1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Mellinger
Seasons
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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

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

  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.
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