1905 Chicago Maroons football team

1905 Chicago Maroons football
National champion
(Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Western Conference champion
Conference Western Conference
1905 record 11–0 (7–0 Western)
Head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (14th season)
Offensive coordinator Frederick Adolph Speik
Base defense 7–2–2
Captain Mark Catlin Sr.
Home stadium Marshall Field
1905 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Chicago $ 7 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
Michigan 2 –1 –0  12 –1 –0
Minnesota 2 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
Purdue 1 –1 –1  6 –1 –1
Wisconsin 1 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Indiana 0 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
Iowa 0 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Northwestern 0 –2 –0  8 –2 –1
Illinois 0 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1905 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1905 Western Conference football season. In coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's 14th year as head coach, the Maroons finished with an 11–0 record (7–0 Western) and outscored opponents 271 to 5.[1][2] The Maroons were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the National Championship Foundation, and the Houlgate System.[3]

The 1905 National Champion football team

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 16 North Division High* Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 26–0    
September 23 Lawrence* Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 33–0    
September 30 Wabash* Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 15–0    
October 4 Beloit* Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 38–0    
October 7 Iowa Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 42–0    
October 14 Indiana Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 16–5    
October 21 at Wisconsin Randall Field • Madison, WI W 4–0    
October 28 at Northwestern Northwestern Field • Evanston, IL W 32–0    
November 11 Purdue Marshall Field • Chicago, IL (rivalry) W 19–0    
November 18 Illinois Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 44–0    
November 30 Michigan Marshall Field • Chicago, IL (rivalry) W 2–0   27,000
*Non-conference game.

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Roster

Player Position Weight
Mark Seavey Catlin (captain) right end 182
Arthur Hill Badenoch right tackle 189
Hugo Francis Bezdek fullback 179
William James Boone right halfback 186
Leo Carter DeTray left halfback 174
Walter Herbert Eckersall quarterback 143
Burton Pike Gale center 181
Melville Archibald Hill left tackle 218
Carl Huntley Hitchcock right halfback 157
Hal Mefford end 185
Merrill Church Meigs left guard 196
Edwin Eugene Parry left end 202
Clarence W. Russell right guard 188
Lewis Daniel Scherer right guard 184
Fred Mitchell Walker left halfback 174
Jessie Claire Harper substitute - quarterback 155
Lester LaMont Larson substitute - end 164
Fred William Noll substitute - guard 203
Gerry Williamson substitute - fullback 181
Hiram Boardman Conibear trainer

References

  1. 1 2 "1905 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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