View source for 1908 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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{{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
}}
{{1908 Southern college football independents records}}
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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/}}</ref> 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 = [[1908 Haskell Indians football team|Haskell]]
| site_stadium = The Hill
| site_cityst = [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville, AR]]
| score = 6–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Indians Lost First Game Of Season 6 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lawrence-daily-world/140950258/ |newspaper=[[Lawrence Journal-World|Lawrence Daily World]] |location=[[Lawrence, Kansas]] |date=October 6, 1908 |page=4 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1908 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]]
| site_stadium = The Hill
| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
| gamename = [[Arkansas–Ole Miss football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 33–0
| source = <ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1908 Saint Louis Blue and White football team|Saint Louis]]
| site_stadium = [[Sportsman's Park]]
| site_cityst = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, MO]]
| score = 0–24
| source = <ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{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 = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1908 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]
| site_stadium = [[Boyd Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman, OK]]
| score = 5–27
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Sooners Won |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal/140950778/ |newspaper=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal|The Topeka Daily State Journal]] |location=[[Topeka, Kansas]] |date=October 31, 1908 |page=2 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1908 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| site_stadium = [[Clark Field (1887)|Clark Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| gamename = [[Arkansas–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 0–21
| source = <ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{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 = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{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 = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1908 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
| site_stadium = [[Kavanaugh Field|West End Park]]
| site_cityst = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock, AR]]
| gamename = [[Arkansas–LSU football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 4–36
| attend = 5,000
| source = <ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
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[[Category:1908 college football season|Arkansas]]
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