1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team

1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
Seasons
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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
Baldwin–Wallace   –   3 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   3 – 1 – 0
Illinois   –   4 – 2 – 1
Buchtel   –   3 – 2 – 0
College of Emporia   –   3 – 2 – 0
Doane   –   3 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   3 – 2 – 1
Purdue   –   4 – 3 – 0
Indiana   –   4 – 3 – 1
Northwestern   –   6 – 5 – 0
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

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]

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 153:00 p.m.at Butte ACButte, MTL 10–12[6][7]
September 26at Purdue
L 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 Iowa
W 24–0[11]

References

  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 Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Butte Wins From Iowa". Fremont Weekly Herald. Fremont, Nebraska. September 17, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Minnesota Vs. Iowa Agricultural". The Sunday Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. October 20, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Won By Agricultural College". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 29, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.