1935 Chicago Maroons football team

1935 Chicago Maroons football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1935 record 4–4 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Clark Shaughnessy (3rd year)
1935 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota + 5 0 0     8 0 0
#5 Ohio State + 5 0 0     7 1 0
Purdue 3 3 0     4 4 0
Indiana 2 2 1     4 3 1
#16 Northwestern 2 3 1     4 3 1
#18 Iowa 1 2 2     4 2 2
Chicago 2 3 0     4 4 0
Michigan 2 3 0     4 4 0
Illinois 1 4 0     3 5 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0     1 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from UP Sports Writers

The 1935 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago in the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten) during the 1935 college football season. In their third season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Maroons compiled a 4–4 record (2–3 againt Big Ten opponents), finished in sixth place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 110 to 102.[1][2]

In December 1935, Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger became the first recipient of a trophy from the Downtown Athletic Club intended to honor "the most valuable player east of the Mississippi."[3] John Heisman was then the club's athletic director,[4] and after Heisman's death in October 1936 the trophy was expanded to become a national honor and named the Heisman Trophy.[5]

References

  1. "1935 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. "New York Pays High Honors to Berwanger". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 11, 1935. p. 27.
  4. George Currie (December 11, 1934). "Berwanger Blushes At Festive Boards". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 20.
  5. "Heisman Trophy to Be Presented to Kelly Today". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 16, 1936. p. 30.
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