1897 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

1897 Chicago Maroons football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 11–1 (3–1 Western)
Head coach|

* Amos Alonzo Stagg (6th season)

Captain| Clarence Herschberger
Home stadium| Marshall Field

Seasons

<- 1896

1898 ->

1897 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Wisconsin $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Chicago | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
Michigan | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Illinois | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Purdue | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Northwestern | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Minnesota | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

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]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 18|  Hyde Park High School*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 14–0| |
September 24|  Englewood High School*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 21–0| |
September 25|  Hyde Park High School*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 11–0| |
October 2|  Monmouth (IL)*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 41–4| |
October 9|  Lake Forest*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 71–0| |
October 13|  Armour*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 24–0| |
October 16|  Beloit*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 39–6| |
October 23|  Northwestern|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 21–6| 7,000| [3]
October 30| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 18–12| | [4]
November 6|  Notre Dame*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 34–5| |
November 13|  Wisconsin|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| L 8–23| 7,000| [5]
November 25|  Michigan|

* Chicago Coliseum
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 21–12| 10,000| [6]

* *Non-conference game

## Roster

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Player  | Position

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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

* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (6th year at Chicago)

## References

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1. ^ "1897 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. ^ "Joy at the Midway: Annual Game Won by Chicago from Northwestern". Chicago Tribune. October 24, 1898. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Is Won by Chicago: Fiercest Football Game in Years at Champaign". Chicago Tribune. October 31, 1897. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Chicago Is Beaten". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1897. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
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.1-2&rft.date=1897-11-26&rft_id=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146263/chicagos_21_to_12_michigan_men_are/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1897+Chicago+Maroons+football+team" class="Z3988">

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Chicago Maroons football

Venues|

* Marshall Field (1893–1912)
* Old Stagg Field (1913–1939)
* Stagg Field (?–present)

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* Michigan
* Purdue

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* Phoenix
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* 1922 Princeton game

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