1908 Iowa State Cyclones football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1908 Iowa State Cyclones football Missouri Valley Conference MVC 6–3 2–1 Clyde Williams 2nd E. W. Law State Field The 1908 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1908 college football season. In their second season under head coach Clyde Williams, the Cyclones compiled a 6–3 record (2–1 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the conference, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 186 to 50.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/iowa-state/1908-schedule.html 1908 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 24, 20172017 Iowa State Football Fact Book Iowa State University 2017 130 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2015/5/5/Media_Guide.pdf September 24, 2017 September 5, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170905104156/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2015/5/5/Media_Guide.pdf dead E. W. Law was the team captain. Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.Iowa State Football History: The 1890s cyclones.com September 24, 2017 http://www.cyclones.com/news/2012/6/15/205439131.aspx The field was known as State Field; when the new field opened in 1914, it became known as "New State Field".Football Game The Iowa Heritage Collection September 24, 2017 http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/67031 Schedule September 26 w y 1908 Morningside Morningside State Field Ames, IA 23–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal-ames-wins-in-fir/171239919/ The Minneapolis Journal Ames wins in first game September 27, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com October 3 w y 1908 Coe Crimson Coe State Field Ames, IA 34–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cedar-rapids-republican-ames-beats-c/171240038/ The Cedar Rapids Republican Ames beats Coe by score of 34 to 0 October 4, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com October 10 l y y Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 10–15 5,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-inter-ocean-gophers-win-from-ames/171240151/ The Inter Ocean Gophers win from Ames October 11, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com October 17 l y y 1908 Cornell Purple Cornell (IA) Mount Vernon, IA 0–6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-1908-iowa-state/16019770/ The Register & Leader Coppess' kicking humbles Aggies October 18, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com October 24 w y 1908 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Field Ames, IA 26–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal-ames-defeats-sd/171240743/ The Minneapolis Journal Ames defeats S.D. team by a score of 26 to 0 October 25, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com October 31 w y Missouri Rollins Field Columbia, MO rivalry 16–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-the-tigers-were-tam/171240920/ The Kansas City Star The Tigers were tamed November 1, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com November 7 l y Nebraska Dietz Park Omaha, NE rivalry 17–23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-nebraska-23-ames-17/171239233/ Omaha World-Herald Nebraska 23, Ames 17; University wins from Iowa in a clean, hard fray at Dietz Park November 8, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com November 14 w y 1908 Grinnell Pioneers Grinnell State Field Ames, IA 53–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sioux-city-journal-ames-swamps-grinn/171241047/ The Sioux City Journal Ames swamps Grinnell November 15, 1908 April 27, 2025 Newspapers.com November 26 w y Drake Haskins Field Des Moines, IA 12–6 Ames Is State Champion: Defeats Drake in Best Football Game of Season The Sioux City Journal November 27, 1908 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32230980/ames_is_state_champion_defeats_drake/ Newspapers.com References Iowa State Category:Iowa State Cyclones football seasons Iowa State Cyclones football