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Dick Offenhamer

Dick Offenhamer held Buffalo at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

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1962–1965 · 1 stint
Buffalo
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerBUFFALONational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBuffalo, 1962: 6-3, Regional Program II1962Buffalo, 1963: 5-3, Regional Program II1963Buffalo, 1964: 4-4, Regional Program II1964Buffalo, 1965: 5-3, Regional Program I1965+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Buffalo, 4 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program II → Regional Program I.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Winless in 3 tries against Edward Anderson.

One-score games
3–4–2
33.3% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Edward Anderson0–2–1
3 meetings, 1962–1964
’62 L’63 T’64 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
National Program
1–3 25.0%
Regional Program
6–5 54.5%

Coaching career

1962–1965
Buffalocaretaker
Regional Program I
Dick Offenhamer held Buffalo at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

1st-best Buffalo tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Doc Urich (1966–1968).

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