NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 9: A statue of former head coach Benjamin Gilbert "Bennie" Owen of the Oklahoma Sooners stands outside Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 9, 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 42-41. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Bennie Owen is the forgotten man in Oklahoma football’s fabulous foursome of head coaches.
The man for whom the field at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is named after won the fewest games among the four members of OU’s century club, but he coached the longest of any of the Sooners’ 22 head coaches.