1903 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1903 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In their second season under head coach A. W. Ristine, the Cyclones compiled an 8–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 202 to 59.[1][2] Preston Daniels was the team captain.[2] The only loss of the year was to eventual National Champions Minnesota.

1903 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record8–1
Head coach
CaptainPreston Daniels
Home stadiumState Field
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska      11 0 0
North Dakota      7 0 0
Notre Dame      8 0 1
Iowa State      8 1 0
Marquette      7 1 0
Lake Forest      6 1 0
North Dakota Agricultural      5 1 0
Haskell      7 2 0
Fairmount      6 2 0
Wabash      9 3 0
St. Xavier      7 3 0
Wittenberg      5 2 1
Doane      2 1 0
American Medical      6 3 0
Kansas      6 3 0
Drake      5 3 0
Iowa State Normal      4 3 1
Ohio Medical      5 4 0
Michigan State Normal      4 4 0
Washington University      4 4 2
Heidelberg      3 4 2
Kansas State      3 4 1
Detroit College      3 4 0
Shurtleff      2 4 1
Ohio      2 4 0
Mount Union      2 5 1
DePauw      2 6 1
Missouri      1 7 1
Cincinnati      1 8 0
Baldwin–Wallace      0 1 0
Buchtel      0 2 0
Butler      0 3 0
Chicago P&S      0 4 0

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.[3] The field was known as State Field; when the new field opened in 1914, it became known as "New State Field".[4] season results table

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25Highland Park*
W 16-0
October 6at Omaha Light Guards*Omaha, NebraskaW 18-0
October 10at Minnesota*L 0-46
October 17Coe*
  • State Field
  • Ames, Iowa
W 36-5
October 31South Dakota*
  • State Field
  • Ames, Iowa
W 23-0
November 7at Grinnell*Grinnell, IowaW 41-6
November 14at Simpson*Indianola, IowaW 11-2
November 20at Cornell (Iowa)*Mount Vernon, IowaW 41-0
November 26at Drake*Des Moines, IowaW 16-0
  • *Non-conference game

[5]

References

  1. "1903 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 129. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. "Football Game". The Iowa Heritage Collection. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. "Historical Scores". jhowell.net. jhowell. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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