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The 1928–29 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1928–29 college basketball season. They played their home games in Schmidt Gymnasium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was Francis Schmidt's sixth year as head coach of the Hogs and the program's sixth season overall. The Hogs won their fourth of five straight Southwest Conference championships from 1926 to 1930, finishing with an 11–1 conference record and a record of 19–1 overall.[1][2]
| 1928–29 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball | |
|---|---|
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Southwest Conference Champions | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 19–1 (11–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home arena | Schmidt Gymnasium |
The 1928–29 season saw the end of a school record thirty-one-game win streak that began the season before on December 30, 1927.[3] The winning streak lasted 406 days before the Razorbacks fell to rival Texas on the road on February 9, 1929.[4]
Future Arkansas coach Eugene Lambert was named to the Helms First-Team All-America squad, while Tom Pickel garnered First-Team All-America honors from College Humor.[5]
College Football Hall of Fame member Wear Schoonover joined Lambert and Pickel on the All-SWC First-Team for 1928–29.[6]
Future head coach of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals, Milan Creighton, played on the 1928–29 Razorback team.[7]
| 1928–29 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball roster | ||||||||
| Roster retrieved from HogStats.com. | ||||||||
| Name | Position | Hometown | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Creighton | Guard | Gothenburg, Nebraska | ||||||
| Harold Eidson | N/A | Centerville, Arkansas | ||||||
| Arthur Hale | Forward | Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||
| Harrison Hale Jr. | Forward | Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||
| Jethro Henderson | Center/Guard | Hot Springs, Arkansas | ||||||
| Ken Holt | Center | N/A | ||||||
| Gene Lambert | N/A | Searcy, Arkansas | ||||||
| Tom Oliver | Guard | Jacksonville, Arkansas | ||||||
| Tom Pickel | Center | N/A | ||||||
| Jim Pickren | Forward | Salem, Arkansas | ||||||
| Roy Prewitt | Center | Grady, Arkansas | ||||||
| Wear Schoonover | Forward | Pocahontas, Arkansas | ||||||
Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.[8]
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * |
Northeastern State Teachers College | W 54–28 | 1–0 |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| * |
Northeastern State Teachers College | W 61–24 | 2–0 |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| * |
Little Rock All-Stars | W 32–21 | 3–0 |
Little Rock, Arkansas | |||||||
| December 19, 1928* |
at Fort Smith Collegians | W 45–22 | 4–0 |
Fort Smith, Arkansas | |||||||
| * |
at Jonesboro YMCA | W 43–30 | 5–0 |
Jonesboro, Arkansas | |||||||
| December 22, 1928* |
at Earle Cardinals | W 47–25 | 6–0 |
Earle, Arkansas | |||||||
| January 4, 1929 |
at SMU | W 32–26 | 7–0 (1–0) |
Old Gym Dallas, Texas | |||||||
| January 5, 1929 |
at SMU | W 39–17 | 8–0 (2–0) |
Old Gym Dallas, Texas | |||||||
| at TCU | W 41–24 | 9–0 (3–0) |
TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||
| January 8, 1929 |
at TCU | W 66–26 | 10–0 (4–0) |
TCU Fieldhouse Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
| Baylor | W 59–24 | 11–0 (5–0) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||||
| Baylor | W 71–23 | 12–0 (6–0) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||||
| February 1, 1929* |
Drury College | W 52–25 | 13–0 (6–0) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| February 2, 1929* |
Drury College | W 42–22 | 14–0 (6–0) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| February 8, 1929 |
at Texas | W 48–32 | 15–0 (7–0) |
State School for the Deaf Fieldhouse Austin, Texas | |||||||
| February 9, 1929 |
at Texas | L 25–36 | 15–1 (7–1) |
State School for the Deaf Fieldhouse Austin, Texas | |||||||
| February 15, 1929 |
Rice | W 51–18 | 16–1 (8–1) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| February 16, 1929 |
Rice | W 44–13 | 17–1 (9–1) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| February 22, 1929 |
Texas A&M | W 49–32 | 18–1 (10–1) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
| February 23, 1929 |
Texas A&M | W 38–29 | 19–1 (11–1) |
Schmidt Gymnasium Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
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