Bennie Ellender
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1925–2011)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bennie Ellender
| image = Bennie Ellender at Tulane.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Ellender pictured in Jambalaya 1976, Tulane yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|3|2}}
| birth_place = Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|22|1925|3|2}}
| death_place = Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1943–1944
| player_team1 = Tulane
| player_years2 = 1946–1947
| player_team2 = Tulane
| player_positions = Quarterback, safety
| coach_years1 = 1959
| coach_team1 = Tulane (freshmen)
| coach_years2 = 1960–1961
| coach_team2 = Tulane (OB)
| coach_years3 = 1962
| coach_team3 = Arkansas State (DB)
| coach_years4 = 1963–1970
| coach_team4 = Arkansas State
| coach_years5 = 1971–1975
| coach_team5 = Tulane
| overall_record = 79–49–4
| bowl_record = 2–2
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 NCAA College Division (1970)
3 Southland (1968–1970)
| awards = AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1970)
| coaching_records =
}}
Bennie Ellender Jr. (March 2, 1925 – December 22, 2011){{Cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Bennie-Ellender&lc=7863&pid=155221652&mid=4933501&locale=en_US|title = Bennie Ellender Obituary}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/tulane/578782-former-tulane-football-player-coach-bennie-ellender-dies-at-age-86.html |title=Former Tulane football player, coach Bennie Ellender dies at age 86 |access-date=December 29, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203032215/http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/tulane/578782-former-tulane-football-player-coach-bennie-ellender-dies-at-age-86.html |archive-date=February 3, 2012 }} was an American college football player and coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.kplctv.com/story/16388187/former-arkansas-state-tulane-coach-dies |title=Former Arkansas State, Tulane Coach Dies - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana |access-date=September 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122136/http://www.kplctv.com/story/16388187/former-arkansas-state-tulane-coach-dies |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }} He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1963 to 1970 and at Tulane University from 1971 to 1975, compiling a career college football record of 79–49–4.
Ellender led the Arkansas State program to three consecutive Pecan Bowl games, which was one of the regional bowl games set up for the NCAA College Division to choose a champion. His 1970 team finished 11–0 and was ranked #1 in the final polls, earning his team the College Division championship. Ellender was selected AFCA College Division Coach of the Year following the season.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FIH/is_6_72/ai_n18615048 AFCA Coach of the Year | Coach and Athletic Director | Find Articles at BNET.com] After the 1970 season, Ellender left ASU to become head football coach at his alma mater, Tulane.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Arkansas State Indians
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1963
| endyear = single
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| year = 1963
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 2–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Arkansas State Indians
| conf = Southland Conference
| startyear = 1964
| endyear = 1970
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 7–0–2
| conference = 2–0–2
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = 15
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| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 5th
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| year = 1966
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = 11
| ranking2 = 6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| championship = conference
| year = 1968
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference = 3–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Pecan
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 14
| ranking2 = 15
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1969
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 8–1–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Pecan
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = 7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1970
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 11–0
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Pecan
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = 1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 52–20–4
| confrecord = 18–7–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Tulane Green Wave
| conf = NCAA University Division / Division I independent
| startyear = 1971
| endyear = 1975
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| year = 1971
| name = Tulane
| overall = 3–8
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| year = 1972
| name = Tulane
| overall = 6–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Tulane
| overall = 9–3
| conference =
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| bowlname = Astro-Bluebonnet
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 15
| ranking2 = 20
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Tulane
| overall = 5–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1975
| name = Tulane
| overall = 4–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Tulane
| overall = 27–29
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 79–49–4
| bowls = no
| poll = two
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References
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