1900 Chicago Maroons football team

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1900 Chicago Maroons football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record9–5–1 (2–3–1 Western)
Head coach
CaptainKellogg Speed
Home stadiumMarshall Field
Seasons
← 1899
1901 →
1900 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota + 3 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 2
Iowa + 2 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Northwestern 2 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 3
Chicago 2 – 3 – 1 9 – 5 – 1
Indiana 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Illinois 1 – 3 – 2 7 – 3 – 2
Purdue 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1900 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1900 Western Conference football season. In their ninth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 9–5–1 record, finished in sixth place in the Western Conference with a 2–3–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 204 to 135.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14 Englewood HS*
W 18–0
September 15 Hyde Park HS*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 5–0
September 22 Lombard*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 24–0
September 26 Monmouth*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 29–0
September 29 Knox (IL)*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–0
October 3 Dixon*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 23–5
October 6 Purdue
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
W 17–5
October 9 Rush Medical*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 40–0
October 13at Minnesota
T 6–6
October 20 Brown*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 6–11[3][4]
October 27at Penn*
L 0–41
November 3 Iowa
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–17
November 10 Northwestern
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–5[5]
November 17 Wisconsin
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 5–39
November 29 Michigan
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
W 15–610,000[6]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster[edit]

Player Position
Kellogg Speed (captain) center
Orville Elbridge Atwood left tackle
Horace Greeley Bodwell right guard
William Carey right guard
William Franklin Eldridge right end
Charles William Erwin right guard
Frederick Feil left tackle
Charles Gibbons Flanagan left guard
George Henry Garrey quarterback
James Ronald Henry left halfback
Frank O. Horton right halfback
Harvey H. Lord left halfback
James Garfield MacNab right tackle
Ernest Earl Perkins fullback
Zelmer O. Pettit right end
Alfred William Place right halfback
Edward Prickett Rich left end
James Milton Sheldon quarterback
Alvin Bricker Snider fullback
Alfred H. Fowler substitute
J. W. Hoag substitute
Gerhard H. Jensen substitute
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell substitute
W. E. Post substitute
Benjamin Strauss substitute
Hiram Boardman Conibear trainer

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1900 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Wretched Play By The Maroons". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 21, 1900. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Wretched Play By The Maroons (continued)". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 21, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Stagg's Men Lose Again: Northwestern Eleven Defeats Maroons 5 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 11, 1900. pp. 17, 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Chicago Victory; Perkins a History: Maroon Football Eleven Triumphs Over Its Old Enemy, Michigan, at Marshall Field". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 30, 1900. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
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