1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football 1909 Arkansas Team Photo.png 1909 Arkansas Razorbacks group photo Independent 7–0 Hugo Bezdek 2nd Stanley Phillip 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 18.1909 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football August 5, 2015 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." 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 October 2 w 1909 Henderson Reddies Henderson The Hill Fayetteville, AR 24–0 Sensational Run By Sibley Ward https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140948463/ Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas October 3, 1909 8 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com October 16 w y 1909 Drury Panthers Drury Springfield, MO 12–6 Arkansas Master Of Drury College https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949095/ Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas October 17, 1909 6 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com October 23 w 1909 Fairmount Wheatshockers Fairmount The Hill Fayetteville, AR 23–6 Fairmount Slaughtered https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949243/ Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas October 24, 1909 10 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com October 30 w Oklahoma The Hill Fayetteville, AR 21–6 Arkansas Head Is High Today https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949497/ Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas October 31, 1909 16 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com November 13 w y LSU Red Elm Field Memphis, TN rivalry 16–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-arkansas-squad-who/140750079/ The Commercial Appeal Arkansas squad who proved too much for the Louisiana Tigers November 14, 1909 February 11, 2024 Newspapers.com November 15 w y 1909 Ouachita Tigers Ouachita Arkadelphia, AR 55–0 Ouachita Was Easy https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/140949729/ Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas November 16, 1909 6 February 14, 2024 Newspapers.com November 25 2:30 p.m. w Washington University West End Park Little Rock, AR 34–0 5,000 Arkansas and Washington Ready for Today's Battle https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette/128388297/ Daily Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas November 25, 1909 8 July 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Arkansas Whip W.U. Team, 34-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat/128388116/ St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri November 26, 1909 8 July 17, 2023 Newspapers.com References External links Hugo Bezdek And The 1909 Razorbacks Arkansas Category:Arkansas Razorbacks football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Arkansas Razorbacks football