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Chicago Maroons football 
First season 1892 Athletic director Tom Weingartner Head coach Dick Maloney 14 year, 69–59 (.539) Home stadium Stagg Field Stadium capacity 1,650 Stadium surface FieldTurf Location Chicago, Illinois Conference UAA All-time record 413–368–34 (.528) Postseason bowl record – Claimed national titles 2 Conference titles 10 Heisman winners 1 Consensus All-Americans 12 Current uniform 
Colors Maroon and White Fight song Wave the Flag Mascot Maroons Website athletics.uchicago.edu The Chicago Maroons are the college football team representing the University of Chicago. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. 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. However, 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.
Contents
Division history
Year Division 1937–1939 NCAA University Division (Major College); Big Ten Conference 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–present University Athletic Association Records
- Most Wins: 16 (1899)
- Most Losses: 10 (1991)
- Most Ties: 3 (1924)
Championships
National championships
- 1905 (National Championship Foundation Poll)
- 1913 (Parke H. Davis) (2)
University Athletic Association championships
- 1998
- 2000 (2)
- 2005 (3)
- 2010 (4)
Big Ten Conference championships
- 1899
- 1905 (2)
- 1907 (3)
- 1908 (4)
- 1913 (5)
- 1922 (6)
- 1924 (7)
All-Time Record Against Current Big Ten Members
School Wins Losses Ties % Illinois 19 22 3 .466 Indiana 20 4 1 .789 Iowa 9 3 2 .714 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 Wisconsin 16 19 5 .463 Note: Michigan State, Penn State, and Nebraska were not members of the Big Ten when Chicago was a member.
Notable personnel
College Football Hall of Fame
Name Position Years Inducted Notes Jay Berwanger Halfback 1933-1935 1954 First recipient of the Heisman Trophy Hugo Bezdek Fullback 1905 1954 Inducted for his career as a coach at Oregon, Arkansas, and Penn State Fritz Crisler End 1919-1921 1954 Inducted for his career as a coach at Minnesota, Princeton, and Michigan Paul Des Jardien Center 1912-1914 1955 All-American in 1913 and 1914 Walter Eckersall Quarterback 1903-1906 1951 Leader of the 1905 national championship team Clarence Herschberger Fullback 1895-1898 1970 First western player selected as a first-team All-American Tiny Maxwell Guard 1902, 1904-1905 1974 All-American for 1905 national championship team Clark Shaughnessy Coach 1933–1939 1968 College football coach for 50 years Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach 1892–1932 1951 "The Grand Old Man of the Midway" Walter Steffen Quarterback 1906-1908 1969 Scored 156 points for teams that went 13-2-1; First-team All-American, 1908 Andy "Polyphemus" Wyant Guard, Center 1892-1894 1962 Played 8 varsity seasons of college football for Bucknell and Chicago Others
- Walter S. Kennedy, quarterback for Stagg's 1898-1899 teams
- Walter E. Marks, fullback and halfback, 1924-1926; leader of Chicago's last Big Ten championship team
- Nelson Norgren, played football under Stagg, coached Chicago basketball team, 1921–1942, 1944–1957
- Laurens Shull, All-American, killed in action during World War I
- Frederick A. Speik, end, All-American, 1904
- Herman Stegeman, played for 1913 national championship; later coached football, baseball, basketball and track at Georgia
- Mysterious Walker,played for Stagg, 1904-1906; coached college teams, 1907-1940
External links
Chicago Maroons head football coaches Amos Alonzo Stagg (1892–1932) • Clark Shaughnessy (1933–1939) • No team (1940–1962) • Walter Hass (1963–1975) • Bob Lombardi (1976–1978) • Tom Kurucz (1979) • Robert Larsen (1980–1982) • Mick Ewing (1983–1987) • Rich Parrinello (1988) • Greg Quick (1989–1993) • Dick Maloney (1994–)
Big Ten Conference football Legends Division Leaders Division Former team Chicago Maroons
Championships & awards List of Big Ten Conference football champions • Big Ten Football Championship Game • Big Ten Conference football individual honors • Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Categories:- Chicago Maroons football
- Sports clubs established in 1892
- NCAA Division III football teams
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