1913 Chicago Maroons football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1913 Chicago Maroons football Western Conference Western 7–0 7–0 Amos Alonzo Stagg 22nd 7–2–2 Marshall Field National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Davis)Western Conference champion The 1913 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference during the 1913 college football season. In coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's 22nd year as head coach, the Maroons finished with a 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 27.1913 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 30, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/chicago/1913-schedule.htmlUniversity of Chicago Football Media Guide 2016 University of Chicago 22 November 10, 2016 https://issuu.com/uchicagoathletics/docs/fb-program-2016-web There was no contemporaneous system in 1913 for determining a national champion. However, Chicago was retroactively named as the 1913 national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association 112–114 July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live Center Paul Des Jardien was a consensus first-team selection on the 1913 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.Paul Des Jardien National Football Foundation March 30, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1267 Other notable players on the 1913 Chicago team included halfback Nelson Norgren, quarterback Paul Russell, and end Huntington. Schedule y y October 4 Indiana Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 21-7 10,000 Maroons Beat Indiana, 21 to 7, in Opening Game The Inter Ocean Le Count Lovellette October 5, 1913 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98725418/maroons-beat-indiana-21-to-7-in/ Newspapers.com October 18 Iowa Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 23-6 Maroons Victors After Hard Fight With Iowa, 23 to 6 Chicago Tribune October 19, 1913 III-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98725119/maroons-victors-after-hard-fight-with/ Newspapers.com October 25 Purdue Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry) W 6-0 18,000 Kicks by Russell Down Purdue, 6-0, Before Big Crowd Chicago Tribune R.W. Lardner October 26, 1913 III-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98725919/kicks-by-russell-down-purdue-6-0/ Newspapers.com November 1 Illinois Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 28-7 November 8 at Northwestern Northwestern Field Evanston, IL W 14-0 November 15 at Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN W 13-7 21,000 November 22 Wisconsin Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 19-0 References Chicago Category:Chicago Maroons football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Chicago Football