Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 24/6/1
Iowa State University
Department of Athletics
Football
Subject Files, 1899-[ongoing]
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa State University. Department of Athletics. Football |
| title: | Subject Files |
| dates: | 1899- [ongoing], undated |
| extent: | 1.68 linear feet (4 document boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 24/6/1 |
| 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 Subject Files, RS 24/6/1, 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:
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Collection description
The collection (1899- [ongoing], undated) contains a variety of general information about the Iowa State University football program. There are histories written by students that usually examine a specific year of football, newspaper articles on the history of the "Cyclone" nickname, football clinic programs, season prospectuses, year-by-year rosters, and yearly schedules. There is also information about past team reunions, ticket stubs, and two copies of a Frank Miller cartoon commemorating the Sun Bowl trip (1971). |
Organization
The collection is organized alphabetically by subject. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Awards banquet |
1997 |
1 |
2 |
Big 8 Football Roster Manual - booklet |
1962 |
1 |
3 |
Captains of Iowa State football, 1892-1944 |
undated |
1 |
4 |
Cyclone name origin - Des Moines Register 50th anniversary of the name article |
1944-1949 |
1 |
5 |
Cyclone name origin - Iowa State Daily articles |
1962-1992 |
1 |
6 |
Flip cards - game day rosters |
1965-1978, undated |
1 |
7 |
Football clinic - program books |
1969-1979 |
1 |
8 |
Football clinic - program books |
1980 |
1 |
9 |
Football at Iowa State: the Early Years - University Archives history |
1993 |
1 |
10 |
Football in the Gay 90s - booklet |
undated |
| 5 | 1 | Football manual | 1930 ca. |
1 |
11 |
Football recognition dinner, 1966 season |
1967 |
1 |
12 |
Game vs. Toledo, 9/22/07 - Cyclones.com preview |
2007 |
1 |
13 |
Historic references - correspondence, articles, information |
1899-2008, undated |
2 |
1 |
History - "Big Loss, UNI vs. ISU, 1992" |
1994 |
2 |
2 |
History - "Coach Clay Stapleton and His Two All-Americans," 1960 & 1961 Iowa State football |
1992 |
2 |
3 |
History - "Criner's Shiners," 1983 Cyclone football |
1993 |
2 |
4 |
History - "Cyclone Strikes Again!," Iowa State vs. Nebraska football game, 1992 |
1994 |
2 |
5 |
History - "Cyclones, the Building Years," ISU football 1962-1964 |
1992 |
2 |
6 |
History - "Difficult Season: 1979 ISU Football" |
1993 |
| 1 | 14 | History - "Dirty Thirty: A New Tradition for a New University" | 2011 circa |
2 |
7 |
History - "End of a Clay Era," ISU football 1966-1967 |
1992 |
2 |
8 |
History - "End of an Era at Clyde Williams Field" |
1994 |
2 |
9 |
History - "Football 1968 & 1969, the Beginning of an Era" |
1992 |
2 |
10 |
History - "Football 1975" |
1993 |
2 |
11 |
History - "Football 1985" |
1993 |
2 |
12 |
History - "IAC Football Squad of 1895" |
1994 |
2 |
13 |
History - Jim Criner |
undated |
2 |
14 |
History - "Modest Goals for ISU Coach, Players," 1987 football summary |
1994 |
2 |
15 |
History - "New Beginning," summary of the 1973 ISU football season |
1993 |
2 |
16 |
History - "Repeats and Peaches," ISU football 1977 |
1993 |
2 |
17 |
History - "Overview of Iowa State's 1972 Football Team" |
1993 |
2 |
18 |
History - "Rise and Fall of the Cyclones," 1980 Iowa State University Cyclone football |
1993 |
2 |
19 |
History - "Rollercoaster Ride to a 5-6 Season," 1970 Cyclone football |
1993 |
2 |
20 |
History - "Season of Ups and Downs," 1972 football |
1994 |
2 |
21 |
History - "Top of the Hill to Bottom of the Barrel," ISU football 1976 |
1993 |
2 |
22 |
History - "Unforgettable Year of Bruce," Iowa State football 1975 |
1993 |
2 |
23 |
History - "Unknown Heroes," ISU football 1965-1967 |
1992 |
2 |
24 |
History - "Well at Least They Beat Iowa," the 1982 Cyclone football team |
1993 |
2 |
25 |
History - "Were Things Really Finer With Criner?," ISU football 1984 |
1993 |
2 |
26 |
History - "Whole New Beginning, or Is It?," Cyclone football 1975 |
1994 |
2 |
27 |
History - "Winners at Last...the Last Winners," ISU football 1989 |
1994 |
2 |
28 |
History - "Year of Fame," football 1978 |
1993 |
2 |
29 |
History - "Year of the Fun in the Sun Bowl," 1971 ISU football |
1993 |
2 |
30 |
History - "1981 Football at a Glance" |
1994 |
2 |
31 |
History - "1988 Cyclone Football" |
1993 |
2 |
32 |
Holiday greeting cards |
1972-1977 |
2 |
33 |
Humanitarian Bowl - media guide |
2002 |
3 |
1 |
Insight.com Bowl - online articles |
2000 |
3 |
2 |
Newsletters - football, athletic department in general |
1969-1972 |
3 |
3 |
Parking permits for stadium lots |
1982-1998 |
3 |
4 |
Postcards from athletic department |
1990 ca. |
| Map | case | Posters | 1971-2011 |
3 |
5 |
Preseason yearbook |
1997 |
3 |
6 |
Prospectus |
1975-2001 |
3 |
7 |
Prospectus |
2003-2004 |
3 |
8 |
Prospectus |
2005-2006 |
3 |
9 |
Questionnaire for prospective recruits |
1971-1972, undated |
3 |
10 |
Recruiting book |
1989 circa |
3 |
11 |
Recruiting book |
1992 circa |
3 |
12 |
Reminiscences regarding football games |
1974, undated |
3 |
13 |
Rosters (year by year) |
1919-2009 |
4 |
1 |
Rosters (incomplete duplicate list of folder 3/13) |
1919-2000 |
4 |
2 |
Schedules - pocket sized |
1926-2012 |
4 |
3 |
Scouting report - Oklahoma State |
1961 |
4 |
4 |
Souvenir cards |
1916-1935 |
4 |
5 |
Sun Bowl cartoon by Frank Miller |
1972 circa |
4 |
6 |
Sun Bowl - 25th anniversary reunion books |
1996 |
4 |
7 |
Team reunions |
1934 |
4 |
8 |
Ticket and schedule information |
1925-2009, undated |
4 |
9 |
Ticket stubs from 1927 |
1927 |
4 |
10 |
Ticket stubs |
1961-2008 |
4 |
11 |
Victorian Football League |
1906 |