University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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STEWART FERGUSON Coach FOOTBALL The 1940 “Boll Weevil’’ Football Team gained the reputation of being probably the most unique and un- orthodox team to ever play football in the United States. Several nation-wide stories on the team appeared in hundreds of daily newspapers. Feature articles on the team appeared in several of the largest papers in the country, including The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, The Pittsburg Press, and The Los An- geles Times. Collier’s Magazine headlined the team with millions of readers in an article by Kyle Crichton. Almost miraculously and without precedent in the his- tory of American football, the Arkansas A. and M. Team became one of the nation’s most famed teams. Newspapers, athletic directors, school superinten- dents, and college presidents stated that the ‘’Boll Weevils’’ introduced a new theory of football which may revolutionize American football. A New York sports writer wrote that the team had given, ‘‘the most unique contribution ever made to college football.’ In spite of losing more games than winning and coming from a small college in a little-recognized section of the United States, the team attracted the attention of the entire United States—an achievement never before duplicated. Everywhere the team played, it won the crowds with its spectacular, clean, and original style of play. To see a group of boys playing football solely because they liked to and enjoying every minute of every game whether winning, losing, or tying was a refreshing spectacle to most fans. The season opened with a game with Louisiana College in Pineville. Although losing, the Weevils were asked back for a game next fall after they had attracted the largest opening game crowd in a number of years.