Teamname: | Oklahoma Baptist Bison football |
Athleticdirector: | Robert Davenport |
Headcoach: | Chris Jensen |
Headcoachyear: | 10th |
Hcwins: | 44 |
Hclosses: | 67 |
Stadium: | Crain Family Stadium |
Stadiumbuilt: | 2008 |
Stadcapacity: | 4,000 |
Stadsurface: | Bermudagrass |
Location: | Shawnee, Oklahoma |
Ncaadivision: | II |
Conference: | Great American |
Pastaffiliations: | Independent (1910–1921, 1933–1935) Oklahoma Intercollegiate (1922–1928) Big Four (1929–1932) Oklahoma Collegiate (1936–1940) Central States (2013–2014) |
Atwins: | 159 |
Atlosses: | 157 |
Atties: | 14 |
Bowlwins: | 1 |
Bowllosses: | 0 |
Conftitles: | 2 |
Rivalries: | Southern Nazarene[1] |
Mascotdisplay: | Bison |
Websitename: | obubison.com/football |
Websiteurl: | https://obubison.com/sports/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.[2]
Name | width= px style="" | Season(s) | width= px style="" | GC | width= px style="" | OW | width= px style="" | OL | width= px style="" | OT | width= px style="" | O% | width= px style="" | CW | width= px style="" | CL | width= px style="" | CT | width= px style="" | C% |
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1 | Robert E. Kennedy | 1910 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
2 | Clyde Becker | 1911 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
3 | William L. Clark | 1915 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
4 | Bill Smith | 1916 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
5 | Unknown | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
6 | Oliver Talmage Marston | 1919 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
7 | Ivan Grove | 1920–1921 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
8 | Roland E. Lee | 1922 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
9 | Vic Hurt | 1923–1929, 1931–1934 | 99 | 63 | 29 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||
10 | Archie W. Butcher | 1930 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
11 | Eddie Hurt Jr. | 1935–1938 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
12 | Windy Nicklaus | 1939–1940 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
13 | Chris Jensen[3] | 2013–present | 100 | 38 | 62 | 0 | 31 | 56 | 0 |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
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 | — | — |