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At the outset the University of Arkansas being known as the Arkansas Cardinals is in all likelihood a misnomer. The cardinal referred to the color cardinal and not the red bird. Moreover as early as the first game of the 1905 season news media reports specifically refer to the University of Arkansas football team as the Razorbacks pre-dating the University of Arkansas’ official statement regarding how the University of Arkansas became the Razorbacks.

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