1894 Chicago Maroons football team

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1894 Chicago Maroons football
1894 University of Chicago Maroons Football Team.png
ConferenceIndependent
Record14–7–1
Head coach
Base defense 7–2–2
CaptainCharles William Allen
Home stadium Marshall Field
Seasons
←  1893
1895  →
1894 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Reserve  – 7 –0 –0
North Dakota Agricultural  – 2 –0 –0
Baldwin–Wallace  – 1 –0 –0
Buchtel  – 1 –0 –0
Michigan  – 9 –1 –1
Iowa Agricultural  – 5 –1 –0
College Of Emporia  – 4 –1 –0
Minnesota  – 3 –1 –0
Washburn  – 3 –1 –0
Wittenberg  – 6 –2 –0
Doane  – 5 –2 –0
Wisconsin  – 5 –2 –0
Notre Dame  – 3 –1 –1
Beloit  – 6 –3 –0
Washington University  – 2 –1 –0
Chicago  – 14 –7 –1
Ohio State  – 6 –5 –0
Case  – 4 –3 –0
Illinois  – 4 –3 –0
Oberlin  – 4 –3 –1
Cincinnati  – 3 –3 –0
Drake  – 2 –2 –0
Mount Union  – 4 –5 –0
Lake Forest  – 3 –4 –0
Miami (OH)  – 1 –2 –0
Ohio Wesleyan  – 1 –3 –0
Rush Medical  – 3 –6 –0
Northwestern  – 1 –5 –0
Ohio  – 0 –1 –0
South Dakota  – 0 –2 –0

The 1894 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1894 college football season. [1] [2] The Maroons played a record number of games over the course of the season, though they did not win a record number of games and considered many of their contests in August and September as practices.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31Chicago Dining Club
W 4–0
September 8 Englewood High School
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 32–0
September 15Englewood High School
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 22–0
September 22Manual Training High School
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 46–0
September 293:00 p.m. Chicago Athletic Association
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 4–123,000 [3] [4]
October 6 Northwestern
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 46–0
October 10 Rush Medical
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–6
October 13 Beloit
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–0
October 17Chicago Athletic Association Seconds
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 20–0
October 20 Wisconsin
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–30
October 24Chicago Athletic Association
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–30 [5]
October 27 Iowa
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
T 18–18 [6]
October 31Prairie Athletic Club
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 26–0
November 3 Purdue
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
L 6–10 [7]
November 6Englewood YMCA
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 4–0
November 10Lake Forest
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 28–0
November 24at Northwestern Evanston, IL W 36–0
November 29 Michigan
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
L 4–66,000
December 25vs. Stanford
W 24–4 4,000 [8] [9]
December 29vs. Stanford
L 0–12
January 1vs. Reliance Athletic Club San Francisco, CAL 0–6
January 4at Salt Lake YMCA Salt Lake City, UT W 52–0

[1]

Roster

PlayerPosition
Charles William Allen (captain)right tackle, left end, halfback
Horace Webster Black
Henry Thurston Chaceright end
Henry Gordon Gale fullback
Walter Eugene Garrey right end
Frank Earle Hering quarterback
Clarence Bert Herschberger fullback
George Nelson Knappright guard
John Lemayleft end
Frederick Day Nicholsright halfback
Charles Foster Robyright end
William Rullkoetterleft guard
Robert Newton Tooker
Emery Roscoe Yundt

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References

  1. 1 2 "1894 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "'Varsity And Athletics Today". Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois. September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  6. ↑ "Kicked Out A Tie". The Inter Ocean. October 28, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved October 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "A Traitor in Camp: Purdue Given the Signals Used by the 'Varsity Eleven". The Inter Ocean. November 4, 1894. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Stagg's Men Victors". The Inter Ocean. December 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ "Chicago Won It". The San Francisco Call. December 26, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved April 26, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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