Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 24/6/0/6
Iowa State University

Department of Athletics

Football
Media Guides, 1945-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator:

Iowa State University. Department of Athletics. Football Team

title:

Media Guides

dates:

1945- [ongoing]

extent:

2.1 linear ft. (5 document boxes)

collection number:

RS 24/6/0/6

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Iowa State University Department of Athletics, Football Media Guides, RS 24/6/0/6, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

Iowa State Agricultural College (Iowa State University) played its first organized game of football against State Center (1892) under coach and team captain Ira Brownlie. Football had been played at Iowa State since the 1870s, but only on an intramural level. In 1894, the team became part of an officially organized athletic association and competed with other colleges in the state of Iowa.

Iowa State football began playing on the west side of central campus, first behind Old Main (where Beardshear Hall is located), then north of Marston Hall (known as State Field). In 1914, "New" State Field was completed at the northeast corner of Sheldon and Lincoln Way. This location was later named Clyde Williams Field and served as the home of Cyclone football until 1974. Cyclone Stadium, later renamed Jack Trice Stadium, opened at the Iowa State Center (1975) and is the current home of the program.

The "Cyclone" nickname came from a game Iowa State played at Northwestern in 1895. Iowa State beat what was a well-regarded Wildcats team, 36-0 and the Chicago Tribune had a headline the next day that read "Struck By A Cyclone" in reference to a tornado that had devastated the Iowa town of Grinnell a year earlier. The Cyclone name has been associated with Iowa State ever since.

Early football legend and innovator, Glenn "Pop" Warner, coached Iowa State football, several weeks each year from 1895 through 1899. During his first two years with Iowa State, he simultaneously coached the University of Georgia's football team. Other prominent names from college football coaching history to have passed through Ames include former head coaches Johnny Majors (1968-1972) and Earle Bruce (1973-1978), and assistant coaches Jimmy Johnson (1968-1969), Jackie Sherrill (1968-1972), Pete Carroll (1978), and Mack Brown (1979-1981). Dan McCarney has the most wins of any coach in Iowa State history with 56.

In the Johnny Majors era, Iowa State went to its first bowl game, a 33-15 loss against Louisiana State University in the Sun Bowl (1971). The first Cyclone bowl win came at the Insight.com Bowl against Pittsburgh, 37-29 (2000). Iowa State has appeared in ten bowl games through the 2009 season, winning three (2000, 2004, and 2009).

Iowa State has had a history of post-season recognition for players and coaches. There have been four Heisman Trophy finalists: Dwight Nichols, 8th place (1959); George Amundson, 7th place (1972); and Troy Davis, 5th place (1995) and 2nd place (1996). Earle Bruce was selected Big 8 Coach of the Year (1976 and 1977) and Dan McCarney was voted Big 12 Coach of the Year (2001and 2004)

Through the 2009 season, Iowa State football has an overall win-loss-tie record of 488-580-46.

Coaches:

Ira C. Brownlie

1892

W.F. Finney

1893

Bert German

1894

Glenn "Pop" Warner

1895-1899

Joe Meyers

1899

C.E. Woodruff

1900

Edgar Clinton

1901

A.W. Ristine

1902-1906

Clyde Williams

1907-1912

Homer C. Hubbard

1913-1914

Charles Mayser

1915-1919

Norman C. Paine

1920

Maury Kent

1921

Sam. F. Willaman

1922-1925

Noel Workman

1926-1930

George Veenker

1931-1936

Jim Yeager

1937-1940

Ray Donels

1941-1942

Mike Michalske

1942-1946

Abe Stuber

1947-1953

Vince DiFrancesca

1954-1956

Jim Myers

1957

Clay Stapleton

1958-1967

Johnny Majors

1968-1972

Earle Bruce

1973-1978

Donnie Duncan

1979-1982

Jim Criner

1983-1986

Chuck Banker

1986 (interim)

Jim Walden

1987-1994

Dan McCarney

1995-2006

Gene Chizik

2007-2008

Paul Rhoads

2009- present

 

Collection description

The collection (1945- [ongoing]) contains media guides which provide an overview of each season of Cyclone football. The media guides have information about the program's history, current schedules and opponents, the coaching staff, and player statistics and biographical information.

 

Organization

The collection is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Media guides

1945-1951

1

2

Media guides

1952-1956

1

3

Media guides

1957-1966

1

4

Media guides

1967-1974

1

5

Media guides

1975-1980

1

6

Media guides

1981-1983

1

7

Media guides

1984-1985

2

1

Media guides, Spring media guide

1986

2

2

Media guides

1987

2

3

Media guides

1988

2

4

Media guides

1989

2

5

Media guides

1990

2

6

Media guides

1991

3

1

Media guides

1992

3

2

Media guides

1993

3

3

Media guides, spring prospectus

1994

3

4

Media guides, spring media guide

1995

3

5

Media guides

1996

3

6

Media guides

1997

4

1

Media guides

1998

4

2

Media guides, prospectus

1999

4

3

Media guides, Insight.com Bowl media guide

2000

4

4

Media guides

2001

4

5

Media guides, preseason prospectus

2002

5

1

Media guides

2003

5

2

Media guides

2004

5

3

Media guides

2005

5

4

Media guides, media supplement

2006

5

5

Media guides

2007

5

6

Media guides

2008