1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

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1894
Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainBert German
Seasons
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
Case     4 3 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

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]

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

Schedule

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
Simpson
Indianola, IAW 28–0
November 9PanoraAmes, IAW 66–0

References

  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.
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