1906 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1906 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach A. W. Ristine, the Cyclones compiled a 9–1 record, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 268 to 30. The Cyclones won their first four games by a combined score of 194 to 0, and their only loss was to Minnesota by a 22-4 score.[1][2] R. E. Jeanson was the team captain.[2]

1906 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
CaptainR. E. Jeanson
Home stadiumState Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis     11 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     5 0 0
Butler     1 0 0
Michigan State Normal     5 0 1
Iowa State     9 1 0
Ohio     7 1 0
Notre Dame     6 1 0
St. Mary's (OH)     5 1 0
Fairmount     7 1 2
Wabash     5 1 1
South Dakota State     3 1 0
Kansas     7 2 2
Michigan Agricultural     7 2 2
Kansas State     5 2 0
Missouri     5 2 1
Detroit College     4 2 1
Northern Illinois State     4 2 1
Carthage     3 2 0
Lake Forest     3 2 0
Nebraska     6 4 0
Wittenberg     5 4 1
Heidelberg     3 3 1
Washington University     2 2 2
Beloit     3 4 1
Franklin     3 4 0
Doane     2 3 0
Shurtleff     2 4 2
Western State Normal (MI)     1 2 0
Mount Union     2 5 1
Drake     2 5 0
Haskell     2 5 0
Marquette     1 4 2
Chicago P&S     0 1 1
Cincinnati     0 7 2
Western Illinois     0 3 0

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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Cornell (IA)
W 81–0
October 53:15 pmCoe
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 36–0
October 63:15 pmDes Moines
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 45–0
October 13Morningside
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 32–0
October 203:30 pmat Nebraska
W 14–2
October 27at MinnesotaL 4–22
November 3South Dakota
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 22–0
November 17Grinnell
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
W 25–6
November 243:30 pmat IowaW 2–0
November 292:30 pmat DrakeW 7–0[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "1906 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 130. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Iowa State Football History: The 1890s". cyclones.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Football Game". The Iowa Heritage Collection. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Tracy Garrett (November 4, 1906). "Ames Wins Fierce Game in the Mud: Annual Thanksgiving Day Battle with Drake". The Register and Leader. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Historical Scores". jhowell.net. jhowell. May 11, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017.