1895 Iowa Football picture

[pepsicock]

1895

Posting a disappointing 2-5 season, the Iowa team at least showed creativity. According to a story in Chuck Bright’s University of Iowa Football: The Hawkeyes, “The only high point occurred in Lawrence, Kansas, during the Jayhawk game. The Hawkeye team lacked a cheering section, so it assembled the cast members of the Black Crook Opera Company of Lawrence and taught them the Iowa songs and yells. The vocal support left nothing to be desired (except a victory), and the squad repaid its debt by attending the show and ‘producing one of the most vociferous claques ever to whoop things up at a theatrical performance.’

Thought you guys might like to see this pic . I thought pretty intersting

”http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/football_history/1895.html

 

[GPRHAWK]

Carpe diem

 

[HawkAttackDial911]

Good to see Iowa had an African-American on the team in 1895. Impressive really.

 

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

Good to see Iowa had an African-American on the team in 1895. Impressive really.

I believe that was Marshall Cotton in his first year of eligibility.....

 

[Bill_Callahan2.0]

Nebraska beat that team 6-0.

 

[soybean]

Nebraska beat that team 6-0.

True, and Iowa turned around in 1896 a defeated Nebraska by the same score to win the conference title.

 

[markfromj]

Doyle needs some time with the dude in the light shirt third from left front row.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Cool pic