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The Chicago football team has used the wishbone-C logo since at least 1898. [5] Stagg retired from Chicago after the 1932 season, in which the team went 3–4–1 (1–4), and then coached at the University of the Pacific. Clark Shaughnessy took over as the Maroons football coach in 1933. In his seven seasons he led them to two .500 records ...
After attending Dubuque High School in Iowa, Berwanger played college football for the Chicago Maroons football team of the University of Chicago for the 1933 though 1935 seasons, scoring 22 touchdowns in 24 games. [3] He was a star halfback for Chicago, where he was known as the "one man football team". [4]
The University of Chicago was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the Maroons were coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg for 41 seasons. In the late 1930s, university president Robert Maynard Hutchins decided that big-time college football and the university's commitment to academics were not compatible. [ 2 ]
The University of Chicago helped found the Big Ten Conference in 1895; although it dropped football in 1939 (as inconsistent with its academic vision), its other teams remained members until 1946. Football returned as a club sport in 1963, as a varsity sport in 1969, and began competing independently in Division III in 1973.
In December 1935, Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger became the first recipient of a trophy from the Downtown Athletic Club intended to honor "the most valuable player east of the Mississippi." [ 3 ] John Heisman was then the club's athletic director, [ 4 ] and after Heisman's death in October 1936 the trophy was expanded to become a national honor ...
Football legend Amos Alonzo Stagg was the first head coach at Chicago. The Chicago Maroons football program is a college football team that represents University of Chicago in the University Athletic Association, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 12 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1892.
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 received first-team honors from the Chicago Record-Herald and The Minneapolis Journal.
The 1894 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1894 college football season. [1] [2] The Maroons played a record number of games over the course of the season, though they did not win a record number of games and considered many of their contests in August and September as practices.