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The '''University of Chicago''' Maroons {{d3comf|uaa}}  Chicago is a private non-sectarian institution located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. While no longer a competing member of the [[{{b10}}]], the school holds the unique distinction of being the only Big Ten member still involved in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, which effectively makes the school still a Big Ten member academically. The school also competed for a time in the [[NAIA]] as a member of the [[{{chicac}}]] in sports other than football and basketball. {{enrol|4,000}}

The campus is on the South Side of Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood, nestled between Washington Park and Jackson Park and stretching from 55th Street to 61st Street. Stagg Field (1,650) and the Ratner Athletics Center (1,650) are at the northwest corner of the grounds on 55th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and Ellis Avenue. Exit 57 (Garfield Boulevard) off I-90/I-94 is the most convenient freeway access to campus, located a mile to the west.  The 55th/56th/57th Street stop on both the South Shore Line and the Metra Electric Main Line, as well as the University of Chicago/59th Street station on the latter, provide commuter rail service to the school from Chicago Millennium Station.

Once upon a time, Chicago's greatest rivals were [[Northwestern]] and [[Illinois]]. After deciding to avoid the rat-race of big-time collegiate athletics during World War II, those rivalries died. Now, their chief rivals are [[Washington (MO)]], [[Case Western]], and [[Carnegie Mellon]].

Although they all played in the league before World War II, and none with particular distinction, 25 players did move on to the NFL from Chicago. The Maroon football legacy is far more tied to two specific names: Jay Berwanger, who won the first Heisman Trophy then famously refused to sign an NFL contract, and Amos Alonzo Stagg, who brought football to Chicago and coached the Maroon football team for all but seven years of its pre-war existence before going on to coach another 13 years at [[Pacific]]. No Chicago alum has ever played in the NBA.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{uaa}}]]
|NCAA III
|1990-present
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|[[{{d3ind}}]]
|NCAA III
|1988-1989
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|[[{{midwest}}]]
|NCAA III
|1976-1987
|-
|[[{{d3ind}}]]
|NCAA III
|1973-1975
|-
|[[{{cdind}}]]
|NCAA College
|1969-1972
|-
|club team
| 
|1963-1968
|-
|no team
| 
|1940-1962
|-
|[[{{b10}}]]
|NCAA University
|1937-1939
|-
|[[{{b10}}]]
|NCAA
|1917-1936
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Big Nine Conference]]
|NCAA
|1911-1916
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]]
|NCAA
|1910
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]]
|Independent
|1896-1909
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1892-1895
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{uaa}}]]
|NCAA III
|1987-present
|-
|[[{{midwest}}]]
|NCAA III
|1976-1987
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1973-1975
|-
|[[{{cdind}}]]
|NCAA College
|1956-1973
|-
|[[NCAA Independents]]
|NCAA
|1946-1956
|-
|[[{{b10}}]]
|NCAA
|1910-1946
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]]
|NCAA
|1909-1910
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]]
|Independent
|1905-1909
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1903-1905
|}

=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
Chicago has never received a post-season invitation in football.
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d3mt}}
|[[1997 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|1997]], [[1998 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|1998]], [[2000 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|2000]], [[2001 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|2001]], [[2007 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|2007]], [[2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament|2008]]
|-
|{{d2mt}}
|[[1961 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1961]], [[1974 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|1974]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|'''[[NCAA Major College Champions (Davis)|NCAA Major College Champions (Parke Davis Selections)]]'''
|[[NCAA Major College Champions (Davis)|1913]]
|-
|[[{{uaa}}]] Champions
|[[1998 University Athletic Association Football|1998]], [[2000 University Athletic Association Football|2000]], [[2005 University Athletic Association Football|2005]], [[2010 University Athletic Association Football|2010]]
|-
|[[{{b10}}]] Champions
|''[[1922 Big Ten Conference Football|1922]]'', [[1924 Big Ten Conference Football|1924]]
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Big Nine Conference]] Champions
|[[1913 Big Nine Conference Football|1913]]
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]] Champions
|[[1899 Western Conference Football|1899]], [[1905 Western Conference Football|1905]], [[1907 Western Conference Football|1907]], [[1908 Western Conference Football|1908]]
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|'''[[Helms Foundation National Men's Basketball Champions]]'''
|[[Helms Foundation National Men's Basketball Champions|1907]], [[Helms Foundation National Men's Basketball Champions|1908]], [[Helms Foundation National Men's Basketball Champions|1909]]
|-
|[[{{uaa}}]] Champions
|[[1997 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|1997]], [[1998 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|1998]], [[2000 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|2000]], [[2001 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|2001]], ''[[2007 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|2007]]'', [[2008 University Athletic Association Men's Basketball|2008]]
|-
|[[{{b10}}]] Champions
|[[1920 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball|1920]], ''[[1924 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball|1924]]''
|-
|[[{{b10}}|Western Conference]] Champions
|''[[1907 Western Conference Men's Basketball|1907]]'', ''[[1908 Western Conference Men's Basketball|1908]]'', [[1909 Western Conference Men's Basketball|1909]], [[1910 Western Conference Men's Basketball|1910]]
|}
=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
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|'''[[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]]'''
|1951: Walter Eckersall (B)<br>1951: Amos Alonzo Stagg (coach)<br>1954: Jay Berwanger (HB)<br>1955: Paul DesJardien (C)<br>1962: Andy Wyant (G/C)<br>1968: Clark Shaughnessy (coach)<br>1969: Walter Steffen (B)<br>1970: Clarence Herschberger (B)<br>1974: Tiny Maxwell (G)
|-
|[[Heisman Trophy]]
|1935: Jay Berwanger (HB)
|-
|[[NCAA Division I FBS Consensus All-Americans]]<br>* - unanimous selection
|1898: Clarence Herschbergerr (B)<br>1904: Fred Speik (E)<br>1904: Walter Eckersall (B)<br>1905: Mark Catlin (E)<br>1905: Walter Eckersall (B)<br>1906: Walter Eckersall (B)<br>1908: Walter Steffen (B)<br>1913: Paul Des Jardien (C)<br>1922: John Thomas (B)<br>1924: Joe Pondelik (G)<br>1935: Jay Berwanger (B)
|-
|[[NCAA Division III Football First-Team All-Americans|NCAA Division III First-Team All-Americans]]
|1991: Jeff Stolte (P)<br>1991: Neal Cawi (DE)<br>1993: Frank Baker (FB)<br>1995: Derrick Brooms (KR)
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 700px;"
|'''[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]'''
|2006: Tony Hinkle (contributor)<br>2006: Pat Page (G)<br>2006: John Schommer (C)
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|[[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year Award]]
|1909: John Schommer (C)<br>1910: Pat Page (G)
|-
|[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans|NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans]]
|1905: James Ozanne (?)<br>1906: James McKeag (?)<br>1906: John Schommer (C)<br>1907: Albert Houghton (?)<br>1907: John Schommer (C)<br>1908: John Schommer (C)<br>1908: Pat Page (G)<br>1909: John Schommer (C)<br>1909: Pat Page (G)<br>1910: Pat Page (G)<br>1914: Nelson Norgren (F)<br>1919: Tony Hinkle (G)<br>1920: Tony Hinkle (G)<br>1921: R.D. Birkhoff (F)
|-
|[[NABC Division III First-Team All-Americans]]
|2003: Derek Reich (C)
|}

=='''External Links'''==
[http://athletics.uchicago.edu/ University of Chicago Athletics]
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