1912 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season

1912 Chicago Maroons football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 6–1 (6–1 Western)
Head coach|

* Amos Alonzo Stagg (21st season)

Captain| Halstead Marvin Carpenter
Home stadium| Marshall Field

Seasons

<- 1911

1913 ->

1912 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Wisconsin $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Chicago | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Purdue | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Minnesota | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Northwestern | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Illinois | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Iowa | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Indiana | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1912 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1912 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 6–1 record, finished in second place in the Western Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 86 to 44.[1][2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5|  Indiana|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 13–0| | [3]
October 19|  Iowa|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 34–14| |
October 26|  Purdue|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 7–0| |
November 2| at Wisconsin|

* Randall Field
* Madison, WI

| L 12–30| |
November 9|  Northwestern|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 3–0| |
November 16| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 10–0| 10,000| [4]
November 23|  Minnesota|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 7–0| 15,000|

## Roster

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Player  | Position  | Weight

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Halstead Marvin Carpenter (captain)  | right halfback  | 176
John Bennett Canning  | right guard  | 160
Kenneth G. Coutchie  | halfback  | 165
Paul Des Jardien | center  | 192
Horace Charles Fitzpatrick  | halfback  | 158
Clarence Preston Freeman  | center  | 195
Lauriston W. Gray  | left halfback  | 173
Harvey Louis Harris  | left guard  | 175
Earl D. Huntington  | right end  | 170
Walter Lee Kennedy  | left halfback  | 171
Joseph Brown Lawler  | quarterback  | 147
Nelson Norgren | right halfback  | 174
Norman C. Paine | quarterback  | 162
Stanley Robert Pierce | Fullback  | 175
Arthur G. Scanlon | right guard  | 182
Sanford Sellers, Jr.  | left tackle  | 175
Marion L. Skinner  | right end  | 158
William M. Smith | quarterback  | 147
John Vruwink | left end  | 168
Horace Whiteside | left guard  | 190
Nicolai B. Johnson  | trainer  |

* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (21st year at Chicago)

## References

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1. ^ "1912 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. ^ Walter Eckersall (October 6, 1912). "Stagg's Maroons Win First Clash Over Indiana, 13-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. Sporting 1, 4 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Maroon Warriors Scalp Illini, 10-0; Win State Title". Chicago Tribune. November 17, 1912. p. III-1 - 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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