Template:1901 Western Conference football standings
The 1901 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1901 Western Conference football season . In their 10th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg , the Maroons compiled an 8–6–2 record, finished in eighth place in the Western Conference with a 0–4–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 175 to 131.[1] [2]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 17 Englewood HS * W 18–5
September 21 [[{{{school}}}|Lombard]] * W 38–0[3] September 24 Englewood High * W 12–0
September 25 Hyde Park HS * L 0–6[4] September 28 [[{{{school}}}|Monmouth]] * W 23–0[5] October 2 Milwaukee Medical * W 12–0[6] October 5 [[{{{school}}}|Knox (IL)]] * W 6–0[7] October 9 Illinois Wesleyan * W 22–0[8] October 12 Purdue T 5–5[9] October 19 Illinois L 0–24[10] October 23 Hyde Park High * W 17–0
October 26 Penn * L 0–11[11] November 2 Beloit * T 17–17[12] November 9 Northwestern L 5–6[13] November 16 at Michigan L 0–223,500 [14] November 28 Wisconsin L 0–359,000 [15]
Roster [ ]
Player
Position
James Milton Sheldon (captain)
left halfback
Orville Elbridge Atwood
fullback
Marcus Melvin Beddall
right guard
Alfred Chester Ellsworth
center
Charles Gibbons Flanagan
left tackle
George Henry Garrey
quarterback
Frank Ogilvie Horton
left halfback
Rex Brenton Kennedy
right tackle
Ralph Lemuel Knapp
left guard
James Garfield MacNab
right end
Lee Wilder Maxwell
quarterback
Ernest Earl Perkins
right halfback
Frederick Adolph Speik
left end
Benjamin Strauss
fullback
Platt Milk Conrad
substitute - end
Edson Benton Cooke
substitute - back
Clarke Saxe Jennison
substitute - back
John Jameson Laird
substitute - end
Hiram Boardman Conibear
trainer
References [ ]
↑ "1901 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/chicago/1901-schedule.html . Retrieved December 8, 2015 .↑ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide" . University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. https://issuu.com/uchicagoathletics/docs/fb-program-2016-web . Retrieved November 10, 2016 .↑ "Walkaway For Maroons: Chicago University Eleven Defeats Lombard, 38 to 0" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. September 22, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29562813/walkaway_for_maroons_chicago/ .↑ "Hyde Park Team Beats Maroons" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 4. September 26, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29563172/hyde_park_team_beats_maroons/ .↑ "Maroons' Poor Play Against Monmouth" . The Inter Ocean : p. 21. September 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29562878/maroons_poor_play_against_monmouth/ .↑ "Twelve Points For The Maroon" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 6. October 3, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29563101/twelve_points_for_the_maroon/ .↑ "Maroons Lucky To Defeat Knox" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. October 6, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29562954/maroons_lucky_to_defeat_knox/ .↑ "Maroons Score On Light Eleven" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 6. October 10, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29563039/maroons_score_on_light_eleven/ .↑ "Maroons Are Tied By Purdue's Eleven" . The Inter Ocean : p. 17. October 13, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29559718/maroons_are_tied_by_purdues_eleven/ .↑ "Illini Smother Heavy Maroons" . The Sunday Inter Ocean : pp. 21-22. October 20, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537240/illini_smother_heavy_maroons/ .↑ "Penn Wins With Only 11 Points" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. October 27, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29562660/penn_wins_with_only_11_points/ .↑ "Chicago Lucky To Beat Beloit" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. November 3, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29562548/chicago_lucky_to_beat_beloit/ .↑ "Chicago Loses To Purple Team: Northwestern Scores 6 Points to the Maroons' 5 in Game at Marshall Field" . The Chicago Tribune : pp. 17-18. November 10, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553214/chicago_loses_to_purple_team/ .↑ "Michigan Stops Stagg's Tricks: Defeated Chicago by 22-0 Score" . Detroit Free Press : p. 1. November 17, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6628689/michigan_stops_staggs_tricks_defeated/ .↑ "Wisconsin Wins By Great Runs" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 4. November 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29529346/wisconsin_wins_by_great_runs/ .
