| Year: | 1904 |
| Team: | Chicago Maroons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Western Conference |
| Short Conf: | Western |
| Record: | 10–1–1 |
| Conf Record: | 5–1–1 |
| Head Coach: | Amos Alonzo Stagg |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Captain: | Frederick A. Speik |
| Stadium: | Marshall Field |
The 1904 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago as a member of the Western Conference (now commonly known as the Big Ten Conference) during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their 13th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 10–1–1 record (5–1–1 in conference games), finished in third place in the conference, shut out eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 410 to 44.[1] [2]
The Maroons won the first eight games of the season and had convincing victories over Indiana (56–0), Iowa (39–0), Texas (68–0) and Wisconsin (18–11). The team's only setbacks were a 6–6 tie with Illinois and a 22–12 loss to national champion Michigan.[1]
The team played its home games at Marshall Field (later renamed Stagg Field) on the school's campus in Chicago.
| Player | Position | Weight |
| Frederick A. Speik (captain) | left end | 176 |
| Benjamin Harrison Badenoch | right guard | 188 |
| Hugo Bezdek | fullback | 175 |
| William James Boone | right tackle | 182 |
| Mark Catlin Sr. | right halfback | 181 |
| Leo DeTray | left halfback | 172 |
| Walter Eckersall | quarterback | 140 |
| Burton Pike Gale | center | 185 |
| Melville Archibald Hill | left tackle, center | 205 |
| Carl Huntley Hitchcock | left halfback | 157 |
| Charles Ferguson Kennedy | right end | 150 |
| Lee Wilder Maxwell | quarterback, right end | 156 |
| Fred William Noll | left guard | 205 |
| Ed Parry | left tackle | 202 |
| William Charles Speidel | right halfback | 175 |
| Schuyler Baldwin Terry | right guard | 197 |
| John F. Tobin | left guard, right tackle | 192 |
| Mysterious Walker | fullback | 170 |
| Lester Larson | substitute | 164 |
| Wayland Wells Magee | substitute | 161 |
| Clarence W. Russell | substitute | 182 |
| George Varnell | substitute | 158 |
| Charles Francis Watson | substitute | 176 |
| Max Yates | substitute | 163 |
| Hiram Conibear | trainer | |
End Frederick A. Speik was selected as the team captain in January 1904.[3]
Quarterback Walter Eckersall was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1964 All-America college football team. Speik also received first-team All-America honors from Whitney.[4] [5]
Six Chicago players received first-team honors on the 1904 All-Western college football team: Eckersall (eight selectors); tackle Ed Parry (three selectors); Speik (two selectors); fullback Hugo Bezdek (two selectors); halfback Mark Catlin Sr. (one selector); and end Charles Kennedy (one selector).[6] [7]