Red Cashion

Red Cashion

Mason L. "Red" Cashion is a former American football official. He started officiating in 1952 while attending Texas A&M University, and then worked for various high school and college football conferences, most notably the Southwest Conference. From 1972 to 1997, he officiated in the National Football League (NFL), and was the referee in Super Bowl XX and Super Bowl XXX. Cashion began his career as a line judge in 1972 before being promoted to referee in 1976 upon the retirement of long-time referee Norm Schachter. He wore uniform number 43 for most of his career. During the 1979-1981 seasons, when officials were numbered separately by positions instead of having one number assigned to each official, he wore number 8.

Cashion is known by NFL players, coaches, and fans for his signature first down call in which he would enthusiastically drawl "First dowwwwwn!" out to the crowd. In a 1997 interview with "The Sporting News", he said, "I don't know of any time that started it or stopped it. It was just something that sort of evolved and been there ever since". ["Last call for … 'first dowwwnnn!' - football referee Red Cashion" by Dennis Dillon, "The Sporting News", January 6, 1997.] Ironically, Cashion's promotion to referee came just one season after the NFL began equipping referees with wireless microphones to explain penalty calls and complex rulings to fans in the stadium, members of the media, and the television audience at home.

Cashion was inducteed into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. He also provided the voice of the referee for several versions of the Madden NFL video game.

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* [http://www.aggiesports.com/football/news/112102cushion.htm The height of Cashion] by Robert Cessna. [http://www.theeagle.com/ The Bryan-College Station Eagle] . November 21, 2002. (Last retrieved February 3, 2006)
* [http://www.tshof.org/tshof_inductees.htm Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductees]


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