| Year: | 1897 |
| Team: | Chicago Maroons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Western Conference |
| Short Conf: | Western |
| Record: | 11–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1 |
| Head Coach: | Amos Alonzo Stagg |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Captain: | Clarence Herschberger |
| Stadium: | Marshall Field |
The 1897 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1897 Western Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled an 11–1 record, finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 3–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 331 to 68.[1] [2]
| Player | Position |
| Clarence Bert Herschberger (captain) | right halfback |
| Austin Craig Bowdish | right guard |
| Walter James Cavanagh | center |
| Maurice Gordon Clarke | quarterback |
| William Thaw Gardner | fullback |
| George Henry Garrey | left end |
| Ralph C. Hamill | right end |
| Walter Scott Kennedy | left halfback |
| Theron Ware Mortimer | left tackle |
| Kellogg Speed | left guard |
| Jonathan Edward Webb | right tackle |
| Norman Kendall Anderson | substitute |
| Harvey Fox | substitute |
| Theodore Hiram Patterson | substitute |