1918 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1918 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–2 (0–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainPaul Gold
Home stadiumThe Hill
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas 4 0 0 9 0 0
Oklahoma 2 0 0 6 0 0
Texas A&M 1 1 0 6 1 0
Rice 1 1 0 1 5 1
SMU 1 2 0 4 2 0
Arkansas 0 1 0 3 2 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 2 0 4 2 0
Baylor 0 2 0 0 6 0
  • No champion recognized[1]

The 1918 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1918 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Norman C. Paine, the Razorbacks compiled a 3–2 record (0–1 against SWC opponents), finished in seventh place out of eight teams in the SWC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 121 to 42.[2][3] The start of the season was delayed until November because of the Spanish flu.[4] On November 16, the Razorbacks sustained the worst defeat in the program's history, losing to Oklahoma by a 103 to 0 score.

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1918 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "1918 Southwest Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Football At U. Of A." The Springdale News. Springdale, Arkansas. November 1, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.