Chicago Maroons football

Chicago Maroons football
2016 Chicago Maroons football team
First season 1892
Athletic director Erin McDermott
Head coach Chris Wilkerson
3rd year, 145 (.737)
Stadium Stagg Field
Seating capacity 1,650
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Chicago, Illinois
Conference Independent
All-time record 41636834 (.529)
Claimed nat'l titles 2 (1905, 1913)
Conference titles 10
Heisman winners 1
Consensus All-Americans 12
Current uniform
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Fight song Wave the Flag
Mascot Phil the Phoenix
Website athletics.uchicago.edu

The Chicago Maroons football represents the University of Chicago in college football. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as an independent team. From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power. The University of Chicago was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the Maroons were coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg, one of the game's pioneers, for 41 seasons. In 1935, halfback Jay Berwanger became the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later known as the Heisman Trophy. Nonetheless, in the late 1930s, university president Robert Maynard Hutchins decided that big-time college football and the university's commitment to academics was not a good fit.[2] The University of Chicago abolished its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the Big Ten in 1946. Football returned to the University of Chicago in 1963 in the form of a club team, which was upgraded to varsity status in 1969. The Maroons began competing in Division III in 1973.

Division history

Year Division
1937–1939 NCAA University Division (Major College)
1940–1962 No team
1963–1968 Club team
1969–1972 No Classification
1973–present NCAA Division III

Conferences

Year Conference
1892–1895 Independent
1896–1939 Big Ten Conference
1940–1962 No team
1963–1968 Club team
1969–1972 Independent
1973–1975 Division III Independent
1976–1987 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
1988–1989 Division III Independent
1990–2014 University Athletic Association
2015–2016 Southern Athletic Association
2017- Midwest Conference[3]

Records

Championships

National championships

University Athletic Association championships

Big Ten Conference championships

All-Time Record Against Current Big Ten Members[4]

School Wins Losses Ties %
Illinois 19 22 3 .466
Indiana 20 4 1 .789
Iowa 9 3 2 .714
Maryland* 1 0 0 1.000
Michigan 7 19 0 .269
Michigan State* 1 0 0 1.000
Minnesota 5 12 1 .306
Nebraska* 1 1 0 .500
Northwestern 26 8 3 .743
Ohio State 2 10 2 .214
Penn State* 0 0 0 N/A
Purdue 27 14 1 .655
Rutgers* 0 0 0 N/A
Wisconsin 16 19 5 .463

Note: Michigan State, Penn State, Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers were not members of the Big Ten when Chicago was a member.

Notable personnel

College Football Hall of Fame

Name Position Years InductedNotes
Jay Berwanger Halfback 1933–1935 1954First recipient of the Heisman Trophy
Hugo Bezdek Fullback 1905 1954Inducted for his career as a coach at Oregon, Arkansas, and Penn State
Fritz Crisler End 1919–1921 1954Inducted for his career as a coach at Minnesota, Princeton, and Michigan
Paul Des Jardien Center 1912–1914 1955All-American in 1913 and 1914
Walter Eckersall Quarterback1903–19061951Leader of the 1905 national championship team
Clarence Herschberger Fullback1895–18981970First western player selected as a first-team All-American
Tiny Maxwell Guard1902, 1904–19051974All-American for 1905 national championship team
Clark Shaughnessy Coach1933–19391968College football coach for 50 years
Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach1892–19321951"The Grand Old Man of the Midway"
Walter Steffen Quarterback1906–19081969Scored 156 points for teams that went 13-2-1; First-team All-American, 1908
Andy "Polyphemus" Wyant Guard, Center1892–18941962Played 8 varsity seasons of college football for Bucknell and Chicago

Others

See also

References

External links

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