Oklahoma Baptist Bison football

College football team

Oklahoma Baptist Bison football

First season| 1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Athletic director| Robert Davenport
Head coach| Chris Jensen
10th season, 44–67 (.396)
Stadium| Crain Family Stadium
(capacity: 4,000)
Year built| 2008
Field surface| Bermudagrass
Location| Shawnee, Oklahoma
NCAA division| Division II
Conference| Great American
Past conferences| Independent (1910–1921, 1933–1935)
Oklahoma Intercollegiate (1922–1928)
Big Four (1929–1932)
Oklahoma Collegiate (1936–1940)
Central States (2013–2014)
All-time record| 159-157-14 (.503)
Bowl record| 1-0 (1.000)
Conference titles| 2
Rivalries| Southern Nazarene[1]
Colors| Green and gold[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]

## Conference affiliations

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* 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

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### Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list  General  | Overall  | Conference  | Postseason[A 1]

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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

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records  No.  | Name  | Season(s)  | GC  | OW  | OL  | OT  | O%  | CW  | CL  | CT  | C%

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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  | 40  | 19  | 17  | 1  | 0.527 | 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  | 100  | 38  | 62  | 0  | 0.380 | 31  | 56  | 0  | 0.356

## Year-by-year results

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National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth

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Season  | Year  | Head coach  | Association  | Division  | Conference  | Record  | Postseason  | Final ranking

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Overall  | Conference
Win  | Loss  | Tie  | Finish  | Win  | Loss  | Tie
Oklahoma Baptist Bison
1910 | 1910 | Robert E. Kennedy | NCAA | —  | Independent  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1911 | 1911 | Clyde Becker | 1  | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
No team from 1912 to 1914
1915 | 1915 | William L. Clark | NCAA | —  | Independent  | 0  | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1916 | 1916 | Bill Smith | 1  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
No team in 1917
1918 | 1918 | Unknown  | NCAA | —  | Independent  | 0  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |
1919 | 1919 | Oliver Talmage Martson | 1  | 7  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1920 | 1920 | Ivan Grove | 5  | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1921 | 1921 | 3  | 5  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1922 | 1922 | Roland E. Lee | OIC | 2  | 7  | 1  | 9th  | 1  | 6  | 1  | —  | —
1923 | 1923 | Vic Hurt | 4  | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1924 | 1924 | 8  | 3  | 0  | 2nd  | 6  | 1  | 0  | —  | —
1925 | 1925 | 8  | 1  | 0  | 2nd  | 6  | 1  | 0  | —  | —
1926 | 1926 | 6  | 1  | 1  | 3rd  | 4  | 1  | 1  | —  | —
1927 | 1927 | 6  | 1  | 2  | T–1st  | 5  | 1  | 1  | Conference co-champions  | —
1928 | 1928 | 5  | 2  | 2  | 2nd  | 4  | 1  | 2  | —  | —
1929 | 1929 | BFC | 5  | 3  | 0  | T–2nd  | 2  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
1930 | 1930 | Archie W. Butcher | 4  | 5  | 0  | 4th  | 0  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
1931 | 1931 | Vic Hurt | 3  | 6  | 0  | 3rd  | 1  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
1932 | 1932 | 5  | 4  | 0  | 2nd  | 2  | 1  | 0  | —  | —
1933 | 1933 | Independent  | 6  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1934 | 1934 | 7  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1935 | 1935 | Eddie Hurt Jr. & Sam W. Wilcoxson | 2  | 6  | 1  |  |  |  |  | —  | —
1936 | 1936 | Eddie Hurt Jr. | OCC | 4  | 4  | 2  | 5th  | 1  | 2  | 1  | —  | —
1937 | 1937 | 6  | 4  | 1  | 2nd  | 4  | 1  | 1  | —  | —
1938 | 1938 | 7  | 3  | 0  | 2nd  | 5  | 1  | 0  | —  | —
1939 | 1939 | Windy Nicklaus | 8  | 2  | 0  | T–2nd  | 4  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
1940 | 1940 | 8  | 2  | 1  | 1st  | 5  | 0  | 1  | Conference champions  | —
No team from 1941 to 2012
2013 | 2013 | Chris Jensen | NAIA | —  | CSFL | 3  | 8  | 0  | 4th  | 2  | 3  | 0  | —  | —
2014 | 2014 | 8  | 3  | 0  | 3rd  | 3  | 2  | 0  | —  | —
2015 | 2015 | NCAA | Division II | GAC | 2  | 9  | 0  | 10th  | 2  | 9  | 0  | —  | —
2016 | 2016 | 2  | 9  | 0  | T–10th  | 2  | 9  | 0  | —  | —
2017 | 2017 | 2  | 9  | 0  | T–11th  | 2  | 9  | 0  | —  | —
2018 | 2018 | 5  | 6  | 0  | T–6th  | 5  | 6  | 0  | —  | —
2019 | 2019 | 7  | 4  | 0  | 5th  | 7  | 4  | 0  | —  | —
No team in 2020 due to COVID-19
2021 | 2021 | Chris Jensen | NCAA | Division II | GAC | 8  | 4  | 0  | T–5th  | 7  | 4  | 0  | W Heritage | —
2022 | 2022 | 1  | 10  | 0  | T–11th  | 1  | 10  | 0  | —  | —
2023 | 2023 | 6  | 5  | 0  | T–5th  | 6  | 5  | 0  | —  | —

## Notes

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1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "--" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Beech, Jordan. "Bison Face Rival SNU on Senior Day". obubison.com. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
2. ^ "OBU Athletics Branding Guide" (PDF). June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
3. ^ Griffin, David. "Southmoore's Chris Jensen Named OBU Head Coach". www.newson6.com. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
5. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
6. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
7. ^ Munn, Scott (January 12, 2012). "State college football: Meet new Oklahoma Baptist coach Chris Jensen". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

## External links

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Great American Conference football

Current members|

* Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys
* Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils
* East Central Tigers
* Harding Bisons
* Henderson State Reddies
* Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers
* Oklahoma Baptist Bison
* Ouachita Baptist Tigers
* Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm
* Southern Arkansas Muleriders
* Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm
* Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs

Standings|

Standings

Rivalries|

* Battle of the Ravine (Henderson State–Ouachita Baptist)
* Battle of the Timberlands (Arkansas–Monticello–Southern Arkansas)

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