1899 Arkansas Cardinals football team

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.

1899 Arkansas Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1–1
Head coach
CaptainChester Sloan
Home stadiumThe Hill
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VMI     0 0
VPI     4 1 0
Delaware     6 2 0
Arkansas     3 1 1
Georgetown     5 2 1
Texas A&M     4 2 0
Oklahoma     2 1 0
Baylor     2 1 1
Guilford     2 1 1
Navy     5 3 0
Virginia     4 3 2
Add-Ran     0 0 1
Richmond     2 2 0
South Carolina     2 3 0
West Virginia     2 3 0
William & Mary     2 3 0
North Carolina A&M     1 2 2
Davidson     1 3 1
Maryland     1 4 0
Marshall     0 0 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.[1]

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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7DruryW 10–0[2]
October 27at KendallMuskogee, OKW 11–0[3]
October 28at OklahomaShawnee, OKL 5–11[4][5][6]
November 3at KendallMuskogee, OKT 0–0
November 18Joplin High School
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 11–10

References edit

  1. ^ "New Stanford Professors". The San Francisco Call. May 3, 1901. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Drury Is A Winner". The Leader-Democrat. Springfield, Missouri. October 9, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Untitled". The University Umpire. Norman, Oklahoma. October 20, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "At The University". The Democrat-Topic. Norman, Oklahoma. October 27, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Football Game At Shawnee". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. October 31, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Oklahoma Wins". The Democrat-Topic. Norman, Oklahoma. November 3, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .