1901 Chicago Maroons football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1901
| team = Chicago Maroons
| sport = football
| image = 1901 University of Chicago Maroons Football Team.png
| image_size = 285
| conference = Western Conference
| short_conf = Western
| record = 8–6–2
| conf_record = 0–4–1
| head_coach = Amos Alonzo Stagg
| hc_year = 10th
| captain = James M. Sheldon
| stadium = Marshall Field
}}
{{1901 Western Conference football standings}}
The 1901 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In their 10th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled an 8–6–2 record, finished in eighth place in the Western Conference with a 0–4–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 175 to 131.{{cite web|title=1901 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 8, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/chicago/1901-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=University of Chicago Football Media Guide|year=2016|publisher=University of Chicago|page=22|accessdate=November 10, 2016|url=https://issuu.com/uchicagoathletics/docs/fb-program-2016-web}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 17| |Englewood High School
|September 21| |{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Lombard Olive|title=Lombard}}
|September 24| |Englewood High School
|September 25| |Hyde Park High School
|September 28| |{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Monmouth Fighting Scots|title=Monmouth (IL)}}
|October 2| |Milwaukee Medical
|October 5| |{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Knox Old Siwash|title=Knox}}
|October 9| |{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Illinois Wesleyan Titans|title=Illinois Wesleyan}}
|October 12| |Purdue|Marshall Field|Chicago, IL (rivalry)|T 5-5||{{cite news|title=Maroons Are Tied By Purdue's Eleven|newspaper=The Inter Ocean|date=October 13, 1901|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29559718/maroons_are_tied_by_purdues_eleven/}}
|October 19| |Illinois|Marshall Field|Chicago|L 0-24||{{cite news|title=Illini Smother Heavy Maroons|newspaper=The Sunday Inter Ocean|date=October 20, 1901|pages=21–22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537240/illini_smother_heavy_maroons/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 23| |Hyde Park High School
|October 26| |Penn
|November 2| |{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Beloit Buccaneers|title=Beloit}}
|November 9| |Northwestern|Marshall Field|Chicago, IL|L 5-6||{{cite news|title=Chicago Loses To Purple Team: Northwestern Scores 6 Points to the Maroons' 5 in Game at Marshall Field|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 10, 1901|pages=17–18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553214/chicago_loses_to_purple_team/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16|at|Michigan|Regents Field|Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)|L 0-22|3,500|{{cite news|title=Michigan Stops Stagg's Tricks: Defeated Chicago by 22-0 Score|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 17, 1901|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6628689/michigan_stops_staggs_tricks_defeated/}}
|November 28| |Wisconsin|Marshall Field|Chicago, IL|L 0-35|9,000|{{cite news|title=Wisconsin Wins By Great Runs|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 29, 1901|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29529346/wisconsin_wins_by_great_runs/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Roster
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|Player |Position |
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|James Milton Sheldon (captain) |left halfback |
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|Orville Elbridge Atwood |fullback |
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|Marcus Melvin Beddall |right guard |
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|Alfred Chester Ellsworth |center |
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|left tackle |
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|quarterback |
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|left halfback |
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|Rex Brenton Kennedy |right tackle |
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|Ralph Lemuel Knapp |left guard |
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|James Garfield MacNab |right end |
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|width="250"|Lee Wilder Maxwell |width="250"|quarterback |
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|Ernest Earl Perkins |right halfback |
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|left end |
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|Benjamin Strauss |fullback |
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|Platt Milk Conrad |substitute - end |
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|Edson Benton Cooke |substitute - back |
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|Clarke Saxe Jennison |substitute - back |
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|John Jameson Laird |substitute - end |
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|trainer |
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- Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (10th year at Chicago)