1899 Arkansas Cardinals football team

1899 Arkansas Cardinals football
Conference Independent
1899 record 3–1–1
Head coach Colbert Searles (1st season)
Home stadium The Hill

The 1899 Arkansas Cardinals football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1899 college football season. The Cardinals played four intercollegiate football games and one game against a high school team from Joplin, Missouri. They compiled a 3–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 37 to 21. The team's one loss came against Oklahoma by an 11–5 score.[1]

Colbert Searles was the team's football coach in 1899 and 1900. He was a graduate of Wesleyan University and a professor of romance languages. In the summer of 1901, he left the University of Arkansas to accept a position as a professor at Stanford University.[2]

The team's roster in 1899 included the following players: Oscar Briggs; Wm. A. Freeman; H. H. Ham; Charles D. Harrison; DeMatt Henderson; Wilburn D. Hobbs; Frank D. James; J. K. McCall; Percy B. Meyer; Chester C. Sloan; Carl C. Smith; James Vanderventer; and Ashton Vincenheller.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 14Drury
W 10–0
October 24at OklahomaShawnee, OKL 5–11
October 28Kendall
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 11–0
November 3at KendallMuskogee, OKT 0–0
November 18Joplin HS
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 11–10

References

  1. ↑ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "New Stanford Professors". The San Francisco Call. May 3, 1901. p. 9.
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