When Iowa Agricultural College (later Iowa State University) first fielded a football team in the late 19th century, the team was known as the Cardinals. On September 29, 1895, the name changed for good—under legendary coach Glenn “Pop” Warner, the Cardinals routed Northwestern 36-0, and the Chicago Tribune read that the Wildcats had been “Struck by a Cyclone.” The article went on to say, "Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone as with the team it met yesterday." Since then the Iowa State teams have been known as the Cyclones.

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