1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1894
| team = Iowa Agricultural Cardinals
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 5–1
| head_coach = Bert German
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Bert German
| stadium =
| next = 1895
}}
{{1894 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The 1894 Cardinals compiled a 5–1 record, shut out three of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 180 to 24. In the first game of the Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry, the Cardinals defeated the Hawkeyes by a 16–8 score.{{cite web|title=2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book|publisher=Iowa State University |year=2017| page=129| url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2015/5/5/Media_Guide.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2017}} Bert German is identified as both the head coach and the team captain.
Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.{{cite web|title=Iowa State Football History: The 1890s|publisher=cyclones.com|access-date=September 24, 2017|url=http://www.cyclones.com/news/2012/6/15/205439131.aspx}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 2
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Fort Dodge
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Webster City, IA
| score = 46–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 3
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Des Moines YMCA
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Des Moines, IA
| score = 18–4
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1894|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Grinnell, IA
| score = 6–12
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 16–8
| source = {{cite news |title=Iowa A. C. Defeats Iowa 'Varsity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111203991/chicago-tribune/ |access-date=October 12, 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 2, 1894 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1894|team=Simpson Redmen|title=Simpson}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Indianola, IA
| score = 28–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| opponent = Panora
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| score = 66–0
}}
}}