The 1895 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the State University of Iowa ("S.U.I."), now commonly known as the University of Iowa, as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled a 2–5 record (0–3 in conference games), finished in last place in the WIUFA, and was outscored by a total of 138 to 42. It was the last Hawkeye football team to go without a head coach when the university decided to forgo hiring a professional football coach.Lamb, D and McGrane, B, page x. The plan backfired, and although the team posted victories over and , they failed to score in each of their five losses. The next year, Iowa hired Alfred E. Bull as their coach.
The team was the first racially-integrated Iowa football team, as Frank Kinney Holbrook became the team's first African-American player. Holbrook was later inducted into the Iowa Letterwinners Club Hall of Fame.2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 211.
Guard Kalita Leighton was the team captain.2022 Iowa Football Media Guide, p. 220. The team played its home games at Iowa Field at Iowa City, Iowa.
Schedule
Players William Allison, end Burns, end Paul Coldren, quarterback Stevens Coldren, halfback Elmer Cutting, guard Charles Edmonds Richard Gaines, halfback John Gardner Samuel Hobbs, fullback/halfback Frank Kinney Holbrook, end Iver Iverson, center Richard Kepler, fullback Kalita Leighton, guard/tackle and captain Ernest Maine, quarterback Howard Powers, tackle James Stanton, tackle Charles Thomas James C. Walker, guard 2022 Media Guide, pp. 250-258.
References
MacCambridge, M. (2005) ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. New York: ESPN Books. . Lamb, D. and McGrane, B. (1964) 75 Years with the Fighting Hawkeyes. WM. C. Brown Company.