1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Western Conference co-champion
Conference Western Conference
Record7–0–1 (2–0–1 Western)
Head coach
Captain John G. Griffith
Home stadium Iowa Field
Seasons
←  1899
1901  →
1900 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota + 3 –0 –110 –0 –2
Iowa + 2 –0 –17 –0 –1
Wisconsin 2 –1 –08 –1 –0
Michigan 3 –2 –07 –2 –1
Northwestern 2 –1 –27 –2 –3
Chicago 2 –3 –19 –5 –1
Indiana 1 –2 –14 –2 –2
Illinois 1 –3 –27 –3 –2
Purdue 0 –4 –04 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the State University of Iowa ("S.U.I."), now commonly known as the University of Iowa, as a member of the Western Conference during the 1900 Western Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Alden Knipe, the Hawkeyes compiled a 7–0–1 record (2–0–1 in conference games), tied with Minnesota for the Western Conference championship, shut out their first five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 311 to 12. [1] [2] This was the Hawkeyes' second consecutive undefeated season and their first season in the Western Conference.

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Quarterback Clyde Williams and tackle Joe Warner received first-team All-Big Ten honors. [3] Williams was later inducted into the Iowa Letterwinners Club Hall of Fame. [4] Fullback John G. Griffith was the team captain. [5]

The team played its home games at Iowa Field in Iowa City, Iowa.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Upper Iowa *
W 57–0 [6]
October 6 Iowa State Normal *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 68–0 [7]
October 13 Simpson *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 47–0 [8]
October 19at Iowa State
Cancelled A
October 26 Drake *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 26–0 [9]
November 3at Chicago
W 17–0 [10]
November 10vs. Michigan
W 28–55,000 [11] [12]
November 17 Grinnell *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 63–2 [13]
November 29vs. Northwestern Rock Island, IL T 5–5 [14]
  • *Non-conference game

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Personnel

Players

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Coaches and administrators

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References

  1. ↑ "1900 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2022 Iowa Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa. p. 238.
  3. ↑ 2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 218.
  4. ↑ 2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 211.
  5. ↑ 2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 220.
  6. ↑ "State University Winner: Administers an Overwhelming Defeat to Fayette, at Football; Upper Iowa Game as a Mystery". The Sioux City Journal. September 29, 1900. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Easy Game for S.U.I.: Iowa Defeats State Normal Sixty-Eight to Nothing; Victors Make Twelve Touchdowns and Kick Eight Goals". The Daily Nonpareil. October 7, 1900. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Iowa Still Wins: Simpson College Defeated by Score of 47 to 0". Daily Iowa State Press. October 15, 1900. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Drake is Defeated: Was Going to Cross Iowa's Line, But our Boys Would Not Let Them Do it". Daily Iowa State Press. October 27, 1900. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Iowa Beats the Maroons: Stagg's Eleven Defeated by Hawkeyes 17 to 0". The Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1900. pp. 17, 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Hawkeyes: 28 to 5". Detroit Free Press. November 11, 1900. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Iowa 28, Michigan 5: Michigan Suffers the Worst Defeat in Recent Years". The U. of M. Daily. November 11, 1900. pp. 1, 3 – via Bentley Historical Library.
  13. ↑ "Grinnell Also Fell: Iowa Wins the Game With Ease and Strengthens Her Claim to Western Championship". Daily Iowa State Press. November 19, 1900. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Purple Ties the Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. November 30, 1900. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Iowa Football 2013 Media Guide" (PDF). CBS Sports. CBS Interactive. 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on December 15, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  16. ↑ 2022 Media Guide, pp. 250-258.
  17. ↑ "The Football Banquet". Daily Iowa State Press. December 17, 1900. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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