1901 Chicago Maroons football team
American college football season
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The 1901 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In their 10th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled an 8â6â2 record, finished in eighth place in the Western Conference with a 0â4â1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 175 to 131.[1][2]
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record8â6â2 (0â4â1 Western)
Headcoach
- Amos Alonzo Stagg (10th season)
CaptainJames M. Sheldon
| 1901 Chicago Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 8â6â2 (0â4â1 Western) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | James M. Sheldon |
| Home stadium | Marshall Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 11 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin + | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 8 | â | 6 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 17 | Englewood High School* | W 18â5 | |||||
| September 21 | Lombard * |
| W 38â0 | [3] | |||
| September 24 | Englewood High School* |
| W 12â0 | ||||
| September 25 | Hyde Park High School* |
| L 0â6 | [4] | |||
| September 28 | Monmouth (IL)* |
| W 23â0 | [5] | |||
| October 2 | Milwaukee Medical* |
| W 12â0 | [6] | |||
| October 5 | Knox* |
| W 6â0 | [7] | |||
| October 9 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 22â0 | [8] | |||
| October 12 | Purdue |
| T 5â5 | [9] | |||
| October 19 | Illinois |
| L 0â24 | [10] | |||
| October 23 | Hyde Park High School* |
| W 17â0 | ||||
| October 26 | Penn* |
| L 0â11 | [11] | |||
| November 2 | Beloit* |
| T 17â17 | [12] | |||
| November 9 | Northwestern |
| L 5â6 | [13] | |||
| November 16 | at Michigan | L 0â22 | 3,500 | [14] | |||
| November 28 | Wisconsin |
| L 0â35 | 9,000 | [15] | ||
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Roster
| Player | Position |
| James Milton Sheldon (captain) | left halfback |
| Orville Elbridge Atwood | fullback |
| Marcus Melvin Beddall | right guard |
| Alfred Chester Ellsworth | center |
| Charles Gibbons Flanagan | left tackle |
| George Henry Garrey | quarterback |
| Frank Ogilvie Horton | left halfback |
| Rex Brenton Kennedy | right tackle |
| Ralph Lemuel Knapp | left guard |
| James Garfield MacNab | right end |
| Lee Wilder Maxwell | quarterback |
| Ernest Earl Perkins | right halfback |
| Frederick Adolph Speik | left end |
| Benjamin Strauss | fullback |
| Platt Milk Conrad | substitute - end |
| Edson Benton Cooke | substitute - back |
| Clarke Saxe Jennison | substitute - back |
| John Jameson Laird | substitute - end |
| Hiram Boardman Conibear | trainer |
- Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (10th year at Chicago)