Buddy Benson
American football player and coach (1933–2011)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1933-11-09)November 9, 1933 Wright City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | April 22, 2011(2011-04-22) (aged 77) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1952 | Oklahoma |
1953–1954 | Arkansas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1956–1957 | Lewisville HS (AR) |
1961–1964 | Ouachita Baptist (assistant) |
1965–1995 | Ouachita Baptist |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 152–127–2 (college) 17–2–2 (high school) |
Jesse N. "Buddy" Benson (November 9, 1933 – April 22, 2011) was an American football player and coach.[1]
Benson played college football at the University of Oklahoma for one season (1952) under head coach Bud Wilkinson before transferring to the University of Arkansas for his final two years.[2]
He served as the head football coach at a high school in Lewisville, Arkansas from 1956 to 1957 before embarking on a coaching career spanning four decades at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1965–1994) | |||||||||
1965 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
1966 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–1st | |||||
1967 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–4 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
1968 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–2–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1969 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1970 | Ouachita Baptist | 8–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | 15 | ||||
1971 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–3 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
1972 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |||||
1973 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1974 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | 13 | ||||
1975 | Ouachita Baptist | 9–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NAIA semifinal | ||||
1976 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
1977 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1978 | Ouachita Baptist | 8–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | 9 | ||||
1979 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1980 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
1981 | Ouachita Baptist | 3–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1982 | Ouachita Baptist | 8–3 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA quarterfinal | 8 | |||
1983 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–7–1 | 1–4–1 | 5th | |||||
1984 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1985 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–3rd | 17 | ||||
1986 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 4th | |||||
1987 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–4–1 | 2–4 | ||||||
1988 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–5–1 | 2–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
1989 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | 20 | ||||
1990 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | 18 | ||||
1991 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1992 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–9 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
1993 | Ouachita Baptist | 3–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1994 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–5 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1995) | |||||||||
1995 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–7 | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist: | 161–140–8 | 85–88–6 | |||||||
Total: | 161–140–8 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
External links
- Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame profile Archived 2018-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
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Ouachita Baptist Tigers head football coaches
- Unknown (1896)
- John W. Conger (1897)
- No team (1898–1905)
- William Fenna Rogers (1906)
- Raymond Kelly (1907)
- Edward J. Ryan (1908)
- Chester A. Miller (1909–1911)
- Morley Jennings (1912–1925)
- Foy Hammons (1926–1930)
- Bo Rowland (1931)
- Otis Galloway (1932–1933)
- William I. Walton (1934–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Robert A. Cowan (1945–1946)
- Robert Smith (1947)
- Wes Bradshaw (1948–1949)
- Rab Rodgers (1950–1957)
- Lamar Watkins (1958–1960)
- Rab Rodgers (1961–1963)
- Buddy Benson (1965–1995)
- Red Parker (1996–1998)
- Todd Knight (1999–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Todd Knight (2021– )