1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
| 1897 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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| Conference | Western Interstate University Football Association |
| Record | 4–4 (0–2 WIUFA) |
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| Home stadium | Iowa Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 2 | Wilton* | W 22–4 | |||
| October 16 | at Northwestern* |
| W 12–6 | [1] | |
| October 23 | Chicago Physicians and Surgeons* |
| L 0–14 | ||
| October 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at Kansas | L 0–56 | [2] | |
| November 5 | Iowa Agricultural* |
| L 0–6 | ||
| November 13 | at Drake* | Des Moines, IA | W 16–0 | ||
| November 20 | Grinnell* |
| W 16–12 | ||
| November 25 | 3:10 p.m. | vs. Nebraska |
| L 0–6 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Purple Is Beaten: Iowa Too Much for the Northwestern Players". Chicago Tribune. October 17, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas Was Victor". Lawrence Daily Journal. Lawrence, Kansas. October 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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