Buddy Benson
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Wright City, Oklahoma, U.S. | November 9, 1933
Died | April 22, 2011 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 77)
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
[edit]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 | T–5th | |||||
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 (NAIA Division I 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
[edit]- ^ "Jesse Benson". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Jesse Benson". Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.