Chicago Maroons
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The Chicago Maroons are the intercollegiate sports teams of the University of Chicago. They are named after the color maroon. Team colors are maroon and gray,[2] and the Phoenix is their mascot. They now compete in the NCAA Division III, mostly as members of the University Athletic Association. The University of Chicago helped found the Big Ten Conference in 1895; although it dropped football in 1939 (as inconsistent with its academic vision), its other teams remained members until 1946. Football returned as a club sport in 1963, as a varsity sport in 1969, and began competing independently in Division III in 1973. The school was part of the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference from 1976 to 1987, and its football team joined the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference's successor, the Midwest Conference (MWC), in 2017. In the 2018–19 school year, Chicago added baseball to its MWC membership, and elevated its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status, with that sport competing in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW).
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Chicago Maroons | |
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University | University of Chicago |
Conference | University Athletic Association Midwest Conference (baseball and football) CCIW (women's lacrosse) |
NCAA | Division III |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Football stadium | Stagg Field |
Basketball arena | Ratner Athletics Center |
Other venues | Henry Crown Fieldhouse |
Mascot | Phil the Phoenix |
Nickname | Maroons |
Fight song | Wave the Flag |
Colors | Maroon and white[1] |
Website | athletics |
Stagg Field is the home stadium for the re-instated football team.