| Terry McAulay | |
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| Nationality |  United States |
| Occupation | NFL official (1998–Present) |
Terry McAulay is a global network analyst for the United States Department of Defense since 2001,[1] and better known as an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 1998 NFL season, and Coordinator of Football Officials for the Big East Conference since 2008.[2]
McAulay is most notable for working five conference championship games as referee since 2001, and officiating Super Bowl XXXIX and Super Bowl XLIII.[3] Beginning his ninth season as referee (twelfth season overall) with the 2009 NFL season, McAulay's officiating crew consists of umpire Paul King, head linesman Tony Veteri, line judge Mark Steinkerchner, field judge Terry Brown, side judge Michael Banks and back judge Greg Steed.[4]
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Personal
Raised in Hammond, Louisiana, McAulay is a graduate of Louisiana State University[5] with a degree in computer science. He has a wife and daughter; they all live in Glenwood, Maryland.[6]
Officiating career
Early years
McAulay's football officiating career began in 1976, including many years at the high school level in Howard County, Maryland. Prior to joining the NFL, McAulay was a referee in the Atlantic Coast Conference from 1994 to 1997, and was the referee for the BCS National Championship Game at the Miami Orange Bowl in 1998.
NFL career
McAulay began his career in the NFL at the side judge position and worked the 2000 NFC Championship game, but was promoted to referee starting with the 2001 NFL season. He wears uniform number 77. Coincidentally, McAulay wears the same number and originally worked at the same position that was vacated by Mike Pereira, who is now the NFL's Vice President of Officiating. McAulay began his career on the crew of referee Walt Coleman. McAulay was the Referee of Super Bowl XLIII; he had previously served as referee for the 2005 Super Bowl.[7]
"Bottlegate" incident
McAulay was the referee during a late 2001 NFL season game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns were driving toward the east end zone for what would have been the winning score. Browns' wide receiver Quincy Morgan caught a pass for a first down on 4th and 1. After quarterback Tim Couch spiked the ball on the next play, McAulay reviewed Morgan's catch, saying that the replay officials had buzzed McAulay, indicating for a replay review before Couch spiked the ball. McAulay reviewed the play and determined that Morgan never had control of the ball, thus the pass was incomplete, and the Jaguars were awarded the ball. Fans in the infamous "Dawg Pound" began throwing plastic beer bottles and other objects directed at and striking players and officials. McAulay then declared the game over and sent the teams to the locker rooms. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue called the game supervisor to override McAulay's decision, sending the players back onto the field after a thirty-minute delay, where the Jaguars ran out the last seconds under a hail of debris [8].
References
- ^ Fila, Mike (2006-08-16). "Rotary, NFL Referee Raise $10,000 for College Scholarship Fund". Zip Publishing. http://www.theviewnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=8069&paper=1&cat=199. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ "Terry McAulay Named Coordinator Of Football Officiating". Big East Conference. 2008-03-24. http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92485&SPID=11215&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1418413. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "BIG EAST Coordinator Of Football Officials Terry McAulay To Referee 2009 Super Bowl". Associated Press. 2009-01-28. http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=3656411. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ 2009 NFL officiating crews
- ^ "Ref Terry McAulay heads Super Bowl crew". United Press International. 2005-02-03. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Sports/2005/02/03/ref_terry_mcaulay_heads_super_bowl_crew/. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ http://www.hcrpsports.com/Files/terrymcaulay.pdf Terry McAulay's mini-bio from the HCRP Sports (Howard County Recreation and Parks) website
- ^ Super Bowl Referee Crew Officially Named by the NFL Si.com, January 28, 2009
- ^ "Fans get unruly about overturned call in final minute". Associated Press. 2001-12-16. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/12/16/jaguars_browns_ap/. Retrieved 2006-08-22.
- http://www.howardcc.edu/about_hcc/news_and_events/Advisories_Archive/2006-07-19.html
- http://bengals.enquirer.com/2001/12/17/ben_browns_coach_hurt_in.html
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