1890

October 18
Iowa played its first home game. In spite of English teacher Martin Sampson’s 70-yard run for Iowa’s first touchdown ever, the Hawkeyes couldn’t best the Pioneers from Iowa College. Final score: 14-6.

Thanksgiving Day
Iowa won its first game, a rout against Iowa Wesleyan played at the fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant. In those days, touchdowns were only worth four points, but field goals counted five and game scores were not necessarily low. Abe Lincoln’s son Robert and over 1,400 fans watched Iowa whip Iowa Wesleyan. Final score: 91-0.

Taken in 1890, this is the earliest photo available of the Iowa Hawkeyes.
1890: The earliest team photo we could find

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