American college football season
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]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | Englewood High School* | | W 18–5 | | |
September 21 | Lombard * | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 38–0 | | [3] |
September 24 | Englewood High School* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 12–0 | | |
September 25 | Hyde Park High School* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| L 0–6 | | [4] |
September 28 | Monmouth (IL)* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 23–0 | | [5] |
October 2 | Milwaukee Medical* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 12–0 | | [6] |
October 5 | Knox* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 6–0 | | [7] |
October 9 | Illinois Wesleyan* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| W 22–0 | | [8] |
October 12 | Purdue | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL (rivalry)
| T 5–5 | | [9] |
October 19 | Illinois | | L 0–24 | | [10] |
October 23 | Hyde Park High School* | | W 17–0 | | |
October 26 | Penn* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| L 0–11 | | [11] |
November 2 | Beloit* | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| T 17–17 | | [12] |
November 9 | Northwestern | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| L 5–6 | | [13] |
November 16 | at Michigan | | L 0–22 | 3,500 | [14] |
November 28 | Wisconsin | - Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL
| L 0–35 | 9,000 | [15] |
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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 |
- ^ "1901 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "Walkaway For Maroons: Chicago University Eleven Defeats Lombard, 38 to 0". The Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1901. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hyde Park Team Beats Maroons". The Chicago Tribune. September 26, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons' Poor Play Against Monmouth". The Inter Ocean. September 29, 1901. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Twelve Points For The Maroon". The Chicago Tribune. October 3, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Lucky To Defeat Knox". The Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1901. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Score On Light Eleven". The Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Are Tied By Purdue's Eleven". The Inter Ocean. October 13, 1901. p. 17.
- ^ "Illini Smother Heavy Maroons". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 20, 1901. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn Wins With Only 11 Points". The Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1901. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chicago Lucky To Beat Beloit". The Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1901. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chicago Loses To Purple Team: Northwestern Scores 6 Points to the Maroons' 5 in Game at Marshall Field". The Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1901. pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Michigan Stops Stagg's Tricks: Defeated Chicago by 22-0 Score". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1901. p. 1.
- ^ "Wisconsin Wins By Great Runs". The Chicago Tribune. November 29, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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Venues | - Marshall Field (1893–1912)
- Old Stagg Field (1913–1939)
- Stagg Field (?–present)
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