American football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1898–1970)
Bunny Oakes
Biographical details
Born
(1898-09-15)September 15, 1898 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Died
October 22, 1970(1970-10-22) (aged 72) near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1922–1923
Illinois
Position(s)
Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1924–1925
Tennessee (line)
1926–1930
Nebraska (line)
1931–1934
Montana
1935–1939
Colorado
1941–1946
Wyoming
1947–1948
Grinnell
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1945–1946
Wyoming (interim AD)
1947–1949
Grinnell
Head coaching record
Overall
43–69–4
Bowls
0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As coach:
2 RMC (1935, 1937)
1 Mountain States (1939)
As player:
National champion (1923)
Bernard F. "Bunny" Oakes (September 15, 1898 – October 22, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Montana (1931–1934), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1935–1939), the University of Wyoming (1941–1946), and Grinnell College (1947–1948), compiling a career college football record of 43–69–4.
Bernard F. "Bunny" Oakes (September 15, 1898 – October 22, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the...
those seasons, 11 coaches have led Colorado to postseason bowl games: BunnyOakes, Dallas Ward, Marcel M. Mazur, Bud Davis, Eddie Crowder, Bill Mallory...
those seasons, nine coaches have led Colorado to postseason bowl games: BunnyOakes, Dallas Ward, Bud Davis, Eddie Crowder, Bill Mallory, Bill McCartney...
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Wyatt turned around a team that had struggled under previous coach BunnyOakes and had operated intermittently in the previous years because of World...
was involved in the day-to-day activities of his two businesses: Crooked Oaks Hunting Preserve and Quail Hollow Gardens Japanese Maple Farm & Nursery....
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during the 1936 college football season. Led by second-year head coach BunnyOakes, Colorado compiled an overall record of 4–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference...
Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach BunnyOakes, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season...
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Mills (1918–1919) Myron E. Witham (1920–1931) Bill Saunders (1932–1934) BunnyOakes (1935–1939) Frank Potts (1940) James J. Yeager (1941–1943) Frank Potts...
coach who had originally recruited him, BunnyOakes, had left prior to the season; Bowden Wyatt, who succeeded Oakes, imposed a round-the-clock training regimen...
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1942 college football season. In its second season under head coach BunnyOakes, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–5 against MSC opponents) and was outscored...
Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach BunnyOakes, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season...
(1933–1938) Joel Hunt (1939) Okie Blanchard (1940) BunnyOakes (1941–1942) No team (1943–1945) BunnyOakes (1946) Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952) Phil Dickens (1953–1956)...
(1933–1938) Joel Hunt (1939) Okie Blanchard (1940) BunnyOakes (1941–1942) No team (1943–1945) BunnyOakes (1946) Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952) Phil Dickens (1953–1956)...
(1933–1938) Joel Hunt (1939) Okie Blanchard (1940) BunnyOakes (1941–1942) No team (1943–1945) BunnyOakes (1946) Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952) Phil Dickens (1953–1956)...
during the 1938 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach BunnyOakes, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 3–4–1 with a mark of 3–2–1...
States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by BunnyOakes in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled an...
Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). In its second season under head coach BunnyOakes, the team compiled a 2–7 record (0–5 in conference), finished in last...
the 1935 college football season. In its first season under head coach BunnyOakes, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4 record with a mark of 5–1...
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