[1][2] The team played its home games at Marshall Field on the school's campus.

Two Chicago players, Catlin and quarterback Walter Eckersall, were consensus first-team selections on the 1905 All-American football team.

The game was lost in the final ten minutes of play when Denny Clark was tackled for a safety as he attempted to return a punt from behind the goal line.

Newspapers described Clark's play as "the wretched blunder" and a "lapse of brain work.

In 1932, he shot himself, leaving a suicide note that reportedly expressed hope that his "final play" would atone for his error at Marshall Field in 1905.