1890 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1890 Iowa Hawkeyes football Independent 1–1 None Iowa Field The 1890 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the State University of Iowa ("S.U.I."), now commonly known as the University of Iowa, during the 1890 college football season. Following Iowa's inaugural season in 1889, two games were scheduled for the Hawkeyes to play in 1890. On October 18, the Hawkeyes played Iowa College in Iowa City, only to lose to the Pioneers for the second time in two games. It was this loss that triggered a dispute amongst people within the university. In an attempt to prove that the best football talent was not on the team, the S.U.I. Medics challenged the varsity squad to a game. Confident, the varsity squad accepted, and lost, 22–10.Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 3. But the loss did not keep Iowa from challenging Iowa Wesleyan, who accepted, under the terms that the game be played in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Fifteen hundred fans, including John Marshall Harlan and Robert Todd Lincoln, were in attendance for the Thanksgiving Day game. Using rules that made touchdowns worth four points, the Hawkeyes easily won the game in a rout, 91–0. The Hawkeyes scored 19 touchdowns and five goals after touchdown while A.G. Smith kicked the first field goal in school history.Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 4. Today, 19 touchdowns remains an Iowa single-game record, and the 91 points remains Iowa's third-largest margin of victory in school history. Largest Margins http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/a-rec-largest-margins.html HawkeyeSports.com 2007-08-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071209202041/http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/a-rec-largest-margins.html 2007-12-09 Schedule October 18 l 1890 Iowa College Pioneers Iowa College Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 6–11 October 18 l Iowa Medical Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 10–22† November 27 w y 1890 Iowa Wesleyan Tigers Iowa Wesleyan Fairgrounds Park Mount Pleasant, IA 91–0 † Did not count against Iowa's record. Players Michael Balliet William Bremner Arthur Cox James Crossley F.H. Cutler Lloyd Elliott Albert Heald David Knapp Matthew McEniry Fred Neal Frank Pierce Milton Powers Martin Sampson Allen Sanford Charles Smeltzer Arthur Smith, quarterback and captain2022 Iowa Football Media Guide 250–258 University of Iowa https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2022/07/b99ff33b-2022_ia_fb_media-guide-online-version.pdf References MacCambridge, M. (2005) ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. New York: ESPN Books. 1-4013-3703-1. Lamb, D. and McGrane, B. (1964) 75 Years with the Fighting Hawkeyes. WM. C. Brown Company. B0007E01F8 Iowa Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football seasons Iowa Hawkeyes football