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The State University of Iowa began playing American football as a club sport in 1872[1], but it was not until 1889 that Iowa challenged Grinnell College, then-known as Iowa College, to a game of football.[2] On November 16, the two teams met in Grinnell to play the first game of intercollegiate football west of the Mississippi River.[3] Iowa lost, 24-0, and a rematch between the two teams in Iowa City was canceled due to poor weather.[4]

The next season, Iowa once again played Grinnell, this time in Iowa City. Playing in rain and strong winds, the Hawkeyes lost 14-6, but scored the first touchdown in school history when Martin Sampson blocked a Grinnell kick and returned it 70 yards for the score.[4] However, much displeasure was expressed with this second loss to the Pioneers.[4] The S.U.I. Medics, angry with two straight losses to a "small academy", challenged the varsity team to a game in an attempt to prove that Iowa's team was not composed of the best players available. Confident of their victory, the varsity team accepted, but lost 22-10.[4] The loss brought in multiple changes in personnel and strategy, but it did not deter Iowa from challenging Iowa Wesleyan to a game.[4] In Mount Pleasant, the Hawkeyes scored 19 touchdowns, and rolled to the first victory in school history by score of 91-0.[4][5]

In the following years, Iowa began hiring head coaches to assemble and prepare the team before the season, the first being E.A. Dalton of Princeton University, who was hired for ten days before the 1892 season.[6] Following a two-week tenure by Ben Donnelly in 1893, Iowa hired Roger Sherman, who became the first coach to lead the Hawkeyes for the entire season in 1894.[7] In 1895, however, Iowa decided to forgo hiring a head coach, and limped to a 2-5 record under the volunteer efforts of Bill Larrabee.[8] For the last time in school history, the Hawkeyes had gone without a head coach.[9]

The following year, Iowa hired A.E. Bull of Pennsylvania University as the next coach of the Hawkeyes.[8] Under the leadership of one of the greatest centers to date[8], the Hawkeyes finished with a 7-1-1 record and won the conference championship in the Western Intercollegiate Football Association.[8][10] Controversy, however, sparked in Iowa's game against Missouri. Missouri alumni demanded that the Hawkeyes play the game without Carleton Holbrook, Iowa's star black athlete. Iowa refused, and won the game 12-0 amid a hostile crowd in Columbia.[10] Holbrook was one of the two players to score a touchdown during the game. Following Bull's tenure, Iowa hired Otto Wagonhurst, the last Hawkeye coach until John Griffith in 1909 to lead the team for only one season.[9]

1889 season

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1889 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0-1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →

On September 26, 1889, Martin Sampson, who would later score the first touchdown in school history[4], led a meeting regarding the organization of an S.U.I. football team. It was this suggestion that earned Sampson the title of coach and captain of the team.[2] In the following days, Iowa sent out a challenge to any team in the state of Iowa for a game of football. The one team to accept Iowa's challenge: Iowa College.[2] The Hawkeyes were no strangers to the Pioneers, as the two schools had met on the baseball diamond in the 20 years before.[2] The game date was set for November 16, and the preparations for the game began.[2]

Preparations were difficult at Iowa, as proper management and leadership was obviously lacking at team practices.[3] That was hardly the case with practices at Grinnell. With the help of Frank Everest and Lou Van Giesen, two men with playing experience back east, the Pioneers were able to field a competitive team.[3] Iowa was outmatched, and lost the game, 24-0.[4] Although a rematch was scheduled to be played on Thanksgiving, it was canceled due to inclement weather.[4] With that, Grinnell had won the first championship west of the Mississippi.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
11/16/1889at Iowa College*
  • Grinnell Field
  • Grinnell, Iowa
L 24-0
11/28/1889Iowa College*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
Canceled
  • *Non-conference game

* Indicates non-conference game.

1890 season

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1890 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1-1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →

Following Iowa's inaugural season in 1889, two games were scheduled for the Hawkeyes to play in 1890.[4] On October 18, the Hawkeyes played Iowa College in Iowa City, only to lose to the Pioneers for the second time in two games.[4] It was this loss that triggered a dispute amongst people within the University. In an attempt to prove that the best football talent was not on the team, the S.U.I. Medics challenged the varsity squad to a game. Confident, the varsity squad accepted, and lost, 22-10.[4] But the loss did not keep Iowa from challenging Iowa Wesleyan, who accepted, under the terms that the game be played in Mount Pleasant.[4]

Fifteen hundred fans, including John Harlan and Robert Lincoln, were in attendance for the Thanksgiving Day game.[4] Using rules that made touchdowns worth four points, the Hawkeyes easily won the game in a rout, 91-0.[4] The Hawkeyes scored 19 touchdowns and five goals after touchdown while A.G. Smith kicked the first field goal in school history.[5] Today, the game still stands as Iowa's third-largest margin of victory in school history.[11]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
10/18/1890Iowa College*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 11-6
10/18/1890S.U.I. Medics*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 22-10
11/27/1890at Iowa Wesleyan*
  • Fairgrounds Park
  • Mount Pleasant, Iowa
W 91-0
  • *Non-conference game

Did not count against Iowa's record.
* Indicates non-conference game.

1891 season

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1891 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3-2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/24/1891Cornell*
W 64-6
11/02/1891Minnesota*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 42-4
11/09/1891at Iowa College*
L 6-4
11/26/1891vs. Nebraska*Omaha, NebraskaW 22-0
12/05/1891vs. Kansas*Kansas City, MissouriW 18-14
  • *Non-conference game

The outcome of this game is disputed.
* Indicates non-conference game.

1892 season

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1892 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceWestern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record3-2-1 (0-2-1 WIFA)
Head coach
  • E.A. Dalton
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/21/1892Knox*
W 44-0
10/29/1892at Coe*Cedar Rapids, IowaW 48-0
11/05/1892vs. KansasKansas City, MissouriL 24-4
11/12/1892at MissouriColumbia, MissouriL 22-0
11/16/1892Iowa College*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 18-12
11/24/1892vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaT 10-10
  • *Non-conference game

The final score of this game is disputed.
* Indicates non-conference game.

1893 season

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1893 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceWestern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record3-4 (1-2 WIFA)
Head coach
  • Ben Donnelly
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/07/1893at Coe*Cedar Rapids, IowaW 56-0
10/14/1893at Denver Ath. Club*Denver, ColoradoL 58-0
10/21/1893vs. Luther*
W 32-0
11/04/1893vs. KansasKansas City, MissouriL 35-24
11/11/1893at Iowa College*
L 36-14
11/18/1893Missouri
W 34-12
11/30/1893vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaL 20-18
  • *Non-conference game

The final score of this game is disputed.
* Indicates non-conference game.

1894 season

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1894 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceWestern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record4-4-1 (1-2 WIFA)
Head coach
  • Roger Sherman
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
09/29/1894Iowa State*
L 16-8
10/13/1894at Cornell*Mount Vernon, IowaW 60-0
10/20/1894at Augustana*Rock Island, IllinoisW 34-0
10/27/1894at Chicago*Chicago, IllinoisT 18-18
10/29/1894at Wisconsin*Madison, WisconsinL 44-0
11/03/1894Kansas
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 14-12
11/10/1894Iowa College*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 6-0
11/17/1894at MissouriColumbia, MissouriL 32-16
11/29/1894vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaL 36-0
  • *Non-conference game

The final score of this game is disputed.
* Indicates non-conference game.

1895 season

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1895 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceWestern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record2-5 (0-3 WIFA)
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/12/1895Doane*
L 10-0
10/19/1895at Parsons*Fairfield, IowaW 28-0
10/28/1895Iowa State*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 24-0
11/02/1895at KansasLawrence, KansasL 52-0
11/18/1895at MissouriColumbia, MissouriL 34-0
11/19/1895at Penn College*Oskaloosa, IowaW 14-12
11/28/1895vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaL 6-0
  • *Non-conference game

* Indicates non-conference game.

1896 season

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1896 Iowa Hawkeyes football
WIFA Champions
ConferenceWestern Intercollegiate Football Association
Record7-1-1 (3-0-1 WIFA)
Head coach
  • Alfred Bull
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/03/1896Drake*
W 32-0
10/10/1896at Chicago*L 6-0
10/25/1896Kansas
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 6-0
11/04/1896Wilton*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 27-0
11/09/1896at MissouriColumbia, MissouriW 12-0
11/14/1896at Iowa College*Grinnell, IowaW 15-6
11/21/1896at Des Moines YMCA*Des Moines, IowaW 34-0
11/26/1896vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaT 0-0
11/28/1896vs. NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaW 6-0
  • *Non-conference game

* Indicates non-conference game.

1897 season

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1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4-4
Head coach
  • Otto Wagonhurst
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →

Brief summary. Two paragraphs at the most.

DateOpponentSiteResult
10/02/1897Wilton*
W 22-4
10/16/1897at Northwestern*Evanston, IllinoisW 12-6
10/23/1897Phys. and Surg.*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 14-0
10/30/1897at Kansas*Lawrence, KansasL 56-0
11/05/1897Iowa State*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 6-0
11/13/1897at Drake*Des Moines, IowaW 16-0
11/20/1897Iowa College*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 16-12
11/25/1897vs. Nebraska*Council Bluffs, IowaL 6-0
  • *Non-conference game

The final score of this game is disputed.
* Indicates non-conference game.

Conclusion

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Two to three paragraph conclusion and a short look into Alden Knipe's tenure at Iowa.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lamb, D and McGrane, B: 75 Years with the Fighting Hawkeyes, p. ix. WM. C. Brown Company, 1964
  2. ^ a b c d e Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 1
  3. ^ a b c Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 2
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 3
  5. ^ a b Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 4
  6. ^ Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 6
  7. ^ Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 7
  8. ^ a b c d Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 10
  9. ^ a b "Yearly Record". HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  10. ^ a b Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 11
  11. ^ "Largest Margins". HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved 2007-08-09.