Oscar J. Dahlene (April 24, 1886 – October 22, 1949) was an American

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

player and coach. He was the eighth president of

Pritchett College Pritchett College was a small institution that operated in Glasgow, Missouri from 1866 until 1922. It was founded as Pritchett School Institute and became known as Pritchett College after 1897. History The first classes were conducted in the 1866 ...

in Glasgow, Missouri, serving from 1917 until 1920. He died in 1949 in Alabama.

Playing career

Dahlene joined the football program his junior year at the University of Kansas as a

placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker (PK or K), is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points. In many cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist or punter. Spe ...

and

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under head coach

A. R. Kennedy Albert Rutherford Kennedy (October 24, 1876 – September 5, 1969) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at both the University of Kansas for three seasons, from 1895 to 1897, including one as team captain, and at t ...

. The 1908 Kansas Jayhawks were the undisputed Missouri Valley Conference champion and finished with a record of 9–0. As a kicker, he was the only player to score in the first half of the Nebraska game in 1908, scoring 16 points. Kansas won the game by a score of 20–15, thus making Dahlene's 16 points critical to their undefeated 9–0 season and conference title. In 1909 Kansas went 8–1, starting the season with eight straight wins, and the program did not repeat until the 2007 season.

Coaching career

After graduation from the University of Kansas, Dahlene was named the fourth head football coach at

Ottawa University Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas, a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City, Phoenix and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. It was founded in ...

in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for the 1910 season. His coaching record at Ottawa was 2–3–1. 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

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