Cyclones

From Rofflehaus

Cyclones is the nickname of ISU athletic teams. The nickname was coined by the Chicago Tribune after the football team unexpectedly defeated Northwestern University by 36-0 on September 25, 1895:

Struck by a Cyclone…Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone as with the Iowa team it met yesterday. At the end of fifty minute’s play the big husky farmers from Iowa’s Agricultural College had rolled up 36 points, while 15 yard line was the nearest Northwestern got to Iowa’s goal.

The mascot, Cy, was created in 1954.