1892 Chicago Maroons football team

1892 Chicago Maroons football
The first team fielded by the University of Chicago
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4–1
Head coach
Base defense7–2–2
Seasons
1893 →
1892 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oberlin     7 0 0
Case     3 0 0
Iowa Agricultural     1 0 1
Notre Dame     1 0 1
Chicago     8 4 1
Michigan State Normal     2 1 0
Illinois     7 4 1
Ohio State     5 3 0
Washington University     3 2 0
Hillsdale     3 2 1
Doane     1 1 0
Heidelberg     1 1 0
Miami (OH)     2 2 0
Buchtel     3 4 0
Lake Forest     2 3 0
Cincinnati     1 2 0
Marquette     1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     1 3 0
Wittenberg     0 2 1
Washburn     0 2 0
Kalamazoo     0 2 0

The 1892 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1892 college football season. The University of Chicago opened its doors for its first semester on October 1, 1892, and the football team, led by Amos Alonzo Stagg as both player and coach, played its first game one week later on October 8, 1892. In its first year of intercollegiate football, the Chicago team compiled an 8–4–1 record. The 1892 season included four victories over local high school teams, two victories over a local YMCA team, and seven intercollegiate games. In intercollegiate play, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record.[1]

  1. ^ "1892 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2015.