
(NSA) working as a computer programmer and software engineer for twenty-six years until
his retirement in 2008; and
WHEREAS, in addition to working for the NSA, Mr. McAulay was a referee for
some of the smaller collegiate leagues before he became a referee in the Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) from 1994 to 1997; and
WHEREAS, in his last year of officiating for the ACC, he was a referee in the 1997
Bowl Championship Series title game that was played in the Orange Bowl; and
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WHEREAS, in 1998, Mr. McAulay began his officiating career with the National
Football League (NFL); and
WHEREAS, he officiated a total of three hundred sixteen games in the NFL, with
two hundred sixty-seven of those games as a referee of which seventeen were in the playoffs,
and seven were in the National Football Championship or the American Football
Championship; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McAulay was the first referee to draw a Super Bowl assignment
with fewer than five seasons as a referee; and
WHEREAS, after only four seasons with the NFL, he was chosen to be the crew
chief for Super Bowl XXXIX; and
WHEREAS, Mr. McAulay served as crew chief for three Super Bowls: XXXIX
(New England vs. Philadelphia), XLIII (Pittsburgh vs. Arizona), and XLVIII (Denver vs.
Seattle); and
WHEREAS, he was an NFL official for twenty seasons with just three seasons as a
side judge and the final seventeen as a referee; and
WHEREAS, in June 2018, after he retired from the NFL, Mr. McAulay became the
on-air rules expert for NBC's Sunday Night Football and Notre Dame football telecasts; and
WHEREAS, the influential and successful career of Terry McAulay has earned him
the 2021 Dave Dixon Sports Leadership Award and his place among the many greats in the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Terry McAulay on receiving the 2021 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports
Leadership Award and being named to the 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction
Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Terry McAulay.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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