# 1902 Chicago Maroons football team

The 1902 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference (later commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1902 Western Conference football season. In their 11th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 14–1 record (5–1 in conference games), shut out 12 opponents, finished in second place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 297 to 32. The team's only setback was in the team's only road game, a 21–0 loss to national champion Michigan.
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. Ellsworth also received first-team honors from the Chicago Record-Herald and The Minneapolis Journal. Farr received further first-team honors from the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Record-Herald.
* Halfback James M. Sheldon and end Frederick A. Speik received first-team honors from Woodruff.
The team played its eleven home games at Marshall Field (later renamed Stagg Field) on the school's campus in Chicago.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 13 | North Division High* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 5–0 | |
| September 17 | Englewood High School* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 37–0 | |
| September 20 | Lombard* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 27–6 | |
| September 24 | Hyde Park High School* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 6–5 | |
| September 27 | Monmouth (IL)* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 24–0 | 700 |
| October 1 | Fort Sheridan* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 53–0 | |
| October 4 | Knox* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 5–0 | |
| October 8 | Cornell (IA)* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 21–0 | |
| October 11 | Purdue | Marshall FieldChicago, IL (rivalry) | W 33–0 | |
| October 18 | Northwestern | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 12–0 | |
| October 25 | Illinois | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 6–0 | |
| November 1 | Beloit* | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 18–0 | |
| November 8 | Indiana | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 39–0 | 1,000 |
| November 15 | at Michigan | Regents FieldAnn Arbor, MI (rivalry) | L 0–21 | 14,000 |
| November 27 | Wisconsin | Marshall FieldChicago, IL | W 11–0 | 12,000 |
| *Non-conference game ||||||

## Roster

| Player | Position | Weight |
| James Milton Sheldon (captain) | left halfback | 156 |
| Herbert Frederick Ahlswede | left guard | 196 |
| Hugo Francis Bezdek | right halfback | 169 |
| Mark Seavey Catlin | right end | 177 |
| Alfred Chester Ellsworth | center | 186 |
| Ernest Warren Farr | right tackle | 200 |
| Gregory Edwin Ivison | left halfback | 173 |
| Clarke Saxe Jennison | right halfback | 163 |
| John Peter Koehler | left tackle | 188 |
| Lee Wilder Maxwell | quarterback | 156 |
| Robert Wallace Maxwell | right guard | 232 |
| Ernest Earl Perkins | fullback | 168 |
| George Edward Schnur | right halfback | 156 |
| Frederick Adolph Speik | left end | 175 |
| Schuyler Baldwin Terry | left guard | 194 |
| Roswell Chester Tripp | left tackle | 196 |
| Sherburne Henry Wightman | fullback | 170 |
| Hiram Boardman Conibear | trainer | |
* Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg (11th year at Chicago)