1899 Chicago Maroons football team

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
1899 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Chicago $ 4 0 016 0 2
Wisconsin 4 1 09 2 0
Northwestern 2 2 07 6 0
Michigan 1 1 08 2 0
Purdue 1 2 04 4 1
Minnesota 0 3 06 3 2
Illinois 0 3 03 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

In their eighth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 1602 overall record, which included four practice games against high school football teams. In intercollegiate games, the Maroons compiled a 1202 record and a 40 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).

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 170 score to claim the undisputed championship of the Western Conference.

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