1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

The 1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The 1893 Cyclones compiled a 0–3 record, losing twice to Grinnell and once to Cornell. They were outscored by a combined total of 62 to 14. W. P. Finney was the head coach, and Ed Mellinger was the team captain.^[1]

1893 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–3
Head coach	W. P. Finney (1st season)
Captain	Ed Mellinger
Seasons ← 1892 1894 →

1893 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Case			–					4	–	0	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Baker			–					5	–	0	–	1
Oberlin			–					6	–	1	–	0
Hillsdale			–					4	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	1	–	0
Buchtel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Butler			–					4	–	2	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	2	–	0
Chicago			–					6	–	4	–	2
Beloit			–					4	–	3	–	0
Illinois			–					3	–	2	–	3
Lake Forest			–					3	–	2	–	3
Doane			–					2	–	2	–	0
Heidelberg			–					2	–	2	–	0
Kansas State Normal			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	3	–	0
Washburn			–					1	–	1	–	1
Washington University			–					1	–	1	–	0
Ohio State			–					4	–	5	–	0
Wittenberg			–					2	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					1	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					0	–	2	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	1	–	0
College of Emporia			–					0	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					0	–	1	–	0
Kalamazoo			–					0	–	2	–	0
Iowa Agricultural			–					0	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					0	–	6	–	0

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 14		at Grinnell	Grinnell, IA	L 6–42	[3][4]
November 4		Cornell (IA)	Ames, IA	L 6–14
	3:00 p.m.	Grinnell	Ames, IA	L 2–6