1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1900
| team = Iowa Hawkeyes
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Western Conference
| short_conf = Western
| record = 7–0–1
| conf_record = 2–0–1
| head_coach = Alden Knipe
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = John G. Griffith
| stadium = Iowa Field
| champion = Western Conference co-champion
}}
{{1900 Western Conference football standings}}
The 1900 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the State University of Iowa ("S.U.I."), now commonly known as the University of Iowa, as a member of the Western Conference during the 1900 Western Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Alden Knipe, the Hawkeyes compiled a 7–0–1 record (2–0–1 in conference games), tied with Minnesota for the Western Conference championship, shut out their first five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 311 to 12.{{cite web|title=1900 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=May 10, 2025|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/iowa/1900-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2022 Iowa Football Media Guide|page=238|publisher=University of Iowa|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2022/07/b99ff33b-2022_ia_fb_media-guide-online-version.pdf}} This was the Hawkeyes' second consecutive undefeated season and their first season in the Western Conference.
Quarterback Clyde Williams and tackle Joe Warner received first-team All-Big Ten honors.2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 218. Williams was later inducted into the Iowa Letterwinners Club Hall of Fame.2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 211. Fullback John G. Griffith was the team captain.2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 220.
The team played its home games at Iowa Field in Iowa City, Iowa.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1900|team=Upper Iowa Peacocks|title=Upper Iowa}}
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 57–0
| source = {{cite news|title=State University Winner: Administers an Overwhelming Defeat to Fayette, at Football; Upper Iowa Game as a Mystery|newspaper=The Sioux City Journal|date=September 29, 1900|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sioux-city-journal-state-university/172398158/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1900|team=Iowa State Normals|title=Iowa State Normal}}
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 68–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Easy Game for S.U.I.: Iowa Defeats State Normal Sixty-Eight to Nothing; Victors Make Twelve Touchdowns and Kick Eight Goals|newspaper=The Daily Nonpareil|date=October 7, 1900|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil-easy-game-for-sui/172400242/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1900|team=Simpson Red and Gold|title=Simpson}}
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 47–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Iowa Still Wins: Simpson College Defeated by Score of 47 to 0|newspaper=Daily Iowa State Press|date=October 15, 1900|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-iowa-still-wins/172397808/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l =
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa State
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = Cancelled {{Ref|A|A}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Drake
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 26–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Drake is Defeated: Was Going to Cross Iowa's Line, But our Boys Would Not Let Them Do it|newspaper=Daily Iowa State Press|date=October 27, 1900|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-drake-is-defeate/172093411/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chicago
| site_stadium = Marshall Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 17–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Iowa Beats the Maroons: Stagg's Eleven Defeated by Hawkeyes 17 to 0|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 4, 1900|pages=17, 19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-iowa-beats-the-maroons/172093109/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Bennett Park
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| score = 28–5
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Hawkeyes: 28 to 5|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 11, 1900|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21635577/hawkeyes_28_to_5/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Iowa 28, Michigan 5: Michigan Suffers the Worst Defeat in Recent Years|newspaper=The U. of M. Daily|date=November 11, 1900|pages=1, 3|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071730803/187|via=Bentley Historical Library}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1900|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}
| site_stadium = Iowa Field
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 63–2
| source = {{cite news|title=Grinnell Also Fell: Iowa Wins the Game With Ease and Strengthens Her Claim to Western Championship|newspaper=Daily Iowa State Press|date=November 19, 1900|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-grinnell-also-fe/172093632/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| w/l = t
| neutral = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Rock Island, IL
| score = 5–5
| source = {{cite news|title=Purple Ties the Hawkeyes|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 30, 1900|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21053933/purple_ties_the_hawkeyes/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
Personnel
=Players=
- James Brockway
- Emett Burrier
- George Coulthard
- Charles Dye
- Willis Edson
- Asher Ely
- John G. Griffith, fullback
- Ernest Little
- Ray Morton
- Frank Siberts
- Joe Warner, tackle
- Bert Watters
- Clyde Williams, quarterback
=Coaches and administrators=
- Alden Knipe, head coach and director of athletics
- Sam Hobbs, assistant coach
- Fred C. McCutchen, manager
{{cite news|title=The Football Banquet|newspaper=Daily Iowa State Press|date=December 17, 1900|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-the-football-ban/172386434/|via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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{{Iowa Hawkeyes football navbox}}
{{Big Ten Conference football champions}}
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