1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1
Head coach	Bert German (1st season)
Captain	Bert German

1894 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Western Reserve			–					7	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					2	–	0	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					1	–	0	–	0
Buchtel			–					1	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					9	–	1	–	1
Iowa Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	0
College Of Emporia			–					4	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Washburn			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wittenberg			–					6	–	2	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin			–					5	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					3	–	1	–	1
Beloit			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	1	–	0
Chicago			–					14	–	7	–	1
Ohio State			–					6	–	5	–	0
Case			–					4	–	3	–	0
Illinois			–					4	–	3	–	0
Oberlin			–					4	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					3	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					2	–	2	–	0
Mount Union			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	4	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	2	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rush Medical			–					3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern			–					1	–	5	–	0
Ohio			–					0	–	1	–	0
South Dakota			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The 1894 Cardinals compiled a 5–1 record, shut out three of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 180 to 24. In the first game of the Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry, the Cardinals defeated the Hawkeyes by a 16–8 score.[1] Bert German is identified as both the head coach and 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 2	vs. Fort Dodge	Webster City, IA	W 46–0
September 3	at Des Moines YMCA	Des Moines, IA	W 18–4
September 29	at Grinnell	Grinnell, IA	L 6–12
October 1	at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 16–8	[3]
October 13	at Simpson	Indianola, IA	W 28–0
November 9	Panora	Ames, IA	W 66–0

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. "Iowa A. C. Defeats Iowa 'Varsity". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.