Chicago Maroons
MidwestChicago, ILAmos Alonzo Stagg Field
2026: 5–1 (4–0 Midwest). Last: beat Illinois College 20–14 at home. Next: at Monmouth (IL), Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- L 34–48at Trine
- W 49–41Nebraska Wesleyan
- W 48–0at Knox
- W 10–0at Beloit
- W 49–10Cornell (IA)
- W 20–14Illinois College
- Oct 24at Monmouth (IL)
- Oct 31Ripon
- Nov 7at Lawrence
- Nov 14Lake Forest
Chicago has played football since at least 1892 and is 318–161–32 in the 511 games on record. Chicago claims two national championships (1905, 1913). Jay Berwanger won the Heisman Trophy here in 1935. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 7 players and 2 coaches from Chicago. Amos Alonzo Stagg (1892–1932) won more games here than any other coach: 270. The most-played rival is Illinois: 43 meetings, Illinois leads 22–18–3. This season, they’re 5–1.
On this date in 2024Chicago beat Ripon 30–6 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 318–161–32 .654; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1133
- Seasons
- 53 since 1892, 511 games
2026 season 5–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | atTrine | L 34–48 | 50% |
| Sep 19 | vsNebraska Wesleyan | W 49–41 | 80% |
| Sep 26 | atKnox | W 48–0 | 69% |
| Oct 3 | atBeloit | W 10–0 | 80% |
| Oct 10 | vsCornell (IA) | W 49–10 | 76% |
| Oct 17 | vsIllinois College | W 20–14 | 65% |
| Oct 24 | atMonmouth (IL) | Preview | 35% |
| Oct 31 | vsRipon | Preview | 81% |
| Nov 7 | atLawrence | Preview | 90% |
| Nov 14 | vsLake Forest | Preview | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Chicago.
- Jay Berwanger1935 Heisman
- Walter EckersallHall of Fame, 1951
Clarence HerschbergerHall of Fame, 1970
Paul Des JardienHall of Fame, 1955
Walter SteffenHall of Fame, 1969- Andy WyantHall of Fame, 1962
- Bob MaxwellHall of Fame, 1974
John Webster ThomasConsensus All-American, 1922
Frederick A. SpeikConsensus All-American, 1904
Mark Catlin Sr.Consensus All-American, 1905- Joe PondelikConsensus All-American, 1924
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1892
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Clark Shaughnessy | 1933–1939 | 17–34–4 |
 Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1892–1932 | 270–113–28 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Illinois
18–22–3 in 43
- 1930 L 0–28
- 1931 W 13–6
- 1932 L 7–13
- 1933 L 0–7
- 1934 L 0–6
- 1935 W 7–6
- 1936 L 7–18
- 1937 L 0–21
- 1938 L 0–34
- 1939 L 0–46
Lost the last four.
- Purdue
27–14–1 in 42
- 1927 W 7–6
- 1928 L 0–40
- 1929 L 0–26
- 1930 L 7–26
- 1931 L 6–14
- 1932 L 0–37
- 1933 L 0–14
- 1934 L 20–26
- 1935 L 0–19
- 1936 L 7–35
Lost the last nine.
- Wisconsin
16–19–5 in 40
- 1927 W 12–0
- 1928 L 0–25
- 1929 L 6–20
- 1930 L 0–34
- 1931 L 7–12
- 1932 L 7–18
- 1933 T 0–0
- 1935 W 13–7
- 1936 W 7–6
- 1937 L 0–27
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | CHI record |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 43 | 18–22–3 |
| Purdue | 42 | 27–14–1 |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 16–19–5 |
| Northwestern | 37 | 26–8–3 |
| Michigan | 26 | 7–19 |
| Indiana | 25 | 20–4–1 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 5–12–1 |
| Englewood High | 17 | 16–0–1 |
Every opponent (98)
Every program Chicago has played, A to Z, with Chicago’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arkansas 0–0–1
- Armour 4–0
- Army 0–1
- Austin High 1–0
- Beloit 13–1–1
- Bradley 0–0–1
- Brown 2–1
- Butler 0–0–1
- Carleton 0–1
- Carlisle 0–1
- Carnegie Mellon 0–1
- Carroll (WI) 2–0
- Chicago A.C. 2–2
- Chicago Alumni 1–0
- Chicago Dining Club 1–0
- Chicago Naval Reserve 0–1
- Chicago YMCA 1–0
- Cincinnati 1–0
- Claremont Mudd Scripps 0–2
- Colorado 1–0
- Colorado State 1–0
- Concordia Chicago 1–0
- Cornell 2–1–2
- Cornell (IA) 8–1
- Crane J.C. 1–0–1
- Dartmouth 1–1
- DePauw 1–0
- Dixon 2–0
- Englewood High 16–0–1
- Englewood YMCA 4–0
- Eureka 2–0
- Florida 1–1
- Fort Sheridan 1–0
- Georgia 1–0
- Great Lakes Navy 1–0
- Grinnell 4–0
- Hahnemann Medical 1–0
- Harvard 0–2
- Haskell 2–0
- Hillsdale 1–1
- Hyde Park High 13–1
- Illinois 18–22–3
- Illinois College 3–2
- Illinois Wesleyan 1–0
- Indiana 20–4–1
- Indiana State 1–0
- Iowa 9–3–2
- Kentucky 1–0
- Knox 11–0
- Lake Forest 7–3–2
- Lawrence 8–0
- Lombard 5–0
- Loyola Academy 1–0
- Manual Training High 1–0
- Maryland 1–0
- Michigan 7–19
- Michigan State 1–0
- Milwaukee Medical 1–0
- Minnesota 5–12–1
- Missouri 1–1
- Monmouth 8–0
- Monmouth (IL) 0–4
- Nebraska 1–1
- Nebraska Wesleyan 1–0
- North Division High 4–0
- Northwest Division High 2–0
- Northwestern 26–8–3
- Notre Dame 4–0
- Oberlin 3–1
- Ohio State 2–10–2
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–0–1
- Pacific 0–1
- Pennsylvania 1–6–1
- Physicians & Surgeons 2–0
- Prairie A.C. 1–0
- Princeton 2–2–1
- Purdue 27–14–1
- Reliance A.C. 0–1
- Ripon 5–1
- Rush Medical 4–0
- Salt Lake YMCA 1–0
- South Carolina 0–1
- Stanford 1–1
- Texas 1–0
- Trine 0–1
- Vanderbilt 1–2
- Virginia 0–1
- Wabash 3–0
- Washington 1–0
- Washington St. Louis 1–0
- West Division High 1–0
- Western Michigan 1–0
- Western Reserve 1–0
- Wheaton High 1–0
- Wisconsin 16–19–5
- Wyoming 1–0
- Yale 0–1–1
Conferences
- Western Conference 1897–1939
- University Conference 2014
- Southern Athletic Conference 2015–2016
- Midwest Conference since 2017
Chicago’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awards| 1935 | Jay Berwanger RB/LB | Heisman |
Consensus All-Americans 11
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 7
- Coaches
- 2
| 1974 | Bob Maxwell OG |
| 1970 | Clarence Herschberger FB |
| 1969 | Walter Steffen RB/QB |
| 1968 | Clark Shaughnessy coach here, 1933–1939 |
| 1962 | Andy Wyant C/OG |
| 1955 | Paul Des Jardien C |
| 1954 | Jay Berwanger RB/LB |
| 1951 | Amos Alonzo Stagg coach here, 1892–1932 |
| 1951 | Walter Eckersall QB |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1936 | Jay Berwanger RB | No. 1, Philadelphia Eagles |
Old photographs
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
From libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season; those they date are on their seasons’ pages.
On the newsreel
- KENTUCKY ROUTS MISS. STATE
- FOOTBALLERS TURN CHORINES
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Chicago (2 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1133 | ||||
| 2025 | 7–3 | 7–2 | 1138 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 1146 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 1191 | ||||
| 2022 | 7–2 | 6–2 | 1365 | ||||
| 1939 | 2–6 | 0–3 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1245 | |||
| 1938 | 1–6–1 | 0–4 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1237 | |||
| 1937 | 1–6 | 0–4 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1324 | |||
| 1936 | 2–5–1 | 1–4 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1351 | |||
| 1935 | 4–4 | 2–3 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1426 | |||
| 1934 | 4–4 | 2–4 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1477 | |||
| 1933 | 3–3–2 | 0–3–2 | Clark Shaughnessy | 1457 | |||
| 1932 | 3–4–1 | 1–4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1378 | |||
| 1931 | 2–6–1 | 1–4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1336 | |||
| 1930 | 2–5–2 | 0–4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1374 | |||
| 1929 | 7–3 | 1–3 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1449 | |||
| 1928 | 2–7 | 0–5 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1367 | |||
| 1927 | 4–4 | 3–3 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1471 | |||
| 1926 | 2–6 | 0–5 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1414 | |||
| 1925 | 3–4–1 | 2–2–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1511 | |||
| 1924 | 4–1–3 | 3–0–3 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1613 | |||
| 1923 | 7–1 | 5–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1650 | |||
| 1922 | 5–1–1 | 4–0–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1623 | |||
| 1921 | 6–1 | 4–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1603 | |||
| 1920 | 3–4 | 2–4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1502 |
Every season back to 1892 (28 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5–2 | 4–2 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1519 | |||
| 1918 | 4–6–1 | 0–5 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1390 | |||
| 1917 | 3–2–1 | 2–2–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1518 | |||
| 1916 | 3–4 | 3–3 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1502 | |||
| 1915 | 5–2 | 4–2 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1583 | |||
| 1914 | 4–2–1 | 4–2–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1622 | |||
| 1913 | 7–0 | 7–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1697 | |||
| 1912 | 6–1 | 6–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1633 | |||
| 1911 | 6–1 | 5–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1603 | |||
| 1910 | 2–5 | 2–4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1503 | |||
| 1909 | 4–1–2 | 4–1–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1651 | |||
| 1908 | 5–0–1 | 5–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1698 | |||
| 1907 | 4–1 | 4–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1687 | |||
| 1906 | 4–1 | 3–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1725 | |||
| 1905 | 11–0 | 7–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1762 | |||
| 1904 | 10–1–1 | 5–1–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1702 | |||
| 1903 | 12–2–1 | 4–1–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1637 | |||
| 1902 | 14–1 | 5–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1609 | |||
| 1901 | 8–6–2 | 0–4–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1439 | |||
| 1900 | 9–5–1 | 2–3–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1545 | |||
| 1899 | 16–0–2 | 4–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1723 | |||
| 1898 | 14–2–1 | 3–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1616 | |||
| 1897 | 11–1 | 3–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1540 | |||
| 1896 | 15–2–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1511 | ||||
| 1895 | 10–3 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1435 | ||||
| 1894 | 14–7–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1409 | ||||
| 1893 | 6–4–2 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1338 | ||||
| 1892 | 8–4–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1299 |
No season on file for 1940–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 53 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.