1898 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

1898 Chicago Maroons football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 14–2–1 (3–1 Western)
Head coach|

* Amos Alonzo Stagg (7th season)

Base defense| 7–2–2
Captain| Walter S. Kennedy
Home stadium| Marshall Field

Seasons

<- 1897

1899 ->

1898 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Michigan $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
Chicago | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 14  | - | 2  | - | 1
Wisconsin | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Illinois | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Minnesota | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Purdue | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Northwestern | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 4  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

The 1898 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1898 Western Conference football season.[1][2] This was the first known year that the Chicago football team used the wishbone-C logo.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 10| Englewood HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 14–0| |
September 14| Northwest Division HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 18–0| |
September 16| Englewood HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| T 0–0| |
September 17| Northwest Division HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 9–0| |
September 21| Austin HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 14–8| |
September 22| Hyde Park HS*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 20–0| |
September 24| Knox (IL)*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 22–0| |
September 28| Rush Medical*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 8–0| |
October 1| Monmouth (IL)*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 24–0| |
October 5| Physicians & Surgeons*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 22–0| |
October 8| Iowa*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 38–0| |
October 15| Beloit*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 21–0| |
October 22| Northwestern|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 34–5| 5,000| [4]
October 29| at Penn*|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 11–23| |
November 5| Purdue|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 17–0| 1,000| [5]
November 12| Wisconsin|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 6–0| |
November 24| Michigan|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| L 11–12| 12,000|

* *Non-conference game

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## Roster

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Player  | Position

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Walter Scott Kennedy (captain)  | quarterback
Orville Silvester Burnett  | left guard
Walter James Cavanagh  | center
Maurice Gordon Clarke | left halfback
Ralph C. Hamill | right end
James Ronald Henry | left halfback, left end
Clarence Bert Herschberger | right halfback
Clarence James Rogers | right guard
Walter Joseph Schmahl  | left end
Frank Louis Slaker | fullback
Kellogg Speed  | center
Jonathan Edward Webb  | right tackle
Theron Winfred  | left tackle
Edwin George Allen  | substitute
Bert James Cassels  | substitute
Mark Asa Cleveland  | substitute
Joseph Chalmers Ewing | substitute
Peter Knolla  | substitute
Hiram Boardman Conibear | trainer

* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (7th year at Chicago)

## References

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1. ^ a b "1898 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
2. ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
3. ^ Lukas, Paul (October 10, 2012). "Uni Watch history lesson: the wishbone-C". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
4. ^ "Maroons Far the Best". Chicago Tribune. October 23, 1898. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Chicago's Work Ragged: Defeats Purdue in a Miserable Exhibition of Football". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1898. p. 9 - via Newspapers.com.

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Chicago Maroons football

Venues|

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

Bowls & rivalries|

* Michigan
* Purdue

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* Phoenix
* Big Bertha
* Monsters of the Midway
* Marching band
* T formation
* 1894 Stanford game
* 1922 Princeton game

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