1904 Chicago Maroons football team

The 1904 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference (now commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their 13th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 10–1–1 record (5–1–1 in conference games), finished in third place in the conference, shut out eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 410 to 44.^[1][2]

1904 Chicago Maroons football
Conference	Western Conference
Record	10–1–1 (5–1–1 Western)
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (13th season)
Captain	Frederick A. Speik
Home stadium	Marshall Field
Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

1904 Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Minnesota +	3	–	0	–	0			13	–	0	–	0
Michigan +	2	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Chicago	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Illinois	3	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Purdue	1	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	0	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Indiana	0	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The Maroons won the first eight games of the season and had convincing victories over Indiana (56–0), Iowa (39–0), Texas (68–0) and Wisconsin (18–11). The team's only setbacks were a 6–6 tie with Illinois and a 22–12 loss to national champion Michigan.^[1]

The team played its home games at Marshall Field (later renamed Stagg Field) on the school's campus in Chicago.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Lombard*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 40–5		[3]
September 21	Englewood High School*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 72–0		[4]
September 24	Lawrence*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 29–0		[5]
September 28	North Division High School*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 18–0		[6]
October 1	Indiana	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 56–0		[7]
October 8	Purdue	Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 20–0	4,000	[8]
October 15	Iowa	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 39–0		[9]
October 22	Northwestern	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 32–0	15,000	[10][11]
October 29	Illinois	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	T 6–6		[12]
November 5	Texas*	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 68–0		[13]
November 12	at Michigan	Regents Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 12–22	13,000	[14]
November 24	Wisconsin	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 18–11	15,000	[15]
*Non-conference game

Roster

Player	Position	Weight
Frederick A. Speik (captain)	left end	176
Benjamin Harrison Badenoch	right guard	188
Hugo Bezdek	fullback	175
William James Boone	right tackle	182
Mark Catlin Sr.	right halfback	181
Leo DeTray	left halfback	172
Walter Eckersall	quarterback	140
Burton Pike Gale	center	185
Melville Archibald Hill	left tackle, center	205
Carl Huntley Hitchcock	left halfback	157
Charles Ferguson Kennedy	right end	150
Lee Wilder Maxwell	quarterback, right end	156
Fred William Noll	left guard	205
Ed Parry	left tackle	202
William Charles Speidel	right halfback	175
Schuyler Baldwin Terry	right guard	197
John F. Tobin	left guard, right tackle	192
Mysterious Walker	fullback	170
Lester Larson	substitute	164
Wayland Wells Magee	substitute	161
Clarence W. Russell	substitute	182
George Varnell	substitute	158
Charles Francis Watson	substitute	176
Max Yates	substitute	163
Hiram Conibear	trainer

• Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (13th year at Chicago)

Honors and awards

End Frederick A. Speik was selected as the team captain in January 1904.^[16]

Quarterback Walter Eckersall was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1964 All-America college football team. Speik also received first-team All-America honors from Whitney.^[17][18]

Six Chicago players received first-team honors on the 1904 All-Western college football team: Eckersall (eight selectors); tackle Ed Parry (three selectors); Speik (two selectors); fullback Hugo Bezdek (two selectors); halfback Mark Catlin Sr. (one selector); and end Charles Kennedy (one selector).^[19][20]