Year: | 1918 |
Team: | Arkansas Razorbacks |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southwest Conference |
Short Conf: | SWC |
Record: | 3–2 |
Conf Record: | 0–1 |
Head Coach: | Norman C. Paine |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Captain: | Paul Gold |
Stadium: | The Hill |
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.[1] [2] The start of the season was delayed until November because of the Spanish flu.[3] On November 16, the Razorbacks sustained the worst defeat in the program's history, losing to Oklahoma by a 103 to 0 score.