Name-a-Day Calendar, November 19: Arkansas Razorbacks
Page 13 of 365
Chosen in: 1909
Chosen by: Head football coach Hugo Bezdek
On November 13, 1909, the University of Arkansas’ football team, then known as the Cardinals, played a rivalry game against LSU at a neutral site in Memphis. They won that game 16-0,1 then hopped on the train back to Fayetteville. A horde of eager students were waiting at the train station for their return, so head coach Hugo Bezdek satiated them by boasting about the team’s victory, describing his players as “a wild band of razorback hogs”. It caught on instantly and the school officially changed their nickname to Razorbacks the next year.
Read more about the nickname, mascot, and traditions of the University of Arkansas here.
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This was the sixth game, all wins, of their seven-game season, and by now they had outscored their opponents 152-18. They’d win their final game 54-0 to complete the perfect season with a scoring margin of +168.