1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football team

1895 Iowa Agricultural Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
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]

  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.