1895 Chicago Maroons football team

The 1895 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1895 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 10–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 260 to 66.[1][2]

1895 Chicago Maroons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–3
Head coach
CaptainCharles William Allen
Home stadiumMarshall Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)     3 0 0
Carthage     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Michigan     8 1 0
Chicago     10 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 0
Minnesota     7 3 0
Wisconsin     5 2 1
Wabash     6 3 0
Illinois     4 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace     3 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 0
Northwestern     6 5 0
Purdue     4 3 0
Indiana     4 3 1
Buchtel     3 2 0
Doane     3 2 0
Chicago P&S     3 2 1
Butler     2 2 0
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Michigan State Normal     3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 1 0
North Dakota     1 1 0
Ohio State     4 4 2
Iowa Agricultural     3 4 0
Ohio     2 3 0
Rush-Lake Forest     4 6 0
Ohio Wesleyan     2 4 1
Haskell     1 2 0
Iowa State Normal     1 2 0
Lake Forest     1 2 0
Northwestern Law     1 2 0
Drake     1 4 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Englewood High SchoolW 28–0
September 14 Englewood YMCA
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 42–6
September 21 Eureka
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 28–0
September 24 Hyde Park High School
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 24–0
September 28 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 8–0
October 5 Lake Forest
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 52–0
October 19 Northwestern
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 6–22[3]
October 23 Armour
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 24–4
October 26 Minnesota
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 6–10
November 2 Wisconsin
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 22–12
November 9at Adelbert
W 14–0
November 16at NorthwesternW 6–0[4]
November 28 Michigan
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
L 0–1210,000

Roster edit

Player Position
Charles William Allen (captain) right tackle
Phillip Allen center
Addison Alvord Ewing quarterback
Henry Gordon Gale fullback
Nott W. Flint left end
Henry Tefft Clarke quarterback
Clarence Bert Herschberger fullback
Carr Baker Neel fullback
T. L. Ketman right guard
John Lemay left end
Looney right guard
Frederick Day Nichols right halfback
Charles Foster Roby right end
William Rullkoetter left guard
Earl V. Williamson left tackle
Carter Van Vleck Brown substitute
Herbert Wallace Dickey substitute
Hugh Guthrie Leighton substitute

References edit

  1. ^ "1895 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. ^ "Was a Terrible Slaughter: Northwestern Defeats Chicago by a Score of 22 to 6". The Inter Ocean. October 20, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Step on the Purple". The Inter Ocean. November 17, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.