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1899 Chicago Maroons football team

April 11, 2024

The 1899 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1899 college football season and won the Western Conference championship.

1899 Chicago Maroons football
Western Conference champion
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record16–0–2 (4–0 Western)
Head coach
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainWalter S. Kennedy
Home stadiumMarshall Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chicago $ 4 – 0 – 0 16 – 0 – 2
Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 6 – 0
Michigan 1 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Purdue 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Minnesota 0 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 2
Illinois 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

In their eighth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 16–0–2 overall record, which included four practice games against high school football teams. In intercollegiate games, the Maroons compiled a 12–0–2 record and a 4–0 record against Western Conference opponents. The only two blemishes were tie games with Iowa and Penn. The Maroons shut out 13 opponents, scored 505 points (28.1 points per game), and allowed only 28 points on defense (1.6 points per game).[1][2]

The Maroons played their first 17 games at home on Marshall Field in Chicago. The final game of the season was a post-season match against Wisconsin at Randall Field in Madison, Wisconsin. Chicago defeated Wisconsin by a 17–0 score to claim the undisputed championship of the Western Conference.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 9Englewood HS[n 1]*
W 2–0
September 15Hyde Park HS[n 1]*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 12–0
September 16West Division HS[n 1]*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 39–0
September 20Englewood HS[n 1]*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 45–0
September 23Knox (IL)*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 40–0
September 30Physicians & Surgeons*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 12–0
October 4Notre Dame*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 23–6
October 7Iowa*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
T 5–5
October 11Dixon*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 29–0
October 14Cornell*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 17–66,000
October 21Oberlin*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 58–02,500
October 28Penn*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
T 5–58,000
November 4Purdue
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
W 44–02,500
November 11Northwestern
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 76–03,000
November 18Beloit*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 35–02,000
November 25Minnesota
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 29–08,000
November 30Brown*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 17–610,000
December 9Wisconsin
W 17–09,000
  • *Non-conference game

Game summaries edit

Games 1-4: Practice games against high schools edit

Chicago opened its 1899 season with four practice matches against high school teams, all played at Chicago's Marshall Field. The Maroons won all four games by a combined score of 98 to 0.[1]

Game 5: Knox edit

On September 23, 1899, Chicago opened its intercollegiate football season with a 40–0 victory over the team from Knox College. The game began at 3:45 p.m. and was played at Marshall Field in halves of 25 and 20 minutes. Henry scored three touchdowns, and Slaker, Hamill, Wellington, and Feil scored one touchdown each. Kennedy kicked five goals from touchdown. Hamill's touchdown was scored on a run of 102 yards, the longest run in Marshall Field history to that point. Chicago's lineup against Knox was Rich (left end), Wellington and Sheldon (left tackle), Feil (left guard), C. Webb (center), Cooke (right guard), J. Webb (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Hamill and Horton (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[3]

Game 6: Physicians & Surgeons edit

On September 30, 1899, Chicago defeated the team from the College of Physicians & Surgeons by a 12–0 score. The game was played in 25-minute halves at Marshall Field. Slaker and Hamill each scored a touchdown, and Kennedy kicked two goals from touchdown. Henry and two Physicians & Surgeons players were ejected from the game for unnecessary roughness. Chicago's lineup against the Physicians & Surgeons was Cassels (left end), Webb (left tackle), Ervin and Ahlswede (left guard), Speed (center), Cooke and Feil (right guard), Wellington (right tackle), Kennedy (quarterback), Hamill (right halfback), Henry (left halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[4]

Game 7: Notre Dame edit

On October 4, 1899, Chicago played a midweek game against Notre Dame. The Maroons won by a 23–6 score at Marshall Field. Slaker and Hamill scored two touchdowns each for Chicago, and Kennedy kicked three goals from touchdown. Hamill's play was reported to be "the feature of the game" as he twice had runs of over 100 yards. Chicago's starting lineup against Notre Dame was Sheldon, Rich and Place (left end), Wellington (left tackle), Ahlswede and Cook (left guard), Speed and C. Webb (center), Feil and Erwin (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Kennedy and Henry (quarterback), Hamill (right halfback), Henry and Horton (left halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[5]

Game 8: Iowa edit

On October 7, 1899, Chicago played to a 5–5 tie against Iowa that finished the season undefeated with an 8–0–1 record. The Chicago Sunday Tribune called it "one of the finest exhibitions of defensive football seen in a long time," as the Maroons twice held the Hawkeyes on drives that penetrated inside the Chicago five-yard line. Chicago, playing without its captain Kennedy, was unable to score a touchdown and tallied its five points on a field goal by Henry.[6] Chicago's lineup against Iowa was Sheldon (left end), Wellington (left tackle), Flannagan and Feil (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassells (right end), Holste (quarterback), Hamill (right halfback), Henry (left halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[7]

Game 9: Dixon edit

On October 11, 1889, Chicago played a midweek game against the team from Dixon College and Normal School in Dixon, Illinois. The Maroons won the game, played in 25-minute halves, by a 29–0 score at Marshall Field. Chicago played mostly substitutes in the game. Ervin at fullback scored two touchdowns, while Ahlswede and Rich each scored once. Henry kicked four goals from touchdown and one field goal. Chicago's lineup against Dixon was Sheldon and Holste (left end), Feil (left tackle), Flannagan (left guard), Speed and C. Webb (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Cook (right tackle), Rich (right end), Henry (quarterback), Place (right halfback), Horton and Lewis (left halfback), Ervin (fullback).[8]

Game 10: Cornell edit

On October 14, 1899, Chicago defeated Cornell by a 17–6 score. The game was played at Marshall Field to a crowd of 6,000 persons. One Chicago newspaper account called the game "a triumph of the West over the East; a demonstration of the effectiveness of the style of football played in this section of the country."[9] Slaker scored two touchdowns for Chicago, and Wellington scored another. Henry kicked two goals from touchdown. Raymond Starbuck scored a touchdown for Cornell. Chicago's lineup against Cornell was Sheldon (left end), Webb (left tackle), Flannagan (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Feil (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Henry (quarterback), Wellington (left halfback), Hamill (right halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[10]

Game 11: Oberlin edit

On October 21, 1899, Chicago defeated Oberlin by a 58–0 score. The game was played at Marshall Field to a crowd of 2,500 persons. Of the 58 points scored, 53 were scored in the first half. In the second half, the Maroons made liberal use of substitutes and scored only five points. Chicago touchdowns were scored by Slaker (1), Hamill (3), Henry (2), Wellington (1), Sheldon (1), and Ahlswede (1). Henry kicked eight goals from touchdown and one field goal. Chicago's lineup against Oberlin was Sheldon (left end), Feil (left tackle), Flannagan (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassels and Rich (right end), Henry and Holste (quarterback), Hamill (right halfback), Wellington and Snyder (left halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[11]

Game 12: Penn edit

On October 28, 1899, Chicago played Penn to a 5–5 tie before a crowd of 8,000 persons at Marshall Field. The Penn team that traveled to Chicago was one of the Big Four teams from the East with a lineup that included four first-team All-Americans: quarterback John H. Outland [namesake of the Outland Trophy], center Pete Overfield, halfback Josiah McCracken, and guard Truxtun Hare. Each team scored a touchdown, Davidson for Penn and Wellington scoring late in the second half for Chicago. Henry missed a kick for goal from touchdown that would have given Chicago a victory. Chicago gained twice as many yards as Penn and twice had drives stopped inside Penn's three-yard line. Kennedy missed two attempts at field goals from placement.[12][13]

The game was reportedly marred only by "incessant coaching" from the Penn sideline; the conduct was met with "hissing" from the crowd. On one occasion the umpire had to chase an old Penn player off the field, and on another occasion, one of the Quakers was taken from the field by a police officer. After the game, the umpire declared the actions of the Penn coaches to be "ungentlemanly."[12]

Despite the controversy over coaching, press accounts referenced the game as a spectacle. The Times of Philadelphia proclaimed: "Never has Marshall Field been the scene of a more bitter struggle; never have two athletic forces contended with more heroic courage in the Western metropolis, and never a greater foot-ball battle witnessed in the West than today's Pennsylvania-Chicago game."[14]The Sunday Inter Ocean reported: "Never before has such an exciting game of football been played in Chicago. Never before has a crowd of spectators on Marshall field been wrought up to such a pitch of mad enthusiasm."[12]

Chicago's lineup against Penn was Henry (left end), Feil (left tackle), Flannagan (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Wellington (left halfback), Hamill (right halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[15]

Game 13: Purdue edit

On November 4, 1899, Chicago defeated Purdue by a 44–0 score. The game was played at Marshall Field before a crowd of 2,500 persons. The Chicago Sunday Tribune described right halfback Ralph Hamill as the star of the game, reporting that he scored four touchdowns (the Sunday Inter Ocean reported he scored five) and "raced up and down the field for touchdowns and long gains continually", including a run of 65 yards. Feil also scored two touchdowns, and Henry scored one. Kennedy converted on four of seven goals after touchdown. Chicago's lineup against Purdue was Henry and Sheldon (left end), Feil (left tackle), Flannagan and Ervin (left guard), Speed and Webb (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassells and Rich (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Eldredge and Henry (left halfback), Hamill (right halfback), and Snyder (fullback).[16][17]

Game 14: Northwestern edit

On November 11, 1899, Chicago defeated Northwestern by a 76–0 score. The game was played before a crowd of almost 3,000 persons at Marshall Field. Slaker scored six touchdowns for Chicago, while Webb and Henry scored two each, and Feil, Hamill, and Ahlswede each scored once. Kennedy converted 11 goals from touchdown. The lineup for Chicago was Eldredge, Schmahl and Sheldon (left end), Feil (left tackle), Ervin (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Hamill (right halfback), Henry (left halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[18]

Game 15: Beloit edit

On November 18, 1899, Chicago defeated the team from Beloit College by a 35–0 score. The game was played in halves of 20 and 25 minutes before a crowd of 2,000 persons at Marshall Field. Right halfback Hamill scored three touchdowns, fullback Frank Slaker scored two touchdowns, and quarterback Kennedy scored five goals from touchdown. Chicago's lineup against Beloit was Sheldon (left end), Feil and McNab (left tackle), Flanagan (left guard), Ahlswede (center), Ervin (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassells (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Eldredge and Place (left halfback), Hamill (right halfback), and Slaker and Snyder (fullback).[19]

Game 16: Minnesota edit

On November 25, 1899, Chicago played Minnesota at Marshall Field in Chicago before a crowd of 8,000 persons. The game was played in 35-minute halves. Chicago won by a 29-0 score. Chicago's touchdowns (four points each) were scored by Slaker, Cassells, Feil, Place and Hamill. Goals after touchdown were completed by Kennedy (1) and Henry (3).[20]

Game 17: Brown edit

On Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1899, Chicago concluded its regular season schedule with a victory over Brown by a 17–6 score in front of a crowd of 10,000 persons at Marshall Field in Chicago. The game began shortly after 2:30 p.m. and was played in halves of 35 and 30 minutes, the second half having been shortened due to darkness. The Daily Inter Ocean described the game as the "leading social function of the day" with the field a "bedlam of noise" and female Chicago students "out in force with large bows of maroon ribbon dangling from their umbrellas and barrytone tin horns."[21] University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper was seated in a central box in the front row and "showed an intense interest in the game."[21] Chicago scored all 17 of its points in the first half, while Brown did not score until late in the second half as darkness began to fall. Frank Slaker scored two touchdowns for eight Chicago points, and James Henry kicked a field goal and two goals after touchdown for nine Chicago points. Right halfback Richardson scored all six of Brown's points on a touchdown and goal from touchdown. Guard Frederick Feil was called the "particular star" for Chicago, as he broke out of the pile for long gains on multiple occasions. Chicago's lineup against Brown was Sheldon (left end), Feil (left tackle), Ervin and Flannagan (left guard), Speed (center), Ahlswede (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Cassels (right end), Holste and Henry (quarterback) Henry and Eldredge (left halfback), Eldredge and Place (right halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[22]

Game 18: at Wisconsin edit

On December 9, 1899, Chicago traveled to Madison, Wisconsin, to play a post-season game against the Wisconsin Badgers for the championship of the Western Conference. The Wisconsin team featured Eddie Cochems at left end, Pat O'Dea at fullback, and Arthur Hale Curtis at right tackle. The game was played in halves of 35 minutes at Randall Field before 8,000 Wisconsin students and locals with 1,000 Chicago supporters in the east bleachers. Chicago won the game by a 17–0 score. Slaker scored two touchdowns for Chicago, Feil scored one. Henry kicked two goals from touchdown. Chicago's lineup against Wisconsin was Sheldon (left end), Lerum and Feil (left tackle), Ahlswede (left guard), Speed (center), Flannagan (right guard), Webb (right tackle), Eldredge (right end), Kennedy (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Hamill (right halfback), and Slaker (fullback).[23]

Players edit

Varsity letter winners edit

The following 17 players won varsity letters for their participation on the 1899 Chicago football team.[24]

Other players edit

  • Edson Benton Cooke - guard
  • Frank O. Horton - halfback
  • Knox - end
  • A. C. Lerum - tackle
  • Leon Patterson Lewis - halfback
  • James G. MacNab - tackle
  • Alfred William Place - end
  • Edward Prickett Rich - end
  • Alvin Bricker Snider - halfback/fullback
  • Charles Julian Webb - center
  • Richard Howells "Duke" Wellington - tackle; declared ineligible for academic reasons in early November[27]

Coaches edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d The first four games of the season against high school team were not included in the listing of official games in the 1900 Cap & Gown yearbook. See 1900 Cap & Gown, p. 192, listing the team's official record as 12–0–2.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1899 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. ^ "Knox Is Shut Out: Captain Kennedy's Men Roll Up a Large Score". The Sunday Inter Ocean. September 24, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ "Chicago Is Victor: Wins a Hard-Fought Game From the Doctors". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 1, 1899. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ "Notre Dame Scores: Hoosiers Secure a Fluke Touchdown Against Chicago; Hamill Plays Star Game". The Daily Inter Ocean. October 5, 1899. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ "Iowa Ties the Maroons: Hawkeye Team Clearly Outplays University of Chicago". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 8, 1899. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ "Results in a Tie: Maroons Unable to Defeat University of Iowa". The Chicago Inter Ocean. October 8, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  8. ^ "Play Miserable Football: Chicago Wins a Poor Game from Dixon College". The Daily Inter Ocean. October 12, 1899. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.  
  9. ^ "Won from Cornell (part 1)". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 15, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.  
  10. ^ "Won from Cornell (part 2)". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 15, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  11. ^ "Oberlin's Waterloo: Oberlin Men Fall Easy Victims to Kennedy's Eleven". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 22, 1899. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.  
  12. ^ a b c "Play a Tie Game: Pennsylvania and Chicago Quit Even After Playing Two Exciting Halves; Each Scores Once; Neither Team Succeeds in Kicking a Goal from Touchdown During Contest (part 1)". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 29, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  13. ^ "Play a Tie With Penn: Maroons and Quakers Battle Fiercely on Marshall Field". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 29, 1899. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.  
  14. ^ "Chicago Played Penn a Tie Game: Score 5 to 5; Each Scored a Touchdown, But Both Failed in the Try for Goal". The Times (Philadelphia). October 29, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.  
  15. ^ "Play a Tie Game: Pennsylvania and Chicago Quit Even After Playing Two Exciting Halves; Each Scores Once; Neither Team Succeeds in Kicking a Goal from Touchdown During Contest (part 2)". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 29, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  16. ^ "Maroons Score at Will: Purdue Unable to Hold the Rushes of Chicago". Chicago Sunday Tribune. November 5, 1899. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.  
  17. ^ "Maroons Win Again: Purdue Snowed Under by the Local Varsity Eleven". The Sunday Inter Ocean. November 4, 1899. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.  
  18. ^ "Purple Is Too Easy: Chicago Drives Northwestern All Over Marshall Field". The Sunday Inter Ocean. November 12, 1899. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.  
  19. ^ "Beloit Is Beaten: Chicago Wins a Hard Fought Game on a Wet Field". The Daily Inter Ocean. November 19, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  20. ^ "Easy for Maroons". The Sunday Inter Ocean. November 26, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  21. ^ a b "Society Sees the South Side Game: Contest on Marshall Field Is the Leading Social Function of the Day". The Daily Inter Ocean. December 1, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.  
  22. ^ "Stagg's Men Win: Chicago's University Team Scores a Brilliant Victory Over Brown". The Daily Inter Ocean. December 1, 1899. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.  
  23. ^ "Stagg's Men in Triumph". Chicago Sunday Tribune. December 10, 1899. p. 2-1 – via Newspapers.com.  
  24. ^ 1900 Cap & Gown (Univ. of Chicago yearbook), pp. 192 and 227.
  25. ^ a b c "Sport of the Amateur on Field and Water". Collier's Weekly. 24 (15): 20. January 13, 1900 – via Google books.  
  26. ^ a b c d "All-Western, All-Eastern, All-American". The Northwestern. December 14, 1899. p. 11.
  27. ^ "Half Back Is Barred". The Sunday Inter Ocean. November 5, 1899. p. 10.
  28. ^ a b 1900 Cap & Gown, p. 186.

April 11, 2024
1899, chicago, maroons, football, team, represented, university, chicago, during, 1899, college, football, season, western, conference, championship, 1899, chicago, maroons, footballwestern, conference, championconferencewestern, conferencerecord16, western, h. The 1899 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1899 college football season and won the Western Conference championship 1899 Chicago Maroons footballWestern Conference championConferenceWestern ConferenceRecord16 0 2 4 0 Western Head coachAmos Alonzo Stagg 8th season Base defense7 2 2CaptainWalter S KennedyHome stadiumMarshall FieldSeasons 18981900 1899 Western Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TChicago 4 0 0 16 0 2Wisconsin 4 1 0 9 2 0Northwestern 2 2 0 7 6 0Michigan 1 1 0 8 2 0Purdue 1 2 0 4 4 1Minnesota 0 3 0 6 3 2Illinois 0 3 0 3 5 1 Conference championIn their eighth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg the Maroons compiled a 16 0 2 overall record which included four practice games against high school football teams In intercollegiate games the Maroons compiled a 12 0 2 record and a 4 0 record against Western Conference opponents The only two blemishes were tie games with Iowa and Penn The Maroons shut out 13 opponents scored 505 points 28 1 points per game and allowed only 28 points on defense 1 6 points per game 1 2 The Maroons played their first 17 games at home on Marshall Field in Chicago The final game of the season was a post season match against Wisconsin at Randall Field in Madison Wisconsin Chicago defeated Wisconsin by a 17 0 score to claim the undisputed championship of the Western Conference Contents 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2 1 Games 1 4 Practice games against high schools 2 2 Game 5 Knox 2 3 Game 6 Physicians amp Surgeons 2 4 Game 7 Notre Dame 2 5 Game 8 Iowa 2 6 Game 9 Dixon 2 7 Game 10 Cornell 2 8 Game 11 Oberlin 2 9 Game 12 Penn 2 10 Game 13 Purdue 2 11 Game 14 Northwestern 2 12 Game 15 Beloit 2 13 Game 16 Minnesota 2 14 Game 17 Brown 2 15 Game 18 at Wisconsin 3 Players 3 1 Varsity letter winners 3 2 Other players 4 Coaches 5 Notes 6 ReferencesSchedule editDateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSeptember 9Englewood HS n 1 Marshall FieldChicago ILW 2 0September 15Hyde Park HS n 1 Marshall FieldChicago ILW 12 0September 16West Division HS n 1 Marshall FieldChicago ILW 39 0September 20Englewood HS n 1 Marshall FieldChicago ILW 45 0September 23Knox IL Marshall FieldChicago ILW 40 0September 30Physicians amp Surgeons Marshall FieldChicago ILW 12 0October 4Notre Dame Marshall FieldChicago ILW 23 6October 7Iowa Marshall FieldChicago ILT 5 5October 11Dixon Marshall FieldChicago ILW 29 0October 14Cornell Marshall FieldChicago ILW 17 66 000October 21Oberlin Marshall FieldChicago ILW 58 02 500October 28Penn Marshall FieldChicago ILT 5 58 000November 4PurdueMarshall FieldChicago IL rivalry W 44 02 500November 11NorthwesternMarshall FieldChicago ILW 76 03 000November 18Beloit Marshall FieldChicago ILW 35 02 000November 25MinnesotaMarshall FieldChicago ILW 29 08 000November 30Brown Marshall FieldChicago ILW 17 610 000December 9WisconsinRandall FieldMadison WIW 17 09 000 Non conference gameGame summaries editGames 1 4 Practice games against high schools edit Chicago opened its 1899 season with four practice matches against high school teams all played at Chicago s Marshall Field The Maroons won all four games by a combined score of 98 to 0 1 Game 5 Knox edit On September 23 1899 Chicago opened its intercollegiate football season with a 40 0 victory over the team from Knox College The game began at 3 45 p m and was played at Marshall Field in halves of 25 and 20 minutes Henry scored three touchdowns and Slaker Hamill Wellington and Feil scored one touchdown each Kennedy kicked five goals from touchdown Hamill s touchdown was scored on a run of 102 yards the longest run in Marshall Field history to that point Chicago s lineup against Knox was Rich left end Wellington and Sheldon left tackle Feil left guard C Webb center Cooke right guard J Webb right tackle Cassels right end Kennedy quarterback Hamill and Horton left halfback Henry right halfback and Slaker fullback 3 Game 6 Physicians amp Surgeons edit On September 30 1899 Chicago defeated the team from the College of Physicians amp Surgeons by a 12 0 score The game was played in 25 minute halves at Marshall Field Slaker and Hamill each scored a touchdown and Kennedy kicked two goals from touchdown Henry and two Physicians amp Surgeons players were ejected from the game for unnecessary roughness Chicago s lineup against the Physicians amp Surgeons was Cassels left end Webb left tackle Ervin and Ahlswede left guard Speed center Cooke and Feil right guard Wellington right tackle Kennedy quarterback Hamill right halfback Henry left halfback and Slaker fullback 4 Game 7 Notre Dame edit On October 4 1899 Chicago played a midweek game against Notre Dame The Maroons won by a 23 6 score at Marshall Field Slaker and Hamill scored two touchdowns each for Chicago and Kennedy kicked three goals from touchdown Hamill s play was reported to be the feature of the game as he twice had runs of over 100 yards Chicago s starting lineup against Notre Dame was Sheldon Rich and Place left end Wellington left tackle Ahlswede and Cook left guard Speed and C Webb center Feil and Erwin right guard Webb right tackle Cassels right end Kennedy and Henry quarterback Hamill right halfback Henry and Horton left halfback and Slaker fullback 5 Game 8 Iowa edit On October 7 1899 Chicago played to a 5 5 tie against Iowa that finished the season undefeated with an 8 0 1 record The Chicago Sunday Tribune called it one of the finest exhibitions of defensive football seen in a long time as the Maroons twice held the Hawkeyes on drives that penetrated inside the Chicago five yard line Chicago playing without its captain Kennedy was unable to score a touchdown and tallied its five points on a field goal by Henry 6 Chicago s lineup against Iowa was Sheldon left end Wellington left tackle Flannagan and Feil left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassells right end Holste quarterback Hamill right halfback Henry left halfback and Slaker fullback 7 Game 9 Dixon edit On October 11 1889 Chicago played a midweek game against the team from Dixon College and Normal School in Dixon Illinois The Maroons won the game played in 25 minute halves by a 29 0 score at Marshall Field Chicago played mostly substitutes in the game Ervin at fullback scored two touchdowns while Ahlswede and Rich each scored once Henry kicked four goals from touchdown and one field goal Chicago s lineup against Dixon was Sheldon and Holste left end Feil left tackle Flannagan left guard Speed and C Webb center Ahlswede right guard Cook right tackle Rich right end Henry quarterback Place right halfback Horton and Lewis left halfback Ervin fullback 8 Game 10 Cornell edit On October 14 1899 Chicago defeated Cornell by a 17 6 score The game was played at Marshall Field to a crowd of 6 000 persons One Chicago newspaper account called the game a triumph of the West over the East a demonstration of the effectiveness of the style of football played in this section of the country 9 Slaker scored two touchdowns for Chicago and Wellington scored another Henry kicked two goals from touchdown Raymond Starbuck scored a touchdown for Cornell Chicago s lineup against Cornell was Sheldon left end Webb left tackle Flannagan left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Feil right tackle Cassels right end Henry quarterback Wellington left halfback Hamill right halfback and Slaker fullback 10 Game 11 Oberlin edit On October 21 1899 Chicago defeated Oberlin by a 58 0 score The game was played at Marshall Field to a crowd of 2 500 persons Of the 58 points scored 53 were scored in the first half In the second half the Maroons made liberal use of substitutes and scored only five points Chicago touchdowns were scored by Slaker 1 Hamill 3 Henry 2 Wellington 1 Sheldon 1 and Ahlswede 1 Henry kicked eight goals from touchdown and one field goal Chicago s lineup against Oberlin was Sheldon left end Feil left tackle Flannagan left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassels and Rich right end Henry and Holste quarterback Hamill right halfback Wellington and Snyder left halfback and Slaker fullback 11 Game 12 Penn edit On October 28 1899 Chicago played Penn to a 5 5 tie before a crowd of 8 000 persons at Marshall Field The Penn team that traveled to Chicago was one of the Big Four teams from the East with a lineup that included four first team All Americans quarterback John H Outland namesake of the Outland Trophy center Pete Overfield halfback Josiah McCracken and guard Truxtun Hare Each team scored a touchdown Davidson for Penn and Wellington scoring late in the second half for Chicago Henry missed a kick for goal from touchdown that would have given Chicago a victory Chicago gained twice as many yards as Penn and twice had drives stopped inside Penn s three yard line Kennedy missed two attempts at field goals from placement 12 13 The game was reportedly marred only by incessant coaching from the Penn sideline the conduct was met with hissing from the crowd On one occasion the umpire had to chase an old Penn player off the field and on another occasion one of the Quakers was taken from the field by a police officer After the game the umpire declared the actions of the Penn coaches to be ungentlemanly 12 Despite the controversy over coaching press accounts referenced the game as a spectacle The Times of Philadelphia proclaimed Never has Marshall Field been the scene of a more bitter struggle never have two athletic forces contended with more heroic courage in the Western metropolis and never a greater foot ball battle witnessed in the West than today s Pennsylvania Chicago game 14 The Sunday Inter Ocean reported Never before has such an exciting game of football been played in Chicago Never before has a crowd of spectators on Marshall field been wrought up to such a pitch of mad enthusiasm 12 Chicago s lineup against Penn was Henry left end Feil left tackle Flannagan left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassels right end Kennedy quarterback Wellington left halfback Hamill right halfback and Slaker fullback 15 Game 13 Purdue edit On November 4 1899 Chicago defeated Purdue by a 44 0 score The game was played at Marshall Field before a crowd of 2 500 persons The Chicago Sunday Tribune described right halfback Ralph Hamill as the star of the game reporting that he scored four touchdowns the Sunday Inter Ocean reported he scored five and raced up and down the field for touchdowns and long gains continually including a run of 65 yards Feil also scored two touchdowns and Henry scored one Kennedy converted on four of seven goals after touchdown Chicago s lineup against Purdue was Henry and Sheldon left end Feil left tackle Flannagan and Ervin left guard Speed and Webb center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassells and Rich right end Kennedy quarterback Eldredge and Henry left halfback Hamill right halfback and Snyder fullback 16 17 Game 14 Northwestern edit On November 11 1899 Chicago defeated Northwestern by a 76 0 score The game was played before a crowd of almost 3 000 persons at Marshall Field Slaker scored six touchdowns for Chicago while Webb and Henry scored two each and Feil Hamill and Ahlswede each scored once Kennedy converted 11 goals from touchdown The lineup for Chicago was Eldredge Schmahl and Sheldon left end Feil left tackle Ervin left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassels right end Kennedy quarterback Hamill right halfback Henry left halfback and Slaker fullback 18 Game 15 Beloit edit On November 18 1899 Chicago defeated the team from Beloit College by a 35 0 score The game was played in halves of 20 and 25 minutes before a crowd of 2 000 persons at Marshall Field Right halfback Hamill scored three touchdowns fullback Frank Slaker scored two touchdowns and quarterback Kennedy scored five goals from touchdown Chicago s lineup against Beloit was Sheldon left end Feil and McNab left tackle Flanagan left guard Ahlswede center Ervin right guard Webb right tackle Cassells right end Kennedy quarterback Eldredge and Place left halfback Hamill right halfback and Slaker and Snyder fullback 19 Game 16 Minnesota edit On November 25 1899 Chicago played Minnesota at Marshall Field in Chicago before a crowd of 8 000 persons The game was played in 35 minute halves Chicago won by a 29 0 score Chicago s touchdowns four points each were scored by Slaker Cassells Feil Place and Hamill Goals after touchdown were completed by Kennedy 1 and Henry 3 20 Game 17 Brown edit On Thanksgiving Day November 30 1899 Chicago concluded its regular season schedule with a victory over Brown by a 17 6 score in front of a crowd of 10 000 persons at Marshall Field in Chicago The game began shortly after 2 30 p m and was played in halves of 35 and 30 minutes the second half having been shortened due to darkness The Daily Inter Ocean described the game as the leading social function of the day with the field a bedlam of noise and female Chicago students out in force with large bows of maroon ribbon dangling from their umbrellas and barrytone tin horns 21 University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper was seated in a central box in the front row and showed an intense interest in the game 21 Chicago scored all 17 of its points in the first half while Brown did not score until late in the second half as darkness began to fall Frank Slaker scored two touchdowns for eight Chicago points and James Henry kicked a field goal and two goals after touchdown for nine Chicago points Right halfback Richardson scored all six of Brown s points on a touchdown and goal from touchdown Guard Frederick Feil was called the particular star for Chicago as he broke out of the pile for long gains on multiple occasions Chicago s lineup against Brown was Sheldon left end Feil left tackle Ervin and Flannagan left guard Speed center Ahlswede right guard Webb right tackle Cassels right end Holste and Henry quarterback Henry and Eldredge left halfback Eldredge and Place right halfback and Slaker fullback 22 Game 18 at Wisconsin edit On December 9 1899 Chicago traveled to Madison Wisconsin to play a post season game against the Wisconsin Badgers for the championship of the Western Conference The Wisconsin team featured Eddie Cochems at left end Pat O Dea at fullback and Arthur Hale Curtis at right tackle The game was played in halves of 35 minutes at Randall Field before 8 000 Wisconsin students and locals with 1 000 Chicago supporters in the east bleachers Chicago won the game by a 17 0 score Slaker scored two touchdowns for Chicago Feil scored one Henry kicked two goals from touchdown Chicago s lineup against Wisconsin was Sheldon left end Lerum and Feil left tackle Ahlswede left guard Speed center Flannagan right guard Webb right tackle Eldredge right end Kennedy quarterback Henry left halfback Hamill right halfback and Slaker fullback 23 Players editVarsity letter winners edit The following 17 players won varsity letters for their participation on the 1899 Chicago football team 24 Herbert Frederick Ahlswede right guard Bert James Cassels right end William Franklin Eldridge right end Charles William Erwin substitute Frederick Feil left guard Charles Gibbons Flanagan left tackle Ralph C Hamill right halfback 3rd team All American selection by Walter Camp 25 1st team All Western selection by The Northwestern 26 James Ronald Henry left halfback August Fred Holste substitute Walter S Kennedy quarterback and captain 2nd team All American selection by Walter Camp 25 1st team All Western selection by The Northwestern 26 Ernest de Koven Leffingwell later a noted Arctic explorer and geologist Theron W Mortimer Walter Joseph Schmahl end James Milton Sheldon left end 1st team All Western selection by The Northwestern 26 Frank Louis Slaker fullback 2nd team All American selection by Walter Camp 25 Kellogg Speed center Jonathan Edwards Webb right tackle 1st team All Western selection by The Northwestern 26 Other players edit Edson Benton Cooke guard Frank O Horton halfback Knox end A C Lerum tackle Leon Patterson Lewis halfback James G MacNab tackle Alfred William Place end Edward Prickett Rich end Alvin Bricker Snider halfback fullback Charles Julian Webb center Richard Howells Duke Wellington tackle declared ineligible for academic reasons in early November 27 Coaches editHead coach Amos Alonzo Stagg Assistant coaches Clarence Herschberger College Football Hall of Fame and Henry Gordon Gale 28 Manager of games Horace Butterworth 28 Trainer Hiram Boardman ConibearNotes edit a b c d The first four games of the season against high school team were not included in the listing of official games in the 1900 Cap amp Gown yearbook See 1900 Cap amp Gown p 192 listing the team s official record as 12 0 2 References edit a b 1899 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved August 20 2015 University of Chicago Football Media Guide University of Chicago 2016 p 22 Retrieved November 10 2016 Knox Is Shut Out Captain Kennedy s Men Roll Up a Large Score The Sunday Inter Ocean September 24 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Chicago Is Victor Wins a Hard Fought Game From the Doctors The Sunday Inter Ocean October 1 1899 p 11 via Newspapers com nbsp Notre Dame Scores Hoosiers Secure a Fluke Touchdown Against Chicago Hamill Plays Star Game The Daily Inter Ocean October 5 1899 p 8 via Newspapers com nbsp Iowa Ties the Maroons Hawkeye Team Clearly Outplays University of Chicago The Sunday Inter Ocean October 8 1899 p 17 via Newspapers com nbsp Results in a Tie Maroons Unable to Defeat University of Iowa The Chicago Inter Ocean October 8 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Play Miserable Football Chicago Wins a Poor Game from Dixon College The Daily Inter Ocean October 12 1899 p 8 via Newspapers com nbsp Won from Cornell part 1 The Sunday Inter Ocean October 15 1899 p 1 via Newspapers com nbsp Won from Cornell part 2 The Sunday Inter Ocean October 15 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Oberlin s Waterloo Oberlin Men Fall Easy Victims to Kennedy s Eleven The Sunday Inter Ocean October 22 1899 p 13 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c Play a Tie Game Pennsylvania and Chicago Quit Even After Playing Two Exciting Halves Each Scores Once Neither Team Succeeds in Kicking a Goal from Touchdown During Contest part 1 The Sunday Inter Ocean October 29 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Play a Tie With Penn Maroons and Quakers Battle Fiercely on Marshall Field The Chicago Sunday Tribune October 29 1899 p 17 via Newspapers com nbsp Chicago Played Penn a Tie Game Score 5 to 5 Each Scored a Touchdown But Both Failed in the Try for Goal The Times Philadelphia October 29 1899 p 1 via Newspapers com nbsp Play a Tie Game Pennsylvania and Chicago Quit Even After Playing Two Exciting Halves Each Scores Once Neither Team Succeeds in Kicking a Goal from Touchdown During Contest part 2 The Sunday Inter Ocean October 29 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Maroons Score at Will Purdue Unable to Hold the Rushes of Chicago Chicago Sunday Tribune November 5 1899 p 17 via Newspapers com nbsp Maroons Win Again Purdue Snowed Under by the Local Varsity Eleven The Sunday Inter Ocean November 4 1899 p 5 via Newspapers com nbsp Purple Is Too Easy Chicago Drives Northwestern All Over Marshall Field The Sunday Inter Ocean November 12 1899 p 13 via Newspapers com nbsp Beloit Is Beaten Chicago Wins a Hard Fought Game on a Wet Field The Daily Inter Ocean November 19 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp Easy for Maroons The Sunday Inter Ocean November 26 1899 p 10 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Society Sees the South Side Game Contest on Marshall Field Is the Leading Social Function of the Day The Daily Inter Ocean December 1 1899 p 4 via Newspapers com nbsp Stagg s Men Win Chicago s University Team Scores a Brilliant Victory Over Brown The Daily Inter Ocean December 1 1899 pp 1 4 via Newspapers com nbsp Stagg s Men in Triumph Chicago Sunday Tribune December 10 1899 p 2 1 via Newspapers com nbsp 1900 Cap amp Gown Univ of Chicago yearbook pp 192 and 227 a b c Sport of the Amateur on Field and Water Collier s Weekly 24 15 20 January 13 1900 via Google books nbsp a b c d All Western All Eastern All American The Northwestern December 14 1899 p 11 Half Back Is Barred The Sunday Inter Ocean November 5 1899 p 10 a b 1900 Cap amp Gown p 186 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1899 Chicago Maroons football team amp oldid 1196678617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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