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Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is an American football stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas [7] and serves as the home field of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team since its opening in 1938. The stadium was formerly known as Razorback Stadium since 1941 before the name of Donald W. Reynolds, an American businessman and ...
The first University of Arkansas football team was formed in 1894 and coached by John Futrall, who was a Latin professor at the university. [3] That team played three games: two against Fort Smith High School and one against Texas. [3] Before the 1909 season, the teams were called the Arkansas Cardinals and a bird was the school's mascot. [4]
Website. uark.edu. The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [5] It is the flagship [6] campus of the University of Arkansas System. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held in 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.
Website. Razorback Transit. The University of Arkansas Razorback Transit System operates 19 routes (11 standard fixed routes, 6 reduced routes, 2 Razorback football gameday routes) on the campus and vicinity of the University. [2] Razorback Transit provides both fixed route bus and paratransit service. All service is free.
Arkansas A&M became part of the University of Arkansas System on July 1, 1971. It then became designated as the University of Arkansas at Monticello. From 1969 to 1972, the University of Arkansas System increased its racial diversity and serving the state population by adding three new campuses: in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Monticello. These ...
The live mascot for the University of Arkansas is named Tusk. He is a Russian boar that weighs in at approximately 400 pounds. Tusk currently resides on the Stokes family farm in Dardanelle, Ark., and makes a two-hour trek up to Northwest Arkansas for every Razorback football game. The current mascot, Tusk VI, is a direct descendant of Tusk I.
Schedule. The Razorbacks' 2021 schedule was released on January 27, 2021, and will consist of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Razorbacks hosted SEC foes Auburn, Mississippi State, and Missouri in Fayetteville. The Hogs traveled to face Georgia, Ole Miss, LSU, and Alabama.
The team's name and mascot changed for the 1910 season after head coach Hugo Bezdek proclaimed the undefeated 1909 team played "like a wild band of razorback hogs." The Razorbacks have been a member of only two athletic conferences. [1] From 1894 through 1914, Arkansas competed as a football independent without any conference affiliation.