1898 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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1898 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
CaptainSimon Tarr
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington University     6 0 0
Detroit College     5 0 0
Carthage     3 0 0
Iowa State Normal     4 0 1
Washburn     4 0 1
Kansas     7 1 0
Cincinnati     5 1 3
Indiana     4 1 2
Nebraska     8 3 0
Drake     4 2 0
Lake Forest     2 1 0
Notre Dame     4 2 0
Western Reserve     5 3 0
Butler     2 1 1
Heidelberg     4 3 0
Michigan Agricultural     4 3 0
Iowa State     3 2 0
Kansas State     1 1 2
Miami (OH)     1 1 0
South Dakota Agricultural     1 1 1
DePauw     3 4 2
Iowa     3 4 2
Ohio     1 2 1
Ohio State     3 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     2 4 0
Central Michigan     1 2 0
Indiana State Normal     1 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 2 0
Wabash     2 5 1
Ohio Wesleyan     2 5 0
Haskell     2 7 0
Missouri     1 4 1
Wittenberg     1 5 1
Fairmount     0 1 0

The 1898 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Pop Warner, the Cyclones compiled a 3–2 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 50 to 49.[1] Simon Tarr 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]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Rush MedicalAmes, IAW 10–0
October 8at Nebraska
L 10–23
October 15at KansasL 6–11
October 22at MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNW 6–0[3]
October 29at DrakeDes Moines, IAW 17–16[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Dined on Gopher: Ames Makes Mincemeat of the Crippled Gophers; Cole's Skull Is Fractured". The Sunday Times. Minneapolis. October 23, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ames Defeats Drake". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. October 30, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.