1919 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1919 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–4 (1–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainJames W. Coleman
Home stadiumThe Hill
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas A&M $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Rice 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Oklahoma 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 3
Texas 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Arkansas 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
SMU 0 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 2
Baylor 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1919 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach James B. Craig, the Razorbacks compiled a 3–4 record (1–2 against SWC opponents),[1] finished in fifth place in the SWC,[2] and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 164 to 55.[3] After losing to Oklahoma by a 103–0 score in 1918, the Razorbacks defeated Oklahoma by a 7–6 score in Norman.

In August 1919, Arkansas hired Craig, a former All-American halfback at Michigan, as the school's athletic director and football and baseball coach. Craig had recently returned from military service in France.[4][5] Under Craig's leadership, the Razorbacks football team suffered its first losing season since 1914. Craig served only one year, announcing his resignation in March 1920, effective at the end of the college year.[6]

  1. ^ "1919 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "1919 Southwest Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "University Director of Athletics Announced". Fayetteville Democrat. August 15, 1919.
  5. ^ At the time of the 1920 Census, James B. Craig and his wife, Ruth J. Craig, were residing in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He listed his occupation as athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
  6. ^ "Mr. Craig Resigns From U. of A. Faculty". Fayetteville Democrat. March 24, 1920.