1908 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1908

| team = Arkansas Razorbacks

| sport = football

| image = Arkansas Football 1908.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 5–4

| head_coach = Hugo Bezdek

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Willis Nelson

| stadium = The Hill

}}

The 1908 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1908 college football season. The Razorbacks compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 214 to 120.{{cite web|title=1908 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=August 5, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/1908-schedule.html}} In February 1908, Arkansas hired Hugo Bezdek, who had played at the fullback position for Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago Maroons football teams, as athletic director and football coach.{{cite news|title=Hugo Bezdek Coaches Arkansas University|newspaper=The Oregon Daily Journal|date=February 13, 1908|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2960684/hugo_bezdek_coaches_arkansas_university/}} The 1908 season was Bezdek's first at the helm of the Arkansas team.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| w/l = w

| opponent = Haskell

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 6–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Indians Lost First Game Of Season 6 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lawrence-daily-world/140950258/ |newspaper=Lawrence Daily World |location=Lawrence, Kansas |date=October 6, 1908 |page=4 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = w

| opponent = Ole Miss

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 33–0

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-mississippi-0-ar/140940633/|work=The Arkansas Gazette|title=Mississippi 0, Arkansas 33; State University eleven plays rings around University of Mississippi|date=October 11, 1908|access-date=February 14, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Saint Louis

| site_stadium = Sportsman's Park

| site_cityst = St. Louis, MO

| score = 0–24

| source = {{cite news|title=Belated Rally Gives St. L. U. Easy Victory|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=October 18, 1908|page=1S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30407858/belated_rally_gives_st_l_u_easy/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Henderson Reddies|title=Henderson}}

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 51–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Varsity Wins From Henderson, 51-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140950492/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=October 25, 1908 |page=10 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oklahoma

| site_stadium = Boyd Field

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 5–27

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=The Sooners Won |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal/140950778/ |newspaper=The Topeka Daily State Journal |location=Topeka, Kansas |date=October 31, 1908 |page=2 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Texas

| site_stadium = Clark Field

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–21

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123682358/texas-wins-from-u-of-a-210/|work=The Arkansas Gazette|title=Texas wins from U. of A., 21–0|date=November 3, 1908|accessdate=April 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Pittsburg Normal Gorillas|title=Pittsburg Normal}}

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 42–12

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Kansas Beaten By Arkansas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140951024/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=November 15, 1908 |page=2 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 21

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Ouachita Baptist Tigers|title=Ouachita College}}

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 73–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Arkansas 73 Ouachita 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140951259/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=November 22, 1908 |page=2 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| w/l = l

| opponent = LSU

| site_stadium = West End Park

| site_cityst = Little Rock, AR

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 4–36

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5205143/daily_arkansas_gazette/|work=Daily Arkansas Gazette|page=8|date=November 27, 1908|title=Louisiana Beats Arkansas 36-4|access-date=May 9, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

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References

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