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1909 Wabash Little Giants football team

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1909 Wabash Little Giants football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa State Normal     6 0 0
Notre Dame     7 0 1
Michigan Agricultural     8 1 0
Carthage     6 1 0
Michigan     6 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     6 1 0
Mount Union     8 2 0
Lake Forest     5 1 1
Haskell     7 2 0
Detroit College     3 1 2
Butler     5 3 0
Central Michigan     4 3 0
St. Mary's (OH)     4 3 0
Cincinnati     4 3 1
Doane     3 2 3
Buchtel     4 4 0
Rose Poly     4 4 0
Marquette     2 2 1
North Dakota Agricultural     2 2 1
Wabash     3 4 1
Miami (OH)     3 4 0
Ohio     2 4 2
Saint Louis     3 5 0
Michigan State Normal     2 4 0
Western Illinois     1 2 0
Fairmount     2 5 1
Northern Illinois State     2 6 0
South Dakota State     1 3 0
Heidelberg     0 7 2

The 1909 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College during the 1909 college football season. Under legendary coach and future College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jesse Harper, the Little Giants compiled a 3–4–1 record, and played a tough schedule that included Michigan State (then known as Michigan Agricultural), Purdue, and Notre Dame.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Illinois State NormalW 27–0
October 9at DePauwGreencastle, INT 0–0
October 16at Michigan AgriculturalL 0–28
October 23at Saint LouisL 0–14[2]
HanoverW 48–0
November 6at PurdueW 18–17
November 20at Notre DameL 0–38
November 25at ButlerIndianapolis, INL 0–12

References

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  1. ^ "Wabash Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "St. L. U. Teams Speeds Over Little Giants". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 24, 1909. p. 1S. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.