1905 Chicago Maroons football team

1905 Chicago Maroons football
National champion
(Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Western Conference champion
Conference Western College Athletic Conference
1905 record 11–0 (7–0 Western)
Head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (14th year)
Base defense 7–2–2
Captain Mark Catlin
Home stadium Marshall Field
1905 Big 9 football standings
Conf     Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1905 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1905 college 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]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
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 W 19–0  
November 18 Illinois Marshall Field • Chicago, IL W 44–0  
November 30 Michigan Marshall Field • Chicago, IL (Game of the Century) W 2–0  
*Non-conference game.

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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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