1907 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

1907 Chicago Maroons football

Western Conference champion

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 4–1 (4–0 Western)
Head coach|

* Amos Alonzo Stagg (16th season)

Captain| Leo DeTray
Home stadium| Marshall Field

Seasons

<- 1906

1908 ->

1907 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Chicago $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Wisconsin | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1
Illinois | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Iowa | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Minnesota | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1
Indiana | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Purdue | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1907 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1907 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 4–1 record, finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 4–0 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 147 to 42.[1][2]

Carlisle–Chicago game

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 12|  Indiana|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 27–6| |
October 19| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 42–6| |
November 2| at Minnesota|

* Northrop Field
* Minneapolis, MN

| W 18–12| 18,000|
November 9|  Purdue|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 56–0| |
November 23|  Carlisle*|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| L 4–18| |

* *Non-conference game

## Roster

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Player  | Position  | Weight

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Leo DeTray (captain)  | left halfback  | 175
John E. Anderson | center  | 180
Ivan Doseff | left tackle  | 194
Louis Theodore Falk  | right tackle  | 180
Ben Meyer Ferguson  | fullback  | 181
Fred Russell Handy  | left guard  | 217
Robert Sachs Harris  | right guard  | 174
William Francis Hewitt  | left end  | 178
A. C. Hoffman | guard, tackle  | 176
Harold Iddings | right halfback  | 158
Wellington Downing Jones  | left guard  | 175
Ned Merriam | fullback  | 163
Elton James Moulton  | guard, tackle  | 175
Harlan Page | right end  | 148
Max Spencer Rohde  | guard  | 169
John Schommer | end  | 173
Walter Steffen | quarterback  | 156
Oscar William Worthwine | guard  | 169
Herman John Ehrhorn  | substitute  | 161
William Joseph Sunderland  | substitute  | 156
Nicolai B. Johnson  | trainer  |

* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (16th year at Chicago)

## References

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1. ^ "1907 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.

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Chicago Maroons football

Venues|

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

Bowls & rivalries|

* Michigan
* Purdue

Culture & lore|

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

People|

* Head coaches

Seasons|

* 1892
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National championship seasons in bold

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Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference|

* Wisconsin (1896)
* Wisconsin (1897)
* Michigan (1898)
* Chicago (1899)
* Iowa & Minnesota (1900)
* Michigan & Wisconsin (1901)
* Michigan (1902)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1904)
* Chicago (1905)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906)
* Chicago (1907)
* Chicago (1908)
* Minnesota (1909)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1910)
* Minnesota (1911)
* Wisconsin (1912)
* Chicago (1913)
* Illinois (1914)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1915)
* Ohio State (1916)

Big Ten|

* Ohio State (1917)
* Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918)
* Illinois (1919)
* Ohio State (1920)
* Iowa (1921)
* Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922)
* Illinois & Michigan (1923)
* Chicago (1924)
* Michigan (1925)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1926)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1927)
* Illinois (1928)
* Purdue (1929)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1930)
* Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931)
* Michigan & Purdue (1932)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1933)
* Minnesota (1934)
* Minnesota & Ohio State (1935)
* Northwestern (1936)
* Minnesota (1937)
* Minnesota (1938)
* Ohio State (1939)
* Minnesota (1940)
* Minnesota (1941)
* Ohio State (1942)
* Michigan & Purdue (1943)
* Ohio State (1944)
* Indiana (1945)

Big Nine|

* Illinois (1946)
* Michigan (1947)
* Michigan (1948)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1949)

Big Ten|

* Michigan (1950)
* Illinois (1951)
* Purdue & Wisconsin (1952)
* Illinois & Michigan State (1953)
* Ohio State (1954)
* Ohio State (1955)
* Iowa (1956)
* Ohio State (1957)
* Iowa (1958)
* Wisconsin (1959)
* Minnesota & Iowa (1960)
* Ohio State (1961)
* Wisconsin (1962)
* Illinois (1963)
* Michigan (1964)
* Michigan State (1965)
* Michigan State (1966)
* Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967)
* Ohio State (1968)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1969)
* Ohio State (1970)
* Michigan (1971)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1972)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1973)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1974)
* Ohio State (1975)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1976)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1977)
* Michigan & Michigan State (1978)
* Ohio State (1979)
* Michigan (1980)
* Iowa & Ohio State (1981)
* Michigan (1982)
* Illinois (1983)
* Ohio State (1984)
* Iowa (1985)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1986)
* Michigan State (1987)
* Michigan (1988)
* Michigan (1989)
* Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990)
* Michigan (1991)
* Michigan (1992)
* Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993)
* Penn State (1994)
* Northwestern (1995)
* Ohio State & Northwestern (1996)
* Michigan (1997)
* Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998)
* Wisconsin (1999)
* Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000)
* Illinois (2001)
* Ohio State & Iowa (2002)
* Michigan (2003)
* Iowa & Michigan (2004)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2005)
* Ohio State (2006)
* Ohio State (2007)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2008)
* Ohio State (2009)
* Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010)
* Wisconsin (2011)
* Wisconsin (2012)
* Michigan State (2013)
* Ohio State (2014)
* Michigan State (2015)
* Penn State (2016)
* Ohio State (2017)
* Ohio State (2018)
* Ohio State (2019)
* Ohio State (2020)
* Michigan (2021)
* Michigan (2022)
* Michigan (2023)
* Oregon (2024)

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