1899 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1899 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5-4-1
Head coach
CaptainC. J. Griffith
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kansas – 10–0–0
North Dakota – 6–0–0
Detroit College – 5–0–0
Lincoln (MO) – 1–0–0
Ohio State – 9–0–1
Iowa – 8–0–1
Washington University – 5–1–0
Missouri – 9–2–0
Chicago P&S – 4–1–0
Mount Union – 5–1–1
Indiana – 6–2–0
South Dakota Agricultural – 3–1–0
Wabash – 1–0–1
Cincinnati – 5–2–0
Drake – 5–2–0
Heidelberg – 5–2–0
Buchtel – 2–1–0
Doane – 2–1–0
Northern Illinois State – 1–0–2
Notre Dame – 6–3–1
Central Michigan – 3–2–0
Fairmount – 2–1–2
Carthage – 3–2–1
Western Reserve – 5–4–0
Wittenberg – 5–4–0
Iowa State – 5–4–1
College of Emporia – 1–1–1
Ohio – 2–2–0
Ohio Wesleyan – 5–5–0
Haskell – 4–5–0
Lake Forest – 4–6–2
Rush Medical – 3–4–0
Kansas State – 2–3–0
Iowa State Normal – 1–3–2
Washburn – 2–5–2
Butler – 1–3–0
Miami (OH) – 1–5–0
Nebraska – 1–7–1
North Dakota Agricultural – 0–1–0
Baldwin–Wallace – 0–4–0

The 1899 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Under head coaches Pop Warner and Joe Meyers, the Cyclones compiled a 5–4–1 record, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 118 to 38. The team won the first four games by a combined score of 107 to 0, then failed to score a point in the final five games.[1][2] C. J. Griffith was the team captain.[2]

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 16at PanoraPanora, IAW 23–0
September 30at Cornell (IA)Mount Vernon, IAW 32–0
October 6Nebraska
W 33–0[4]
October 11at SimpsonIndianola, IAW 18–0[5]
October 14vs. South Dakota
W 11–6[6]
October 21at MinnesotaL 0–6[7]
October 27at IowaL 0–5[8]
November 3vs. Grinnell
L 0–15[9]
November 10at Iowa State NormalCedar Falls, IAT 0–0[10]
November 18Grinnell
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
L 0–6[11]

References

  1. ↑ "1899 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 129. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ames wins an easy game". Morning World-Herald. October 7, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "The Ames-Simpson game". The Daily Iowa Capital. October 12, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Ames downs Vermillion". The Sioux City Journal. October 15, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ames men shut out". The Saint Paul Globe. October 22, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Iowa defeated Ames". The Minneapolis Journal. October 28, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Wheeler's three goals; Grinnell's big center kicked them from the field". The Minneapolis Journal. November 4, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Ames 0, State Normal 0". The Minneapolis Tribune Daily. November 11, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Grinnell beats Ames". The Sioux City Journal. November 19, 1899. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.