1908 Wabash Little Giants football team

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The 1908 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In Ralph Jones's first season as head coach, the Little Giants compiled a 2–6 record, but still managed to outscore their opponents 95 to 65, thanks to a 62–0 blowout of Franklin in the season opener, and a plethora of close losses against Rose Polytechnic, St. Louis, Michigan Agricultural, Miami (OH), and Notre Dame, all of which were one score games.

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1908 Wabash Little Giants football
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Record2–6
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Home stadiumIngalls Field
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1909 â†’
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1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kirksville Normal â€“ 8–0–0
Miami (OH) â€“ 7–0–0
Iowa State Normal â€“ 5–0–0
Lincoln (MO) â€“ 2–0–0
DePaul â€“ 7–0–1
St. Mary's (OH) â€“ 7–0–1
Butler â€“ 5–0–1
Ohio Northern â€“ 9–1–0
Fairmount â€“ 8–1–0
Notre Dame â€“ 8–1–0
Michigan Agricultural â€“ 6–0–2
Lake Forest â€“ 4–1–1
Saint Louis â€“ 6–2–2
Kansas State â€“ 6–2–0
Michigan â€“ 5–2–1
Marquette â€“ 4–2–1
St. Viator â€“ 5–3–0
Central Michigan â€“ 4–3–0
Mount Union â€“ 5–4–1
Doane â€“ 4–4–0
South Dakota State â€“ 3–3–1
Buchtel â€“ 3–4–0
Western State Normal â€“ 3–4–0
Western Illinois â€“ 2–3–1
Carthage â€“ 2–3–0
Haskell â€“ 3–5–1
Wittenberg â€“ 3–5–1
Ohio â€“ 3–5–0
North Dakota Agricultural â€“ 2–3–0
Cincinnati â€“ 1–4–1
Wabash â€“ 2–6–0
Northern Illinois State â€“ 1–5–1
Michigan State Normal â€“ 1–4–0
Heidelberg â€“ 1–6–0
Franklin â€“ 0–9–1
Baldwin–Wallace â€“ 0–2–0
Chicago P&S â€“ 0–4–0
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Wabash's most notable and impressive contest was against Notre Dame, when the Little Giant's held the 8–1 Fighting Irish to eight points and scored four of their own, the best showing put up against the team besides Michigan. The Little Giant's also held an undefeated Michigan Agricultural and Miami of Ohio to six points each.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Franklin (IN)
W 62–0[1]
October 17Rose Polytechnic
  • Ingalls Field
  • Crawfordsville, IN
L 11–14[2]
October 24St. LouisSaint Louis, MOL 0–4[3]
October 31Michigan AgriculturalL 0–6[4]
November 7Miami (OH)L 0–6[5]
November 13Notre Dame
  • Ingalls Field
  • Crawfordsville, IN
L 4–8[6]
November 20DePauw
  • Ingalls Field
  • Crawfordsville, IN
W 12–0500+[7]
November 26Nebraska
L 6–27[8]
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