Draft:Buena Vista football, 1898–1909

1900 Buena Vista football
1900 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1
Head coach	?A. W. Miller?;
	Seasons ← 1899 1901 →

1899 Buena Vista football
1899 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1
Head coach	Unknown;
	Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1898 Buena Vista football
1898 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1
Head coach	Unknown;
	Seasons 1899 →

The Buena Vista football program from 1898 to 1909 represented Buena Vista College—now known as Buena Vista University—in its first years of college football competition. Buena Vista did not play intercollegiate games in 1906 or 1908.

1898

The 1898 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 2–1 record as an independent.

Against Morningside, Buena Vista scored and went up 6–0, but the referee deemed it after time and negated the score after halftime. After the intermission, Buena Vista's players refused to take the field because the score was announced as 0–0 instead of 6–0 in Buena Vista's favor. The referee ultimately gave the game to Morningside which caused a brawl to ensue.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	vs. Storm Lake High School (IA)		W 11–0
November 11	at Fonda Town Team	Fonda, IA	W 26–0	^[2]
November 24	Morningside	Storm, IA	L 0–0 (forfeit)	^[1]

1899

The 1899 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 2–1 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	vs. Denison Normal and Business		W 28–0
October 9	at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD	L 5–26	^[3]
October 10	at Sioux City High School (IA)	Sioux City, IA Riverside Park	W 28–5	^[4]^[5]

1900

The 1900 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 4–1 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	vs. South Dakota	Sioux Falls, IA	W 11–0	^[6]^[7]
	at Alta	Alta, IA	W 28–0
	Sac City Institute	Storm Lake, IA	W 100–0
November 10	at Sioux City High School (IA)	Sioux City, IA
November 28	vs. Des Moines	Sac City, IA	L 0–40
November 29	Des Moines	Storm Lake, IA	W 5–0

1901

1901 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–1
Head coach	Unknown
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

The 1901 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 0–1 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	Dakota University		L 0–6

1902

1902 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3
Head coach	Billy Edson (1st season)
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

The 1902 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. In the team's first year under head coach Billy Edson, the team compiled a 2–3 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	at Alta	Alta, IA	L 0–6
October 3	Des Moines		W 6–0
October 17	Morningside	Storm Lake, IA	L 0–12
November 8	at Morningside	Sioux City	L 5–12
November 27	Alta	Storm Lake, IA	W 16–0

1903

1903 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	Billy Edson (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

The 1903 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. In the team's second year under head coach Billy Edson, the team compiled a 3–2 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	at Alta	Alta, IA	L 0–5
October 3	Western Union	Storm Lake, IA	W 17–0
October 9	at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD	L 0–5
October 24	vs. Des Moines	Jefferson, IA	W 22–12
November 14	Iowa State "B" Team		W 6–0

1904

1904 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Billy Edson (3rd season)
Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

The 1904 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. In the team's third year under head coach Billy Edson, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	at Morningside	Sioux City, IA	T 0–0
October 1	at Drake	Des Moines, IA	L 0–18	^[8]
	Morningside		W 5–0
October 7	at South Dakota	Storm Lake, IA	L 0–18
	State Normal		W 56–6
October 22	at Westmar	Le Mars, IA	W 21–0
November 12	at Sac City Institute	Sac City, IA	W 29–0
November 19	Westmar	Storm Lake, IA	W 52–0

1905

1905 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–1
Head coach	Unknown
Seasons ← 1904 1907 →

The 1906 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 0–1 record as an independent.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	at Morningside	Sioux City, IA	L 0–18

1907

1907 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1–1
Head coach	Unknown
Seasons ← 1905 1909 →

The 1907 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 4–1–1 record as an independent.^[9]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 12	Sac City Institute		W 65–0
October 19	vs. Humboldt College	Fort Dodge, IA	W 15–0
October 26	Ellsworth	Storm Lake, IA	W 45–0
November 2	at Highland Park (IA)	Des Moines, IA	L 12–16
November 22	Storm Lake Town Team		T 0–0
November 28	Newell Indies		W 39–6

Players

Buena Vista 1900 roster

Guards

Lloyd G. Crouch
Victor Hanson

Tackles

C. C. Sullivan
Allan O'Banion

Center

John Miller

Ends

Guy Joray
Treno Miller

Backs

Byrhl Carlton
Ben McCleery
Rollin Wheat

1909

1909 Buena Vista football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2–1
Head coach	Unknown
Seasons ← 1907 1910 →

The 1909 Buena Vista football team represented Buena Vista College of Storm Lake, Iowa. The team compiled a 2–2–1 record as an independent.

Opponent	Site	Result
Ellsworth		W 12–0
Sac City Town Team		W 8–0
Morningside		L 0–116
at Highland Park (IA)	Des Moines, IA	T 0–0
Correctionville High School (IA)	Storm Lake, IA	L 3–6

References

^ ^a ^b "Game Stopped By A Row". The Sioux City Journal. November 25, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Buena Vista College, 26; Fonda, 0". The Sioux City Journal. November 12, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Vermillion, 26; Buena Vista, 5". Star Tribune. October 10, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Football Battle Today". The Sioux City Journal. October 10, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Buena Vista, 28; High School, 5". The Sioux City Journal. October 11, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Buena Vista College Won". The Sioux City Journal. October 7, 1900. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "The Storm Lake, Ia., Footballists Too Much for Vermillion". Argus-Leader. October 8, 1900. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ "Drake Shows Poor Form In First Game: Defeats Buena Vista College 18 to 0 in Ragged Contest". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 2, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1909 Buena Vista University Yearbook" (PDF). Iowa Heritage. 1909. p. 54. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

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[:0-1] "Game Stopped By A Row". The Sioux City Journal. November 25, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[2] "Buena Vista College, 26; Fonda, 0". The Sioux City Journal. November 12, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[3] "Vermillion, 26; Buena Vista, 5". Star Tribune. October 10, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[4] "Football Battle Today". The Sioux City Journal. October 10, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[5] "Buena Vista, 28; High School, 5". The Sioux City Journal. October 11, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[6] "Buena Vista College Won". The Sioux City Journal. October 7, 1900. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[7] "The Storm Lake, Ia., Footballists Too Much for Vermillion". Argus-Leader. October 8, 1900. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[8] "Drake Shows Poor Form In First Game: Defeats Buena Vista College 18 to 0 in Ragged Contest". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 2, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] "1909 Buena Vista University Yearbook" (PDF). Iowa Heritage. 1909. p. 54. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

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