1914

Spring
Some alumni took a public dislike of Nelson Kellogg, business manager and director of athletics. Charging him with incompetency, they stated that “no one but an alumnus can be a satisfactory manager.”

The students, faculty, and the Board in Control of Athletics all stood behind Kellogg, with the result being that alumni representation on the board was reduced to one.

Fall
The Hawkeyes wore numbers on their uniforms for the first time. Iowa and the other schools in the Western Conference were among the first to use this system, which was not mandated by the national football rules committee until 1937.

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