John Reinhold "Chief" Bender was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Black Hills State University (1905), Washington State University, Haskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), St. Louis University (1910–1911), Kansas State University (1915), and the University of Tennessee (1916–1920), compiling a career record of 67–32–7. He is one of the few college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school. Bender was also the head basketball coach at Washington State (1907–1908) and Tennessee, and the head baseball coach at Washington State and Tennessee.
Albert Rutherford Kennedy 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 the University of Pennsylvania, for one season in 1899. Kennedy also played one year of professional football immediately after graduating from Penn. During this time he played in the first professional football game ever played in Madison Square Garden which was also the first indoor professional football game ever played. After his one and only year of playing professionally, he returned to his home state of Kansas and coached football at Washburn University, at the University of Kansas (1904–1910), and at the Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University (1911–1915), compiling a career record of 95–36–10. His 52 wins with the Kansas Jayhawks football team are the most in the program's history. He remains, as of 2018, the last coach to lead the Jayhawks to a perfect season.
Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians represent Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. The Fighting Indians are a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and compete as an independent. Before July 2015, CCC competed in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC).
The Haskell Fighting Indians football team represented the Haskell Institute, later known as Haskell Indian Nations University, in college football. They fielded their first football team in 1895.
The 1925 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Institute as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Hanley, the team compiled a 9–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 229 to 65.
The 1901 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach Alfred G. Ellick, Haskell compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 58. The team's victories included games against Kansas and Missouri; its losses were to Minnesota and Nebraska.
The 1902 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1902 college football season. Haskell compiled an 8–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 79. Its victories included shutouts against Missouri (40-0), Texas (12-0), and Washington University (18-0); its losses were to Illinois (10-24) and Nebraska (0-28).
The 1903 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Albert E. Herrnstein, Haskell compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 50. Its victories included shutouts against Texas (6-0), Missouri (12-0), and Creighton (22-0); its losses were to Nebraska (0-16) and Chicago (11-17).
The 1905 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Boyd Hill, Haskell compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 78.
The 1909 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach John R. Bender, Haskell compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 73. Its victories included games against Texas (12–11) and Nebraska (16–5); its losses were to Baylor (0–12) and Texas A&M (0–15).
The 1900 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In its first season under head coach Alfred G. Ellick, Haskell compiled a 9–1 record and shut out six of ten opponents.
The 1895 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Prior to the fall of 1895, Haskell had field a baseball team. The 1895 season was the school's first competing in football. No record has been found identifying a coach for the team.
The 1906 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach John H. Outland, Haskell compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 96 to 53. Coach Outland was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and is the namesake of the Outland Trophy.
The 1907 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bemus Pierce, Haskell compiled a 2–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 167 to 38.
The 1908 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first season under head coach John R. Bender, Haskell compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 79 to 65.
The 1910 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1910 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bill Caldwell, Haskell compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by a total of 341 to 37.
The 1914 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach A. R. Kennedy, Haskell compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 89. Its victories included games against Texas A&M and LSU; its losses included games against Notre Dame, Texas, and Oklahoma.
The 1915 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach A. R. Kennedy, Haskell compiled a 5–5 record and was outscored by a total of 150 to 75. Its victories included a game Oklahoma A&M; its losses included games against Illinois, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and Chicago.
The 1917 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Antonio Lubo, Haskell compiled a 6–5 record. "Pep" Black was the team captain.
