1908 Iowa State Cyclones football team
| 1908 Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (2–1 MVC) |
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| Captain | E. W. Law |
| Home stadium | State Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2] E. W. Law was the team captain.[2]
Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.[3] The field was known as State Field; when the new field opened in 1914, it became known as "New State Field".[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | Morningside* |
| W 23–0 | [5] | |
| October 3 | Coe* |
| W 34–0 | [6] | |
| October 10 | at Minnesota* | L 10–15 | 5,000 | [7] | |
| October 17 | at Cornell (IA)* | Mount Vernon, IA | L 0–6 | [8] | |
| October 24 | South Dakota* |
| W 26–0 | [9] | |
| October 31 | at Missouri | W 16–0 | [10] | ||
| November 7 | vs. Nebraska | L 17–23 | [11] | ||
| November 14 | Grinnell* |
| W 53–0 | [12] | |
| November 26 | at Drake | W 12–6 | [13] | ||
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References
- ^ "1908 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 130. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "Football Game". The Iowa Heritage Collection. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "Ames wins in first game". The Minneapolis Journal. September 27, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ames beats Coe by score of 34 to 0". The Cedar Rapids Republican. October 4, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gophers win from Ames". The Inter Ocean. October 11, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Coppess' kicking humbles Aggies". The Register & Leader. October 18, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ames defeats S.D. team by a score of 26 to 0". The Minneapolis Journal. October 25, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Tigers were tamed". The Kansas City Star. November 1, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska 23, Ames 17; University wins from Iowa in a clean, hard fray at Dietz Park". Omaha World-Herald. November 8, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ames swamps Grinnell". The Sioux City Journal. November 15, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ames Is State Champion: Defeats Drake in Best Football Game of Season". The Sioux City Journal. November 27, 1908 – via Newspapers.com.