1902 Chicago Maroons football team

1902 Chicago Maroons football
Conference	Western Conference
Record	14–1 (5–1 Western)
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (11th season)
Captain	James M. Sheldon
Home stadium	Marshall Field

1902 Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Chicago	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Indiana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1902 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference (later commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1902 Western Conference football season. In their 11th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 14–1 record (5–1 in conference games), shut out 12 opponents, finished in second place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 297 to 32. The team's only setback was in the team's only road game, a 21–0 loss to national champion Michigan.[1][2]

Several Chicago players received honors on the 1902 All-Western college football team:

• Center Shorty Ellsworth, tackle E. W. Farr, and guard Herbert Ahlswede received first-team honors from the Chicago Tribune.[3] Ellsworth also reeived first-team honors from the Chicago Record-Herald and The Minneapolis Journal. Farr received further first-team honors from the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Record-Herald.[3]
• Halfback James M. Sheldon and end Frederick A. Speik received first-team honors from Woodruff.[4]

The team played its eleven home games at Marshall Field (later renamed Stagg Field) on the school's campus in Chicago.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	North Division High*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 5–0		[5]
September 17	Englewood High School*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 37–0		[6]
September 20	Lombard*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 27–6		[7]
September 24	Hyde Park High School*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 6–5		[8]
September 27	Monmouth (IL)*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 24–0	700	[9]
October 1	Fort Sheridan*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 53–0		[10]
October 4	Knox*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 5–0		[11]
October 8	Cornell (IA)*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 21–0		[12]
October 11	Purdue	Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 33–0		[13]
October 18	Northwestern	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 12–0		[14]
October 25	Illinois	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 6–0		[15]
November 1	Beloit*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 18–0		[16]
November 8	Indiana	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 39–0	1,000	[17]
November 15	at Michigan	Regents Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–21	14,000	[18]
November 27	Wisconsin	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 11–0	12,000	[19]
*Non-conference game

Roster

Player	Position	Weight
James Milton Sheldon (captain)	left halfback	156
Herbert Frederick Ahlswede	left guard	196
Hugo Francis Bezdek	right halfback	169
Mark Seavey Catlin	right end	177
Alfred Chester Ellsworth	center	186
Ernest Warren Farr	right tackle	200
Gregory Edwin Ivison	left halfback	173
Clarke Saxe Jennison	right halfback	163
John Peter Koehler	left tackle	188
Lee Wilder Maxwell	quarterback	156
Robert Wallace Maxwell	right guard	232
Ernest Earl Perkins	fullback	168
George Edward Schnur	right halfback	156
Frederick Adolph Speik	left end	175
Schuyler Baldwin Terry	left guard	194
Roswell Chester Tripp	left tackle	196
Sherburne Henry Wightman	fullback	170
Hiram Boardman Conibear	trainer

• Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (11th year at Chicago)

References

1. "1902 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
2. "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
3. "All-Western Teams". The Michigan Daily. December 1902. p. 127.
4. "All-Western Football Teams". The Stentor. December 3, 1902. p. 5.
5. "Maroons Win First Game of Season: Stagg's Football Players Defeat North Division Team 5-0". The Inter Occean. September 15, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Maroons Score 37 on School Team: Stagg's Players Appear More Promising than Team of Last Year". Chicago Tribune. September 18, 1902. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Lombard Scores on the Maroons. Tackle Jansen Breaks Through Stagg's Line for Long Run to Goal". Chicago Tribune. September 21, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Maroons Beat Hyde Park 6 to 5: School Team Scores Touchdown in Second Half as Result of Fumble; Dispute Over Goal Kick". Chicago Tribune. September 25, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Maroons Beat Monmouth, 24-0. Midway Varsity Rolls Up Respectable Score in Second College Game". Chicago Tribune. September 28, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Maroons Score 53-0 on Soldiers: Stagg's Men Plow Steadily Through the Fort Sheridan Line; Bezdek Is Quite a Star". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Maroons Score Once on Knox: Galesburg men Badly Outplay Stagg's Pupils in the First Half; Touchdown by Sheldon". Chicago Tribune. October 5, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Maroon Team in Ragged Form: Defeats Cornell College 21 to 0 by Sheer Strength and Weight Alone; Criticism Is General". Chicago Tribune. October 9, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Maroons Thrash Purdue, 33 to 0: Chicago Men Get Jump on Visitors and Score Rapidly Thereafter; Long Runs by Sheldon". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1902. pp. 9, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Maroons Trail Purple in Dust. Chicago Wins Its Annual Game with Northwestern by a Score of 12 to 0". Chicago Tribune. October 19, 1902. pp. 9, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Maroons Defeat Illinois, 6 to 0: Great Game at Marshall Field Results in a Single Touchdown". Chicago Tribune. October 26, 1902. pp. 9, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Maroons Win Poor Game: Stagg's Men Defeat Beloit by Score of 18 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1902. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
17. Thomas T. Hoyne (November 9, 1902). "Maroons Defeat Hoosiers 39 to 0: Stagg's Men Have No Trouble Winning from Indiana Eleven". The Inter Ocean. p. 1 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
18. "Michigan Beats Chicago 21 to 0: Yost's Football Machine Proves Too Much for Maroons; Heston's Great Run". The Inter Ocean. November 16, 1904. p. 1 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
19. "Chicago Victor Over Wisconsin: Stagg's Strong Men Vanquish Their Hereditary Rivals by a Score of 11 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1902. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.