1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

The 1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The 1894 Cardinals compiled a 5–1 record, shut out three of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 180 to 24. In the first game of the Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry, the Cardinals defeated the Hawkeyes by a 16–8 score.[1] Bert German is identified as both the head coach and the team captain.[1]

1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainBert German
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Reserve     7 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     2 0 0
Baldwin–Wallace     1 0 0
Buchtel     1 0 0
Michigan     9 1 1
Iowa Agricultural     5 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 1
Minnesota     3 1 0
Washburn     3 1 0
Wittenberg     6 2 0
Doane     5 2 0
Wisconsin     5 2 0
Chicago     14 7 1
Beloit     6 3 0
Washington University     2 1 0
Ohio State     6 5 0
Illinois     4 3 0
Oberlin     4 3 1
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Drake     2 2 0
Mount Union     4 5 0
Lake Forest     3 4 0
Miami (OH)     1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     1 3 0
Rush Medical     3 6 0
Northwestern     1 5 0
Ohio     0 1 0
South Dakota     0 2 0

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 2vs. Fort DodgeWebster City, IAW 46–0
September 3at Des Moines YMCADes Moines, IAW 18–4
September 29at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 6–12
October 1at IowaW 16–8[3]
October 13at SimpsonIndianola, IAW 28–0
November 9PanoraAmes, IAW 66–0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 129. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Iowa A. C. Defeats Iowa 'Varsity". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.