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1898-1899 Iowa Football Year in Review


<< 1897-1898
1899-1900 >>


SUMMARY VIDEO


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Summary: 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 later joined the Western Conference in 1900.

Friction between Knipe and older players escalated when the team started the season 1–4–1, losing to Iowa State Normal College 11-5. Ralph Blackmore led the "Blackmore Revolt", in which he and four other upperclassmen quit the team due to lack of equipment and input into who should play. Knipe simply started younger players, including Clyde Williams, who was a freshman at the time. With Williams at quarterback, Iowa finished the year 2–0–1, ending the season with a 6–5 victory over rival Nebraska. The revolt resulted in a multi-year winning streak for the Iowa program.

There were also a team called the "Iowa Volunteers" that went to California to play Stanford and Cal at the end of October, but not sure how they were associated with the university.

Conference: Independent

Head Coach: Alden Knipe

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Knox
10/1/1898

Iowa  vs  Knox  


T     0 - 0



Chicago
10/8/1898

Iowa  @  Chicago  


L     0 - 38



Drake
10/15/1898

Iowa  vs  Drake  


L     5 - 18



Upper Iowa
10/22/1898

Iowa  vs  Upper Iowa  


W     23 - 5



Rush
10/29/1898

Iowa  vs  Rush  


L     11 - 15



Northern Iowa
11/5/1898

Iowa  vs  Iowa State Normal  


L     5 - 11



Grinnell
11/12/1898

Iowa  @  Iowa College  


T     5 - 5



Simpson
11/17/1898

Iowa  vs  Simpson  


W     12 - 0



Nebraska
11/24/1898

Iowa  @  Nebraska  


W     6 - 5




Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

3

4

2

44.44%



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