1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1909

| team = Arkansas Razorbacks

| sport = football

| image = 1909 Arkansas Team Photo.png

| caption = 1909 Arkansas Razorbacks group photo

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 7–0

| head_coach = Hugo Bezdek

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Stanley Phillip

| stadium = The Hill

}}

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.{{cite web|title=1909 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/1909-schedule.html}}

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.Howell, James. "Oklahoma Historical Scores." [http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Oklahoma.htm Scores (1903, 1905, 1909, 1912–present).] Retrieved on April 6, 2008.

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.Henry, Orville and Jim Bailey. "The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football".University of Arkansas Press, 1996.

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

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Henderson Reddies|title=Henderson}}

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 24–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Sensational Run By Sibley Ward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140948463/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=October 3, 1909 |page=8 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Drury Panthers|title=Drury}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Springfield, MO

| score = 12–6

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Arkansas Master Of Drury College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949095/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=October 17, 1909 |page=6 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Fairmount Wheatshockers|title=Fairmount}}

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 23–6

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Fairmount Slaughtered |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949243/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=October 24, 1909 |page=10 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = w

| opponent = Oklahoma

| site_stadium = The Hill

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| score = 21–6

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Arkansas Head Is High Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949497/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=October 31, 1909 |page=16 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = LSU

| site_stadium = Red Elm Field

| site_cityst = Memphis, TN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 16–0

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-arkansas-squad-who/140750079/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Arkansas squad who proved too much for the Louisiana Tigers|date=November 14, 1909|accessdate=February 11, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Ouachita Baptist Tigers|title=Ouachita Baptist}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Arkadelphia, AR

| score = 55–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Ouachita Was Easy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949729/ |newspaper=Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=November 16, 1909 |page=6 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington University

| site_stadium = West End Park

| site_cityst = Little Rock, AR

| score = 34–0

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Arkansas and Washington Ready for Today's Battle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/128388297/ |newspaper=Daily Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=November 25, 1909 |page=8 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Arkansas Whip W.U. Team, 34-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat/128388116/ |newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=November 26, 1909 |page=8 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

References

External links

[https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/hugo_bezdek_and_the_1909_razorbacks_204785125/ Hugo Bezdek And The 1909 Razorbacks]

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