The 1892 season was the first in which an organized group of athletes represented Iowa State in football.
[1][2][3] Dr. Ira C. Brownlie was both the head coach, team captain, and played at the end position.
[1][4] Brownlie was credited with having "introduced football" while he was a student at the school in 1892.
[5] Brownlie later recalled: "There were so many strong boys around there doing nothing that I thought they could make a football team easily.
[6] Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.