1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainBert German
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
  –   5 – 1 – 0
College Of Emporia   –   4 – 1 – 0
Minnesota   –   3 – 1 – 0
Washburn   –   3 – 1 – 0
Wittenberg   –   6 – 2 – 0
Doane   –   5 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin   –   5 – 2 – 0
Notre Dame   –   3 – 1 – 1
Beloit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 1 – 0
Chicago   –   14 – 7 – 1
Kalamazoo   –   2 – 1 – 1
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 SimpsonIndianola, 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.
  3. ^ "Iowa A. C. Defeats Iowa 'Varsity". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.