1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

The 1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The 1893 Cyclones compiled a 0–3 record, losing twice to Grinnell and once to Cornell. They were outscored by a combined total of 56 to 4. W. P. Finney was the head coach, and Ed Mellinger was the team captain.[1]

1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
1893 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Case    4 0 0
Miami (OH)    3 0 0
Washburn    1 0 0
Baker    5 0 1
Oberlin    6 1 0
Hillsdale    4 1 0
Notre Dame    4 1 0
Buchtel    5 2 0
Butler    4 2 0
Michigan State Normal    4 2 0
Chicago    6 4 2
Beloit    4 3 0
Illinois    3 2 3
Lake Forest    3 2 3
Doane    2 2 0
Heidelberg    2 2 0
Wabash    3 3 0
Washington University    1 1 0
Ohio State    4 5 0
Wittenberg    2 3 0
Mount Union    1 2 0
Albion    1 4 0
Drake    0 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace    0 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan    0 1 0
Kalamazoo    0 2 0
Iowa Agricultural    0 3 0
Cincinnati    0 6 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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 6–42[3][4]
November 4Cornell (IA)Ames, IAL 6–14
GrinnellAmes, IAL 2–6

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.
  3. "Minor Games and Gossip". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 15, 1893. p. 7. Retrieved July 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "College Life At Grinnell". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. October 20, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
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