Chicago Maroons football

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Chicago Maroons football
2017 Chicago Maroons football team
First season	1892
Athletic director	Erin McDermott
Head coach	Chris Wilkerson 3rd season, 14–5 (.737)
Stadium	New Stagg Field (Capacity: 1,650)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Conference	Midwest Conference
All-time record	416–368–34 (.529)
Claimed nat'l titles	2 (1905, 1913)
Conference titles	12
Heisman winners	1
Consensus All-Americans	12
Current uniform
Colors	Maroon and White[1]
Fight song	Wave the Flag
Mascot	Phil the Phoenix
Website	athletics.uchicago.edu

The Chicago Maroons football represents the University of Chicago in college football. The Maroons, which play in NCAA Division III, are football-only member of the Midwest Conference starting with the 2017 season.^[2] From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power. The University of Chicago was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the Maroons were coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg, one of the game's pioneers, for 41 seasons. In 1935, halfback Jay Berwanger became the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later known as the Heisman Trophy. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s, university president Robert Maynard Hutchins decided that big-time college football and the university's commitment to academics were not a good fit.^[3] The University of Chicago abolished its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the Big Ten in 1946. Football returned to the University of Chicago in 1963 in the form of a club team, which was upgraded to varsity status in 1969. The Maroons began competing in Division III in 1973.

Contents

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  1 History
  
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    1.1 Conference affiliations
    
  
  
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    1.2 Division history
    
  
  


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  2 Records
  


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  3 National championships
  


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  4 Conference championships
  


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  5 All-Time Record Against Current Big Ten Members
  


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  6 Notable personnel
  
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    6.1 College Football Hall of Fame
    
  
  
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    6.2 Others
    
  
  


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  7 See also
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

The team's name derived from coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, who decided that their needed to be a change in their color, which was goldenrod, with Stagg pointing out how the color soiled easily. On May 5, 1894, students and faculty met at a meeting to determine the official color and nickname, with the result being the Maroons. The program began play in 1892, with coach Amos Alonzo Stagg at the helm, which he would serve for until 1933. The Maroons spent their first four seasons as an independent, with 1894 being a highlight year in which they went 10–7–1. They joined the Big Ten Conference in 1896. In 1899, they won their first ever Big Ten title, going 12–0–2 in regular play and 4-0 in conference play. Stagg formed a squad that would be fairly consistent for a quarter of a century, with the Maroons winning seven conference titles from 1899 to 1924, while managing to have four seasons in which they did not lose a game. Stagg retired from Chicago after the 1932 season, in which he went 3–4–1 (1–4) for the University of Pacific. Clark Shaughnessy took over as coach in 1933. In his seven seasons there, he led them to two .500 seasons, but no finish above 6th in the conference. In 1936, they beat Wisconsin 7-6. As it turned out, this was their last win as a Big Ten member. The team disbanded in 1939. Chicago became a team again to start the 1969 season. The team struggled for a few years, not getting to .500 until 1976 with a 4-4 record and not getting above .500 until 1985. The first few decades were marked by losing, with four winless seasons occurring from 1973 to 1991. In 1994, Dick Maloney was hired as coach of the team. His 1995 team won eight games while only losing two, the most wins in a seasons since coming back as a team. In 1998, the Maroons won the UAA conference title, winning all four conference games. The Maroons won three more conference titles in Maloney's tenure until his retirement in 2012. Chris Wilkerson was hired as coach in 2013. In his second season, he led them to a UAA title.

Conference affiliations

Year	Conference
1892–1895	Independent
1896–1939	Big Ten Conference
1940–1962	No team
1963–1968	Club team
1969–1972	Independent
1973–1975	Division III Independent
1976–1987	Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
1988–1989	Division III Independent
1990–2016	University Athletic Association
2015–2016	Southern Athletic Association
2017–present	Midwest Conference[4]

Division history

Year	Division
1937–1939	NCAA (Major College)
1940–1962	No team
1963–1968	Club team
1969–1972	NCAA College Division
1973–present	NCAA Division III

Records

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  Most Wins: 16 (1899)


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  Most Losses: 10 (1991)


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  Most Ties: 3 (1924)

National championships

Chicago lays claim to two national championships. Although they do not compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, they maintain claims to titles won at the highest level at the time.

Season	Coach	Selector	Record
1905	Amos Alonzo Stagg	Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF	11–0
1913	Amos Alonzo Stagg	Billingsley, Davis	7–0

Conference championships

Chicago has won twelve conference championships, seven in the Big Ten Conference and five in the University Athletic Association. ^[5][6]

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1899	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	12–0–2	4–0
1905	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	11–0	7–0
1907	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	4–1	4–0
1908	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	5–0–1	5–0
1913	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	7–0	7–0
1922	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	5–1–1	4–0–1
1924	Big Ten Conference	Amos Alonzo Stagg	4–1–3	3–0–3
1998	University Athletic Association	Dick Maloney	7–2	4–0
2000	University Athletic Association	Dick Maloney	7–2	4–0
2005	University Athletic Association	Dick Maloney	5–4	3–0
2010	University Athletic Association	Dick Maloney	8–2	3–0
2014	University Athletic Association	Chris Wilkerson	8–1	3–0

All-Time Record Against Current Big Ten Members

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School	Wins	Losses	Ties	%
Illinois	19	22	3	.466
Indiana	20	4	1	.789
Iowa	9	3	2	.714
Maryland*	1	0	0	1.000
Michigan	7	19	0	.269
Michigan State*	1	0	0	1.000
Minnesota	5	12	1	.306
Nebraska*	1	1	0	.500
Northwestern	26	8	3	.743
Ohio State	2	10	2	.214
Penn State*	0	0	0	N/A
Purdue	27	14	1	.655
Rutgers*	0	0	0	N/A
Wisconsin	16	19	5	.463

Note: Michigan State, Penn State, Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers were not members of the Big Ten when Chicago was a member.

Notable personnel

College Football Hall of Fame

Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted	Notes
Jay Berwanger	Halfback	1933–1935	1954	First recipient of the Heisman Trophy
Hugo Bezdek	Fullback	1905	1954	Inducted for his career as a coach at Oregon, Arkansas, and Penn State
Fritz Crisler	End	1919–1921	1954	Inducted for his career as a coach at Minnesota, Princeton, and Michigan
Paul Des Jardien	Center	1912–1914	1955	All-American in 1913 and 1914
Walter Eckersall	Quarterback	1903–1906	1951	Leader of the 1905 national championship team
Clarence Herschberger	Fullback	1895–1898	1970	First western player selected as a first-team All-American
Tiny Maxwell	Guard	1902, 1904–1905	1974	All-American for 1905 national championship team
Clark Shaughnessy	Coach	1933–1939	1968	College football coach for 50 years
Amos Alonzo Stagg	Coach	1892–1932	1951	"The Grand Old Man of the Midway"
Walter Steffen	Quarterback	1906–1908	1969	Scored 156 points for teams that went 13–2–1; First-team All-American, 1908
Andy "Polyphemus" Wyant	Guard, Center	1892–1894	1962	Played 8 varsity seasons of college football for Bucknell and Chicago

Others

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  Walter S. Kennedy, quarterback for Stagg's 1898–1899 teams


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  Walter E. Marks, fullback and halfback, 1924–1926; leader of Chicago's last Big Ten championship team


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  Nelson Norgren, played football under Stagg, coached Chicago basketball team, 1921–1942, 1944–1957


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  Laurens Shull, All-American, killed in action during World War I
  


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  Frederick A. Speik, end, All-American, 1904


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  Herman Stegeman, played for 1913 national championship; later coached football, baseball, basketball and track at Georgia


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  John Webster Thomas, fullback, All-American 1922, played for Stagg 1921–1923


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  Mysterious Walker, played for Stagg, 1904–1906; coached college teams, 1907–1940

See also

• List of NCAA Division III football programs


• Chicago–Michigan football rivalry


• Chicago Maroons

References

1. 
   ^ "Color Palette | University Communications". Retrieved May 21, 2016. 
   


2. 
   ^ "UChicago football set to join Midwest Conference as affiliate member in 2017" (Press release). Athletics & Recreation, The University of Chicago. May 11, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
   


3. 
   ^ Bearak, Barry (16 September 2011). "At the University of Chicago, Football and Higher Education Mix". Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via NYTimes.com. 
   


4. 
   ^ "Wash U, Chicago already leaving SAA". d3football.com. June 12, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015. 
   


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   ^ "The University of Chicago Athletics" (PDF). The University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved 9 April 2018. 
   


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   ^ "The University of Chicago Athletics". The University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved 9 April 2018. 
   


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   ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
   

External links

• Official website

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