Oklahoma Baptist Bison football
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First season1910
Athletic directorRobert Davenport
Head coachChris Jensen
11th season, 47–75 (.385)
11th season, 47–75 (.385)
LocationShawnee, Oklahoma
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1910 |
| Athletic director | Robert Davenport |
| Head coach | Chris Jensen 11th season, 47–75 (.385) |
| Location | Shawnee, Oklahoma |
| Stadium | Crain Family Stadium (capacity: 4,000) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | Great American |
| Colors | Green and gold[1] |
| All-time record | 162–165–17 (.496) |
| Bowl record | 1–0 (1.000) |
| Conference championships | |
| 2 | |
| Rivalries | Southern Nazarene[2] |
| Mascot | Bison |
| Website | obubison.com/football |
The Oklahoma Baptist Bison football team represents Oklahoma Baptist University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Bison are members of the Great American Conference (GAC), fielding its team in the GAC since 2013. The team plays home games at Crain Family Stadium in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Baptist's head coach is Chris Jensen, who took over the position for the 2013 season when the school revived its football program for the first time since 1940.[3]
- Independent (1910–1921)
- Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1922–1928)
- Big Four Conference (1929–1932)
- Independent (1933–1935)
- Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (1936–1940)
- Central States Football League (2013–2014)
- Great American Conference (2015–present)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert E. Kennedy | 1910 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Clyde Becker | 1911 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | William L. Clark | 1915 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Bill Smith | 1916 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.300 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Unknown | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Oliver Talmage Marston | 1919 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Ivan Grove | 1920–1921 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0.447 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Roland E. Lee | 1922 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.188 |
| 9 | Vic Hurt | 1923–1929, 1931–1934 | 99 | 63 | 29 | 7 | 0.672 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0.711 |
| 10 | Archie W. Butcher | 1930 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 11 | Eddie Hurt Jr. | 1935–1938 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0.597 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0.688 |
| 12 | Windy Nicklaus | 1939–1940 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0.786 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.792 |
| 13 | Chris Jensen[7] | 2013–present | 122 | 47 | 75 | 0 | 0.385 | 39 | 70 | 0 | 0.358 |