1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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 186 to 18.[1][2]

1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceIndependent
1909 record7–0
Head coach
Home stadiumThe Hill
1909 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Spring Hill      4 1 0
Catholic University      0 1 1
North Carolina      5 2 0
Kendall      2 1 0
VMI      4 3 0
Navy      4 3 1
Texas      4 3 1
Tulane      4 3 2
West Virginia      4 3 2
Oklahoma      6 4 0
William & Mary      6 4 0
Georgetown      3 2 1
Oklahoma A&M      5 3 0
Davidson      3 4 2
Chattanooga      2 3 2
Wake Forest      2 4 0
Maryland      2 5 0
South Carolina      2 6 0
Delaware      1 6 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.[3]

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.[4]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2Henderson StateW 24–0
October 9at DrurySpringfield, MOW 12–6
October 16Fairmount
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 23–6
October 23Oklahoma
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 21–6
October 30,at Ouachita BaptistArkadelphia, ARW 56–0
November 13vs. LSU
W 16–0
November 25Washington UniversityLittle Rock, ARW 34–0

References

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