1897_Chicago_Maroons_football_team

1897 Chicago Maroons football team

1897 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

The 1897 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1897 Western Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled an 11–1 record, finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 3–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 331 to 68.[1][2]

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Schedule

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Roster

Player Position
Clarence Bert Herschberger (captain) right halfback
Austin Craig Bowdish right guard
Walter James Cavanagh center
Maurice Gordon Clarke quarterback
William Thaw Gardner fullback
George Henry Garrey left end
Ralph C. Hamill right end
Walter Scott Kennedy left halfback
Theron Ware Mortimer left tackle
Kellogg Speed left guard
Jonathan Edward Webb right tackle
Norman Kendall Anderson substitute
Harvey Fox substitute
Theodore Hiram Patterson substitute

References

  1. [1]
    "1897 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Joy at the Midway: Annual Game Won by Chicago from Northwestern". Chicago Tribune. October 24, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Is Won by Chicago: Fiercest Football Game in Years at Champaign". Chicago Tribune. October 31, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Chicago Is Beaten". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "Chicago's: 21 to 12; Michigan Men Are Defeated in a Spectacular Game". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 1897. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
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