1897 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team

Summary

The 1897 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Under head coach Pop Warner, the Cyclones compiled a 3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 40 to 22.[1] There was no team captain for the 1897 season.[1]

1897 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
CaptainNone
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler     3 0 0
Fairmount     1 0 0
Washburn     7 1 0
Cincinnati     9 1 1
Iowa State Normal     5 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan     7 1 1
Indiana     6 1 1
Ohio     7 2 0
Carthage     3 1 0
Iowa Agricultural     3 1 0
Notre Dame     4 1 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 2 1
Central Michigan     2 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace     2 1 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary     2 2 1
Missouri     5 6 0
Lake Forest     4 5 1
Drake     2 3 0
Heidelberg     2 3 0
Detroit College     1 2 0
Indiana Normal     1 4 0
Kansas State     1 2 1
Mount Union     2 4 1
Rush Medical College     1 4 1
DePauw     2 6 0
Wittenberg     2 6 0
Haskell     1 4 0
Indiana State Normal     1 4 0
Ohio State     1 7 1
South Dakota Agricultural     0 1 0
Washington University     0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     0 3 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 8Nebraska
W 10–0
October 23at MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNW 12–10
October 30at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 6–12
November 5at IowaW 12–0

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.