1908 Wabash Little Giants football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1908 Wabash Little Giants football Independent 2–6 Ralph Jones 1st Ingalls Field 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 1908 Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers 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 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 October 2 w Franklin (IN) Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN 62–0 1908-10-03 Wabash, 62, Franklin, 0. 3 The Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53818321/wabash-62-franklin-0/ 2020-06-20 October 17 l 1908 Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers Rose Polytechnic Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN 11–14 1908-10-18 Little Giants Defeated. 9 The Star Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53818697/little-giants-defeated/ 2020-06-20 October 24 l St. Louis Saint Louis, MO 0–4 1908-10-25 St. Louis Defeats Wabash. 5 Herald and Review https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53819478/st-louis-defeats-wabash/ 2020-06-20 October 31 l Michigan Agricultural College Field East Lansing, MI 0–6 1908-11-02 M. A. C. Beas Wabash 8 The News-Palladium https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53819478/st-louis-defeats-wabash/ 2020-06-20 November 7 l Miami (OH) Miami Field Oxford, OH 0–6 1908-11-08 Wabash In Tight One 41 The Indianapolis Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53821710/wabash-in-tight-one/ 2020-06-20 November 13 l Notre Dame Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN 4–8 1908-11-14 Notre Dame Kick's Beat Wabash 8 To 4 10 The South Bend Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53821913/notre-dames-kicks-beat-wabash-8-to-4/ 2020-06-20 November 20 w 1908 DePauw Tigers DePauw Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN 12–0 500+ 1908-11-21 Straight Football Gives Wabash Game 9 The Indianapolis Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53822243/straight-football-gives-wabash-game/ 2020-06-20 November 26 l Nebraska Antelope Field Lincoln, NE 6–27 1908-11-27 Wabash Is Crushed 8 The Indianapolis Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53822482/wabash-is-crushed/ 2020-06-20 1908 Wabash College Football Schedule https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/football/schedule/1908 Wabash College Athletics January 3, 2026 References Wabash Category:Wabash Little Giants football seasons Wabash Little Giants football