1896 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1896 Iowa Hawkeyes football
WIUFA champion
Conference Western Interstate University Football Association
Record7–1–1 (3–0–1 WIUFA)
Head coach
Home stadium Iowa Field
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Iowa $ 2 0 17 1 1
Kansas 2 1 07 3 0
Nebraska 1 1 16 3 1
Missouri 0 3 07 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1896 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 1896 college football season. It was the first Hawkeye football team to win a conference championship. The Hawkeyes went undefeated against the likes of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska and had only one loss, to Chicago. The team allowed only 12 points the entire season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Drake *W 32–0 [1]
October 10at Chicago *L 0–6 [2]
October 26 Kansas
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 6–02,000 [3]
November 4Wilton*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 27–0
November 9at Missouri W 12–0 [4]
November 14at Grinnell * Grinnell, IA W 15–6 [5]
November 21at Des Moines YMCA* Des Moines, IA W 34–0
November 263:30 p.mvs. Nebraska
T 0–0 [6]
November 283:00 p.mvs. Nebraska
  • University Park
  • Omaha, NE
W 6–0 [7]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  2. "Shuts Out Hawkeye Team". The Chicago Chronicle. October 11, 1896. p. 12. Retrieved October 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Iowa Defeats Kansas". The Topeka State Journal . October 27, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved October 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Iowa Vs. Missouri". The Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital. November 10, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved October 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Grinnell Is Beaten". The Chicago Chronicle. November 15, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved October 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Nebraska-Iowa Game". The Courier . November 28, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved October 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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