Oscar J. Dahlene (April 24, 1886 â 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. He died in 1949 in Alabama.
Dahlene joined the football program his junior year at the University of Kansas as a placekicker and fullback under head coach A. R. Kennedy.
The 1908 Kansas Jayhawks were the undisputed Missouri Valley Conference champion and finished with a record of 9âÂÂ0. 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 20âÂÂ15, thus making Dahlene's 16 points critical to their undefeated 9âÂÂ0 season and conference title.
In 1909 Kansas went 8âÂÂ1, starting the season with eight straight wins, and the program did not repeat until the 2007 season.
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 2âÂÂ3âÂÂ1. 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.
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