1906 Chicago Maroons football team

The 1906 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1906 college football season. In their 15th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 4–1 record, finished in fourth place in the Western Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 175 to 17.[1][2]

1906 Chicago Maroons football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record4–1 (4–1 Western)
Head coach
CaptainWalter Eckersall
Home stadiumMarshall Field
1906 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wisconsin + 3 0 05 0 0
Minnesota + 2 0 04 1 0
Michigan + 1 0 04 1 0
Chicago 3 1 04 1 0
Illinois 1 3 01 3 1
Iowa 0 1 02 3 0
Indiana 0 2 04 2 0
Purdue 0 3 00 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 20 PurdueW 39–07,000–8,000[3]
October 27 Indiana
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 33–8
November 10 Minnesota
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 2–47,000
November 17 Illinois
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 63–0
November 24 Nebraska*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 38–5
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

Player Position Weight
Walter Eckersall (captain) quarterback 143
John E. Anderson center 175
Leo DeTray left halfback 174
Sherman W. Finger fullback 164
William Francis Hewitt right end 168
Harold Iddings left halfback 160
Wellington Downing Jones left guard 174
Thomas Kelley right guard, right tackle 188
James Roache McCarthy right guard 179
Harry Lee Mefford right end 166
Fred William Noll left guard, left tackle 201
Ed Parry right end 202
Clarence W. Russell left tackle 188
Walter Steffen right halfback 158
Frank Herbert Templeton left halfback, quarterback 188
Mysterious Walker left end 176
Charles Francis Watson right tackle 180
Norman Edward Barker substitute 170
Robert Sachs Harris substitute 175
Ned Merriam substitute 162
Stirling Bruce Parkinson substitute 175
Raymond L. Quigley substitute 162
Rufus Boynton Rogers substitute 165
Max Spencer Rohde substitute 175
John Schommer substitute 170
Harry Johnson Schott substitute 181

References

  1. "1906 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. "Purdue Is Easy for the Maroons". Chicago Tribune. October 21, 1906. pp. 13–14 via Newspapers.com.
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