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.
Conference affiliations 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
Coaches + 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% 1 Robert E. Kennedy 1910 – – – – – – – – – 2 Clyde Becker 1911 6 1 4 1 – – – – 3William 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 31 17 11 3 10 4 2 12 Windy Nicklaus 1939–1940 21 16 4 1 9 2 1 13 Chris Jensen 2013–present 122 47 75 0 39 70 0
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieOklahoma Baptist Bison 1910 1910Robert E. KennedyNCAA—Independent—— 1911 1911Clyde Becker141——No team from 1912 to 1914 1915 1915William L. ClarkNCAA—Independent030—— 1916 1916Bill Smith131——No team in 191719181918UnknownNCAA—Independent010 1919 1919Oliver Talmage Martson171—— 1920 1920Ivan Grove550—— 1921 1921351—— 1922 1922Roland E. LeeOIC2719th161—— 1923 1923Vic Hurt441—— 1924 19248302nd610—— 1925 19258102nd610—— 1926 19266113rd411—— 1927 1927612T–1st511Conference co-champions— 1928 19285222nd412—— 1929 1929BFC530T–2nd230—— 1930 1930Archie W. Butcher4504th030—— 1931 1931Vic Hurt3603rd120—— 1932 19325402nd210—— 1933 1933Independent621—— 1934 1934720—— 1935 1935Eddie Hurt Jr. & Sam W. Wilcoxson261—— 1936 1936Eddie Hurt Jr.OCC4425th121—— 1937 19376412nd411—— 1938 19387302nd510—— 1939 1939Windy Nicklaus820T–2nd420—— 1940 19408211st501Conference champions—No team from 1941 to 2012 2013 2013Chris JensenNAIA—CSFL4704th230—— 2014 20148303rd320—— 2015 2015NCAADivision IIGAC29010th290—— 2016 2016290T–10th290—— 2017 2017290T–11th290—— 2018 2018560T–6th560—— 2019 20197405th740——No team in 2020 due to COVID-19 2021 2021Chris JensenNCAADivision IIGAC840T–5th740W Heritage— 2022 20221100T–11th1100—— 2023 2023650T–5th650—— 2024 2024290T–11th290——
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