1896 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team

The 1896 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Under head coaches Pop Warner and Bert German, the Cyclones compiled an 8–2 record, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 303 to 46.[1] James W. Wilson was the team captain.[1]

1896 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record8–2
Head coachPop Warner, Bert German
CaptainJames W. Wilson
1896 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washburn      6 1 1
Iowa Agricultural      8 2 0
Central Michigan      3 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan      6 2 0
Detroit College      5 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural      3 1 1
Heidelberg      2 1 0
Indiana      6 3 0
Ohio      4 2 1
Missouri      7 5 0
Beloit      2 1 3
Butler      4 3 0
Iowa State Normal      4 3 0
Notre Dame      4 3 0
Cincinnati      4 3 1
Wittenberg      5 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace      2 2 0
Kansas State      1 1 1
Ohio State      5 5 1
Lake Forest      3 4 1
Mount Union      3 4 1
Wabash      3 4 0
Drake      2 3 0
Michigan Agricultural      1 2 1
Indiana State      0 1 0
Buchtel      0 1 0
Washington University      0 2 0
Haskell      0 4 0
Doane      0 5 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 4Iowa Falls, IA*
W 46-0
September 5Cornell (Iowa)*
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 50-0
October 2at Missouri*W 12-0
October 17at Des Moines YMCA*Des Moines, IAW 24-16
October 24at Minnesota*Minneapolis, MNL 6-18
October 30Simpson*
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 44-0
November 7Grinnell*
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 40-0
November 19at Nebraska*
L 4-12
November 21at Des Moines YMCA*Des Moines, IAW 15-0
November 28at Eldora*Eldora, IAW 62-0
  • *Non-conference game
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References

  1. "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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