1905 Chicago Maroons football team
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
| 1905 Chicago Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| 1905 record | 11–0 (7–0 Western) |
| Head coach | Amos Alonzo Stagg (14th season) |
| Base defense | 7–2–2 |
| Captain | Mark Catlin Sr. |
| Home stadium | Marshall Field |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 16 | North Division High* | W 26–0 | ||
| September 23 | Lawrence* |
| W 33–0 | |
| September 30 | Wabash* |
| W 15–0 | |
| October 4 | Beloit* |
| W 38–0 | |
| October 7 | Iowa |
| W 42–0 | |
| October 14 | Indiana |
| W 16–5 | |
| October 21 | at Wisconsin | W 4–0 | ||
| October 28 | at Northwestern | W 32–0 | ||
| November 11 | Purdue |
| W 19–0 | |
| November 18 | Illinois |
| W 44–0 | |
| November 30 | Michigan |
| W 2–0 | 27,000 |
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Roster
| Player | Position | Weight |
| Mark Catlin Sr. (captain) | right end | 182 |
| Art Badenoch | right tackle | 189 |
| Hugo Francis Bezdek | fullback | 179 |
| William James Boone | right halfback | 186 |
| Leo DeTray | left halfback | 174 |
| Walter 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 C. Meigs | left guard | 196 |
| Ed Parry | left end | 202 |
| Clarence W. Russell | right guard | 188 |
| Lewis D. Scherer | right guard | 184 |
| Mysterious Walker | left halfback | 174 |
| Jesse Harper | substitute - quarterback | 155 |
| Lester Larson | substitute - end | 164 |
| Fred William Noll | substitute - guard | 203 |
| Gerry Williamson | substitute - fullback | 181 |
| Hiram Conibear | trainer | |
- Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (14th year at Chicago)
References
- "1905 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- 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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