1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Western Interstate University Football Association
Record4–4 (0–2 WIUFA)
Head coach
Home stadium Iowa Field
Seasons
  1896
1898  
1897 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska $ 3 0 05 1 0
Kansas 2 1 08 2 0
Iowa 0 2 04 4 0
Missouri 0 2 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 1897 college football season. The team was coached by Otto Wagonhurst, the last coach in Iowa Hawkeyes football history to coach for only one season. The next year, Iowa hired Alden Knipe as the team's head coach.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Wilton*W 22–4
October 16at Northwestern *
W 12–6 [1]
October 23 Chicago Physicians and Surgeons *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–14
October 303:00 p.m.at Kansas L 0–56 [2]
November 5 Iowa Agricultural *
L 0–6
November 13at Drake * Des Moines, IA W 16–0
November 20 Grinnell *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 16–12
November 253:10 p.m.vs. Nebraska
L 0–6

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References

  1. "Purple Is Beaten: Iowa Too Much for the Northwestern Players". Chicago Tribune. October 17, 1897. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Kansas Was Victor". Lawrence Daily Journal . Lawrence, Kansas. October 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .