1898 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1898 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–2
Head coach	Alden Knipe (1st season)
Captain	Samuel Hobbs
Home stadium	Iowa Field

1898 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington University			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					4	–	0	–	1
Washburn			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kansas			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					5	–	1	–	3
Indiana			–					4	–	1	–	2
Nebraska			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					2	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	2	–	0
Western Reserve			–					5	–	3	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg			–					4	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	3	–	0
Iowa State			–					3	–	2	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	1	–	2
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	1	–	1
DePauw			–					3	–	4	–	2
Iowa			–					3	–	4	–	2
Ohio			–					1	–	2	–	1
Ohio State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					2	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					2	–	5	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wittenberg			–					1	–	5	–	1
Fairmount			–					0	–	1	–	0
College of Emporia			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1898 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1898 college football season. This was Alden Knipe's first as head coach of the Hawkeyes and Iowa's first year as an independent after the dissolution of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA). Iowa joined the Western Conference in 1900.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1		Knox (IL)	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	T 0–0
October 8		at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 0–38
October 15		Drake	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 5–18
October 22		Upper Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 23–5
October 29		Rush Medical	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 11–15
November 5		Iowa State Normal	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 5–11
November 12		at Grinnell	Grinnell, IA	T 5–5
November 17		Simpson	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 12–0
November 24	3:45 p.m	vs. Nebraska	Union Park Council Bluffs, IA (rivalry)	W 6–5

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References

1. "Iowa Football 2013 Media Guide" (PDF). CBS Sports. CBS Interactive. 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on December 15, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.