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Oscar Dahlene

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Oscar Dahlene
Biographical details
Born(1886-04-24)April 24, 1886
DiedOctober 22, 1949(1949-10-22) (aged 63)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1908–1909Kansas
Position(s)Placekicker, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1910Ottawa (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall2–3–1

Oscar J. Dahlene (April 24, 1886 – October 22, 1949) was an American college football player and coach. He was the eighth president of Pritchett College in Glasgow, Missouri, serving from 1917 until 1920.[1][2] He died in 1949 in Alabama.[3]

Playing career

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Dahlene joined the football program his junior year at the University of Kansas as a placekicker and fullback[4] under head coach A. R. Kennedy.

The 1908 Kansas Jayhawks were the undisputed Missouri Valley Conference champion and finished with a record of 9–0.[5] As a kicker, he was the only player to score in the first half of the Nebraska game in 1908, scoring 16 points.[6] Kansas won the game by a score of 20–15,[7] thus making Dahlene's 16 points critical to their undefeated 9–0 season and conference title.

In 1909 Kansas went 8–1,[8] starting the season with eight straight wins, and the program did not repeat until the 2007 season.[9]

Coaching career

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After graduation from the University of Kansas, Dahlene was named the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. He held the position for the 1910 season, compiling a record of 2–3–1.[10] His 1910 teams was outscored by one point: 30 to 29.

Dahlene's first game as a head coach was against his former mentor, A. R. Kennedy.

Season results[11]

Game # W/L Opponent Score Notes
1 L Kansas 0-11 Opposing coach A. R. Kennedy accumulated more wins than any other coach at KU and is second in winning percentage. Game was played October 10, 1910 in Lawrence, Kansas.[12]
2 W Washburn University 9-0 Washburn ended the season 4-4[13]
3 T Baker University 3-3 Baker returned to competition this year because the Kansas conference of the Methodist church had banned the game from the Baker campus in 1893[14]
4 W Haskell Indian Nations University 11-0 Home game on November 13, 1910[15] This was one of seven losses for Haskell, who completed the season at an uncharacteristic poor record of 2-7[16]
5 L Kansas Normal School 0-5 Opposing coach Fred Honhart completed season 5–2.[17]
6 L William Jewell College 6-11 William Jewell fielded Charles M. Boyer, future US Army Colonel and member of the Southern Football Officials’ Association[18]

References

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  1. ^ Missouri Historical Review, 26:223-235, “Pritchett College,” Smith, T. Berry (1932)
  2. ^ Chicago Daily News, 1919 Almanac Archive (large file to load)
  3. ^ Lawrence Journal World Monday, October 24, 1949
  4. ^ 1909 Kansas Jayhawker Yearbook, page 212
  5. ^ "University of Kansas 1908 Football Records". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  6. ^ 1909 Kansas Jayhawker Yearbook, page 216
  7. ^ KU Sports Football History Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Win/Loss Record 1890 - 1910
  8. ^ "University of Kansas 1909 football records". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  9. ^ KU Sports News
  10. ^ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Ottawa University 1910 season results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
  12. ^ "A.R. "Bert" Kennedy's 1910 season at KU". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
  13. ^ Washburn University football guide
  14. ^ Kansas Historical Quarterly College Football in Kansas
  15. ^ College Football Reference Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa University
  16. ^ ShrpSports.com 1910 Haskell Football
  17. ^ "Emporia State media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
  18. ^ Arlington National Cemetery, Charles M. Boyer
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