1892 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1892 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football Independent 1–0–1 Ira C. Brownlie 1st Ira C. Brownlie The 1892 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1892 college football season. The 1892 season was the first in which an organized group of athletes represented Iowa State in football. However, the team did not engage in intercollegiate football, playing only two non-collegiate teams and compiling a 1–0–1 record. The team played a town team from State Center to a 6–6 tie and defeated a team representing the Des Moines YMCA by a 30–0 score.2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book Iowa State University 2017 129 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 dead2007 http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1875.html April 20, 2009 Iowa State University History of Iowa State: Time Line, 1875–1899 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090410221627/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1875.html April 10, 2009 ISU marking 100 years of football Maury White The Des Moines Register September 27, 1992 13D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13980079/isu_marking_100_years_of_football/ Newspapers.com(identifying State Center as a "town team") Dr. Ira C. Brownlie was both the head coach, team captain, and played at the end position. Brownlie was credited with having "introduced football" while he was a student at the school in 1892.First Iowa State Football Coach to Be at Homecoming Ames Daily Tribune October 17, 1938 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13979912/first_iowa_state_football_coach_to_be/ Newspapers.com Brownlie later recalled: "There were so many strong boys around there doing nothing that I thought they could make a football team easily."Dr. Brownlie Started Game 61 Years Ago: At Age Of 80 He's Still Going Strong In Football Quad-City Times October 20, 1953 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13980625/dr_brownlie_started_game_61_years_ago/ Newspapers.com The only other player known to have played on the 1892 team was Charles Deering.2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book, p. 41. 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 Schedule October ? t State Center State Field Ames, IA 6-6 w Des Moines YMCA State Field Ames, IA 30-0 References Iowa Agricultural Category:Iowa State Cyclones football seasons Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football