1908 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1908 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainWillis Nelson
Home stadiumThe Hill
1908 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   6 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 0 – 1
Rollins   –   4 – 0 – 1
George Washington   –   8 – 1 – 1
Oklahoma   –   8 – 1 – 1
Tulane   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   6 – 1 – 0
The Citadel   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   9 – 2 – 1
Florida   –   5 – 2 – 1
TCU   –   6 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   4 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Baylor   –   5 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Kentucky State   –   4 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   4 – 3 – 1
Arkansas   –   5 – 4 – 0
Texas   –   5 – 4 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 4 – 0
Arkansas State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga   –   4 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 3 – 3
Oklahoma A&M   –   4 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   3 – 4 – 1
Kendall   –   2 – 3 – 0
South Carolina   –   3 – 5 – 1
Texas A&M   –   3 – 5 – 0
Georgetown   –   2 – 4 – 1
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 4 – 0
Maryland   –   3 – 8 – 0
Birmingham   –   0 – 3 – 3
Stetson   –   0 – 1 – 1
Wake Forest   –   1 – 4 – 0
Goldey College   –   0 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College   –   0 – 1 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   0 – 2 – 0
Marshall   –   0 – 6 – 0

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.[1] 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.[2] The 1908 season was Bezdek's first at the helm of the Arkansas team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Haskell
W 6–0[3]
October 10Ole Miss
W 33–0[4]
October 17at Saint Louis
L 0–24[5]
October 24Henderson
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 51–0[6]
October 304:00 p.m.at Oklahoma
L 5–27[7]
November 2at Texas
L 0–21[8]
November 14Pittsburg Normal
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 42–12[9]
November 21Ouachita
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 73–0[10]
November 26LSU
L 4–365,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "1908 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Hugo Bezdek Coaches Arkansas University". The Oregon Daily Journal. February 13, 1908. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Indians Lost First Game Of Season 6 To 0". Lawrence Daily World. Lawrence, Kansas. October 6, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ "Mississippi 0, Arkansas 33; State University eleven plays rings around University of Mississippi". The Arkansas Gazette. October 11, 1908. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Belated Rally Gives St. L. U. Easy Victory". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 18, 1908. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Varsity Wins From Henderson, 51-0". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 25, 1908. p. 10. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "The Sooners Won". The Topeka Daily State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. October 31, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "Texas wins from U. of A., 21–0". The Arkansas Gazette. November 3, 1908. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kansas Beaten By Arkansas". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 15, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. ^ "Arkansas 73 Ouachita 0". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 22, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  11. ^ "Louisiana Beats Arkansas 36-4". Daily Arkansas Gazette. November 27, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved May 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.