1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football
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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 2Henderson
W 24–0[4]
October 16at DrurySpringfield, MOW 12–6[5]
October 23Fairmount
  • 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 University
W 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.
  4. ^ "Sensational Run By Sibley Ward". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 3, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Arkansas Master Of Drury College". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 17, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Fairmount Slaughtered". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 24, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Arkansas Head Is High Today". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 31, 1909. p. 16. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Arkansas squad who proved too much for the Louisiana Tigers". The Commercial Appeal. November 14, 1909. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ouachita Was Easy". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 16, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Arkansas and Washington Ready for Today's Battle". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 25, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Arkansas Whip W.U. Team, 34-0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 26, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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