Buddy Benson

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Jesse N. "Buddy" Benson (November 9, 1933 – April 22, 2011) was an American football player and coach.^[1]

Buddy Benson

Biographical details
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)

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#
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