1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team

The 1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The Cyclones compiled a 3–4 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 82 to 70.[1][2] Ed Mellinger was the team captain.[2]

1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)     3 0 0
Carthage     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Michigan     8 1 0
Chicago     10 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 0
Minnesota     7 3 0
Wisconsin     5 2 1
Wabash     6 3 0
Illinois     4 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace     3 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 0
Northwestern     6 5 0
Purdue     4 3 0
Indiana     4 3 1
Buchtel     3 2 0
Doane     3 2 0
Chicago P&S     3 2 1
Butler     2 2 0
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Michigan State Normal     3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 1 0
North Dakota     1 1 0
Ohio State     4 4 2
Iowa Agricultural     3 4 0
Ohio     2 3 0
Rush-Lake Forest     4 6 0
Ohio Wesleyan     2 4 1
Haskell     1 2 0
Iowa State Normal     1 2 0
Lake Forest     1 2 0
Northwestern Law     1 2 0
Drake     1 4 0

While Pop Warner is listed as the team's head coach,[2] The Des Moines Register reported that he only worked with the team before the season started, and "it is believed he only saw the team play once" during the five-year period he was listed as the coach.[3] Ira C. Brownlie, who founded the Iowa Agricultural football program in 1892, later recalled: "In 1895 the great Pop Warner came out to Ames to coach. He would remain with us from July to October 1. . . . He was at Ames for five years that way."[4]

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.[5]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 153:00 p.m.at Butte ACButte, MTL 10–12[6][7]
September 26at PurdueL 0–6 (forfeit)
September 28at NorthwesternEvanston, ILW 36–0[8]
September 30at Wisconsin
L 6–28[9]
October 12at Sioux City AthleticsSioux City, IAW 6–0
October 19at MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNL 0–24[10]
October 28at IowaW 24–0[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "1895 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 129. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Maury White (September 27, 1992). "ISU marking 100 years of football". The Des Moines Register. p. 13D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dr. Brownlie Started Game 61 Years Ago: At Age Of 80 He's Still Going Strong In Football". Quad-City Times. October 20, 1953. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "Now Make Your Bets". The Anaconda Standard. Anaconda, Montana. September 15, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Butte Wins From Iowa". Fremont Weekly Herald. Fremont, Nebraska. September 17, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Struck by a Cyclone: It Comes From Iowa and Devastates Evanston Town". Chicago Tribune. September 29, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Glee Is Short Lived". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 1, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Minnesota Vs. Iowa Agricultural". The Sunday Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. October 20, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Won By Agricultural College". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 29, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .