1918 Wabash Little Giants football team

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1918 Wabash Little Giants football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1917
1919 
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Detroit Junior College   4 0 0
Central Michigan   1 0 0
Marquette   2 0 1
Heidelberg   5 1 0
St. Xavier   4 1 1
Notre Dame   3 1 2
Butler   2 1 1
Western State Normal (MI)   3 2 0
Saint Louis   3 2 1
Michigan Agricultural   4 3 0
Akron   2 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)   1 1 0
Toledo   1 1 0
Nebraska   2 3 1
Michigan State Normal   1 2 0
Iowa State Teachers   1 3 0
Wabash   1 3 0
Fairmount   1 4 0
Haskell   1 4 0
Lake Forest   0 1 0
Detroit   0 2 0

The 1918 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College during the 1918 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Fort HarrisonW 21–20
November 2 Notre Dame Crawfordsville, IN L 7–67 [2]
November 16 Purdue West Lafayette, IN L 6–53
November 23 DePauw Indianapolis, IN L 6–28

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References

  1. "Wabash Game by Game Results". September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. "1918 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".