[2] In football, Wabash has an important rivalry with DePauw University, and each season they meet for the Monon Bell Classic.

[4] In 1884, Wabash played its first game of intercollegiate football when it defeated a team from Butler University on October 25, 4–0.

[6] From the 1890s to the 1910s, the Wabash football team played schedules against many much larger colleges, such as Illinois, Indiana and Purdue, against whom the Little Giants occasionally won impressive upsets.

[8] Wabash was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion for the 1905–06 and 1907–08 seasons by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

They were coached by Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan and their players were Fred Adam, Paul Schanlaub, Lon Goldsberry, John Burns, and Clyde Grater.

Coached by Mac Petty (whose name now adorns the Chadwick Court floor)[11] and captained by Mike Holcomb and future NFL star Pete Metzelaars,[12] rolled their way to a 23-4 season.

[15] In the regional tournament, Wabash first met Ohio Northern and rode Metzelaars' 30 point effort to an easy 81-61 win.