The 1903 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1903 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 12–2–1 record, finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 4–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 413 to 61.[1][2]
| 1903 Chicago Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 12–2–1 (4–1–1 Western) |
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| Captain | Shorty Ellsworth |
| Home stadium | Marshall Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern + | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 17 | Englewood High School* | W 40–0 | ||||||
| September 19 | Lombard * |
| W 34–0 | |||||
| September 23 | North Division High School* |
| W 33–0 | |||||
| September 26 | Lawrence* |
| W 23–0 | |||||
| September 30 | Monmouth (IL)* |
| W 108–0 | |||||
| October 3 | Indiana |
| W 34–0 | |||||
| October 7 | Cornell (IA)* |
| W 23–0 | |||||
| October 10 | Purdue |
| W 22–0 | |||||
| October 14 | Rush Medical* |
| W 40–0 | |||||
| October 17 | Northwestern |
| T 0–0 | |||||
| October 24 | Illinois |
| W 18–6 | |||||
| October 31 | at Wisconsin | W 15–6 | ||||||
| November 7 | 2:44 p.m. | Haskell* |
| W 17–11 | [3] | |||
| November 14 | at Army* | L 6–10 | ||||||
| November 26 | Michigan |
| L 0–28 | 15,000–20,000 | ||||
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Roster
edit| Player | Position | Weight |
| Alfred Chester Ellsworth (captain) | center, right tackle | 189 |
| Herbert Frederick Ahlswede | left guard | 196 |
| Hugo Francis Bezdek | right halfback, left halfback | 169 |
| Frank G. Burrows | left tackle, right tackle | 174 |
| Mark Seavey Catlin | left halfback | 175 |
| Walter Herbert Eckersall | quarterback | 140 |
| Melville Archibald Hill | right guard, center | 215 |
| George Edwin Ivison | left halfback | 172 |
| Charles Ferguson Kennedy | right end | 146 |
| Lee Wilder Maxwell | quarterback | 156 |
| Robert Wallace Maxwell | right guard, right tackle | 244 |
| George Nordenholt | fullback | 168 |
| Edwin Eugene Parry | left tackle | 200 |
| George Edward Schnur | quarterback | 158 |
| Frederick Adolph Speik | left end | 174 |
| John Frederick Tobin | right guard | 194 |
| Sherburne Henry Wightman | fullback, left guard | 171 |
| John Orlo Backhouse | substitute | 167 |
| Burton Pike Gale | substitute | 182 |
| Carl Huntley Hitchcock | substitute | 153 |
| Joseph Edward Hora | substitute | 152 |
| Wayland Wells Magee | substitute | 160 |
| Hiram Boardman Conibear | trainer |
- Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (12th year at Chicago)
References
edit- ^ "1903 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "Score Twice On Chicago Eleven". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 8, 1903. pp. 9–10. Retrieved November 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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