1909 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

1909 Chicago Maroons football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 4–1–2 (4–1–1 Western)
Head coach|

* Amos Alonzo Stagg (18th season)

Captain| Harlan Page
Home stadium| Marshall Field

Seasons

<- 1908

1910 ->

1909 Western Conference football standings

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

* $ - Conference champion

The 1909 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1909 college football season. In their 18th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 4–1–2 record, finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 4–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 134 to 40.[1][2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 2|  Purdue |

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 40–0| |
October 9|  Indiana|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 21–0| |
October 16|  Illinois|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 14–8| |
October 30| at Minnesota|

* Northrop Field
* Minneapolis, MN

| L 6–20| 26,000|
November 6|  Northwestern|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 34–0| |
November 13| at Cornell*|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| T 6–6| |
November 20|  Wisconsin|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| T 6–6| |

* *Non-conference game

## Roster

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Player  | Position  | Weight

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Harlan Page (captain)  | quarterback  | 152
Benjamin Harrison Badenoch | center  | 172
William Lucas Crawley | right halfback  | 176
Herman John Ehrhorn  | right end  | 170
Matthias S. Gerend  | left guard  | 217
Marcus Andrew Hirschl  | right guard  | 171
A. C. Hoffman | left tackle  | 178
Walter Scott Kassulker  | left end  | 163
Thomas Kelley | right tackle  | 193
Charlie Rademacher | right guard  | 194
Rufus Boynton Rogers  | left halfback  | 154
Clark G. Sauer | left end  | 167
David Edwin Smith  | left guard  | 188
William Joseph Sunderland  | right end  | 132
Oscar William Worthwine | fullback  | 166
Ira Nelson Davenport | substitute  | 158
James Menaul | substitute  | 153
Hume Cliffton Young  | substitute  | 148
Nicolai B. Johnson  | trainer  |

* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (18th year at Chicago)

## References

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1. ^ "1909 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

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* Phoenix
* Big Bertha
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* Marching band
* T formation
* 1894 Stanford game
* 1922 Princeton game

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