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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 Bison football | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First season | 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 |
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)
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 | 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 |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | ||||
- 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.
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