1897 Chicago Maroons football team
American college football season
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The 1897 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1897 Western Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 12â1 record, finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 3â1 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 353 to 68.[1][2]
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record12â1 (3â1 Western)
Headcoach
- Amos Alonzo Stagg (6th season)
CaptainClarence Herschberger
| 1897 Chicago Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 12â1 (3â1 Western) |
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| Captain | Clarence Herschberger |
| Home stadium | Marshall Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 11 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Hyde Park High School* | W 14â0 | |||||
| September 25 | Englewood High School* |
| W 21â0 | [3] | |||
| September 25 | Hyde Park High School* |
| W 11â0 | [3] | |||
| October 2 | Monmouth (IL)* |
| W 41â4 | ||||
| October 9 | Lake Forest* |
| W 71â0 | ||||
| October 13 | Armour* |
| W 24â0 | ||||
| October 16 | Beloit* |
| W 39â6 | ||||
| October 19 | Morgan Park Academy* |
| W 30â0 | [4] | |||
| October 23 | Northwestern |
| W 21â6 | 7,000 | [5] | ||
| October 30 | at Illinois | W 18â12 | [6] | ||||
| November 6 | Notre Dame* |
| W 34â5 | ||||
| November 13 | Wisconsin |
| L 8â23 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
| November 25 | Michigan |
| W 21â12 | 10,000 | [8] | ||
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Roster
| Player | Position |
| Clarence Bert Herschberger (captain) | right halfback |
| Austin Craig Bowdish | right guard |
| Walter James Cavanagh | center |
| Maurice Gordon Clarke | quarterback |
| William Thaw Gardner | fullback |
| George Henry Garrey | left end |
| Ralph C. Hamill | right end |
| Walter Scott Kennedy | left halfback |
| Theron Ware Mortimer | left tackle |
| Kellogg Speed | left guard |
| Jonathan Edward Webb | right tackle |
| Norman Kendall Anderson | substitute |
| Harvey Fox | substitute |
| Theodore Hiram Patterson | substitute |
- Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (6th year at Chicago)