1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team

The 1894 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College (later renamed Iowa State University) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The 1894 Cardinals compiled a 5–1 record, shut out three of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 180 to 24. In the first game of the Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry, the Cardinals defeated the Hawkeyes by a 16–8 score. Bert German is identified as both the head coach and the team captain.

Between 1892 and 1913, the football team played on a field that later became the site of the university's Parks Library.