1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

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1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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]

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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 6–42[3][4]
November 4Cornell (IA)Ames, IAL 6–14
3:00 p.m.GrinnellAmes, IAL 2–6

References[edit]

  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 icon.
  4. ^ "College Life At Grinnell". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. October 20, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.