1908 Wabash Little Giants football team

1908 Wabash Little Giants football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6
Head coach	Ralph Jones (1st season)
Home stadium	Ingalls Field

1908 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kirksville Normal			–					8	–	0	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					7	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	0	–	0
DePaul			–					7	–	0	–	1
St. Mary's (OH)			–					7	–	0	–	1
Butler			–					5	–	0	–	1
Ohio Northern			–					9	–	1	–	0
Fairmount			–					8	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					6	–	0	–	2
Lake Forest			–					4	–	1	–	1
Saint Louis			–					6	–	2	–	2
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					4	–	2	–	1
St. Viator			–					5	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					4	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	4	–	1
Doane			–					4	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State			–					3	–	3	–	1
Western State Normal (MI)			–					3	–	3	–	0
Buchtel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Western Illinois			–					2	–	3	–	1
Carthage			–					2	–	3	–	0
Haskell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wittenberg			–					3	–	5	–	1
Ohio			–					3	–	5	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					2	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wabash			–					2	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	5	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Heidelberg			–					1	–	6	–	0
Franklin			–					0	–	9	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	2	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1908 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College during the 1908 college football season.[1] 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.

Wabash's most notable and impressive contest was against Notre Dame, when the Little Giant's held the 8–1 Fighting Irish to 8 points and scored 4 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 6 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Franklin	Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN	W 62–0		[2]
October 17	Rose Polytechnic	Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN	L 11–14		[3]
October 24	St. Louis	Saint Louis, MO	L 0–4		[4]
October 31	Michigan Agricultural	College Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–6		[5]
November 7	Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 0–6		[6]
November 13	Notre Dame	Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN	L 4–8		[7]
November 20	DePauw	Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN	W 12–0	500+	[8]
November 26	Nebraska	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 6–27		[9]

References

1. "Wabash Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
2. "Wabash, 62, Franklin, 0". The Times. October 3, 1908. p. 3. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. "Little Giants Defeated". The Star Press. October 18, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
4. "St. Louis Defeats Wabash". Herald and Review. October 25, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
5. "M. A. C. Beas Wabash". The News-Palladium. November 2, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
6. "Wabash In Tight One". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1908. p. 41. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
7. "Notre Dame Kick's Beat Wabash 8 To 4". The South Bend Tribune. November 14, 1908. p. 10. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
8. "Straight Football Gives Wabash Game". The Indianapolis Star. November 21, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
9. "Wabash Is Crushed". The Indianapolis Star. November 27, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2020.