1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
CaptainStanley Phillip
Home stadiumThe Hill
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arkansas     7 0 0
Texas A&M     7 0 1
Mississippi College
    3 0 0
Stetson     3 0 1
Kentucky State     9 1 0
Virginia     7 1 0
North Carolina A&M     6 1 0
VPI     6 1 0
Florida     6 1 1
Elon     4 1 0
Louisiana Industrial     4 1 0
Spring Hill     4 1 0
Catholic University
    0 1 1
North Carolina     5 2 0
Kendall     2 1 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     5 2 2
Marshall     3 2 1
VMI     4 3 0
Navy     4 3 1
Texas     4 3 1
Tulane     4 3 2
West Virginia     4 3 2
Washington and Lee     4 3 0
Oklahoma     6 4 0
Georgetown     3 2 1
Oklahoma A&M     5 3 0
Davidson     3 4 2
George Washington     3 4 1
Chattanooga     2 3 2
Wake Forest     2 4 0
Maryland     2 5 0
South Carolina     2 6 0
Delaware     1 6 1

The 1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1909 college football season. In their second year under head coach Hugo Bezdek, Arkansas (whose mascot before 1910 was the Cardinals) compiled a 7–0 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 185 to 18.[1]

Oklahoma disputes the score of a 21–6 Arkansas win on October 23, but the team achieved its first ever perfect season at 7–0.[2]

After defeating LSU in Memphis on November 13, Bezdek gave an impromptu press conference at the Fayetteville train station after the team arrived, stating that his team had "played like a wild band of razorback hogs!". The University of Arkansas students loved the reference, and the nickname stuck. By the next school year, the student body voted to change the school mascot from Cardinals to Razorbacks.

Amos Alonzo Stagg traveled to Little Rock and refereed the Arkansas-Washington game on Thanksgiving Day.[3]

Arkansas was considered the unofficial "Champions of the South" for 1909.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2
Henderson
W 24–0[4]
October 16at
Drury
Springfield, MOW 12–6[5]
October 23
Fairmount
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 23–6[6]
October 30Oklahoma
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 21–6[7]
November 13vs. LSU
W 16–0[8]
November 15at Ouachita BaptistArkadelphia, ARW 55–0[9]
November 252:30 p.m.Washington UniversityW 34–05,000[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "1909 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Howell, James. "Oklahoma Historical Scores." Scores (1903, 1905, 1909, 1912–present). Retrieved on April 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Henry, Orville and Jim Bailey. "The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football".University of Arkansas Press, 1996.
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