| Year: | 1898 |
| Team: | Chicago Maroons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Western Conference |
| Short Conf: | Western |
| Record: | 14–2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1 |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Def Scheme: | 7–2–2 |
| Captain: | Walter S. Kennedy |
| Stadium: | Marshall Field |
The 1898 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1898 Western Conference football season.[1] [2] This was the first known year that the Chicago football team used the wishbone-C logo.[3]
| Player | Position |
| Walter Scott Kennedy (captain) | quarterback |
| Orville Silvester Burnett | left guard |
| Walter James Cavanagh | center |
| Maurice Gordon Clarke | left halfback |
| Ralph C. Hamill | right end |
| James Ronald Henry | left halfback, left end |
| Clarence Bert Herschberger | right halfback |
| Clarence James Rogers | right guard |
| Walter Joseph Schmahl | left end |
| Frank Louis Slaker | fullback |
| Kellogg Speed | center |
| Jonathan Edward Webb | right tackle |
| Theron Winfred | left tackle |
| Edwin George Allen | substitute |
| Bert James Cassels | substitute |
| Mark Asa Cleveland | substitute |
| Joseph Chalmers Ewing | substitute |
| Peter Knolla | substitute |
| Hiram Boardman Conibear | trainer |