1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game

1896 Chicago vs. Iowa game
"First modern college basketball game"

Chicago Maroons

Iowa Hawkeyes

(5–2)

(2–5)

Head coach:
Horace Butterworth

Head coach:
None

	1	2	Total
Chicago	15		15
Iowa	12		12

Date

Saturday, January 18, 1896

Arena

Close Hall^[1]

Location

Iowa City, Iowa

Attendance

~500

The 1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game was the first five-on-five college basketball game played in United States history.^[2] Although the sport had been first played in 1892, seven to nine players had been used on a side. At the urging of the University of Chicago's head football coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago's men's club team traveled to Iowa City, Iowa, to play the University of Iowa on January 18, 1896, in an experimental game.^[3] The match was played in Close Hall, and due to seating capacity constraints, only approximately 500 people were able to watch.^[2] Iowa physical education teacher Dr. Henry F. Kallenberg reduced the teams to five players on a side, and the modern version of basketball was born.^[2] Kallenberg came to Iowa from Springfield College, where he was a classmate of Dr. James Naismith.^[4] Chicago won, 15–12, to secure modern college basketball's first-ever win.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 3
1 2 3 4 "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
↑ "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
↑ Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 2

Chicago Maroons men's basketball

Venues	Men's Gymnasium (1893–1897) Bartlett Gymnasium (1903–1932) Henry Crown Fieldhouse (1933–2003) Gerald Ratner Athletics Center (2003–present)

Culture & lore	Wave the Flag The Phoenix First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Consensus All-Americans

Notable seasons	1893–94 1895–96 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1919–20 1923–24 1960–61 1973–74 1996–97 1997–98 1999–00 2000–01 2002–03 2006–07 2007–08

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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