THE WABASH – DEPAUW RIVALRY
Overall Series
- 130 Games since 1890
- Wabash 63 wins, DePauw 58 wins, 9 ties
- First Meeting 1890 — DePauw 34, Wabash 5
- Latest Meeting 2024 — DePauw 42, Wabash 21 in Greencastle
Monon Bell Games (Since 1932)
- 92 Games
- Wabash 44 Wins, DePauw 42 Wins, 6 Ties
- 1st Game (1932) — Wabash 0 DePauw 0
- 2nd Game (1933) — DePauw 14 Wabash 0
- 3rd Game (1934) — Wabash 7 DePauw 6
"Current Streak"
- Three DePauw victories (2022, 2023, 2024)
Longest Winning Streaks
- 7 --- Wabash (2009-2015)
- 7 --- Wabash (1921-1927)
- 6 --- Wabash (1949-1954)
- 5 --- DePauw (1996-2000)
- 5 --- DePauw (1960-1964)
- 5 --- Wabash (1903-1908)
Longest Unbeaten Streaks (with Ties)
- 10 --- DePauw (1955-1964, Two Ties)
- 8 --- Wabash (1903-1912, Two Ties)
- 7 --- Wabash (2009-2015, No Ties)
- 7 --- Wabash (1921-1927, No Ties)
- 6 --- Wabash (1949-1954, No Ties)
- 5 --- DePauw (1996-2000, No Ties)
- 5 --- Wabash (1991-1995, One Tie)
- 5 --- Wabash (1976-1980, One Tie)
Largest Victory Margin
- 62-0 Wabash (1912)
- 52-0 Wabash (1905)
- 47-0 Wabash (2010)
- 47-0 Wabash (1952)
- 42-0 Wabash (1953)
- 42-4 DePauw (1892)
- 45-7 Wabash (2011)
- 42-7 DePauw (1998)
- 49-14 DePauw (2022)
- 34-0 Wabash (1915)
- 33-0 DePauw (1943)
- 32-0 DePauw (1937)
- 37-6 DePauw (1957)
Longest Unscored Upon Streaks
- 5 --- Wabash (1921-1926)
(22-0, 30-0, 21-0, 22-0, 6-0)
- 4 --- Wabash (1908-1912, Includes Two Ties)
(12-0, 0-0, 0-0, 62-0)
- 3 --- Wabash (1903-1906)
(10-0, 52-0, 7-0)
- 3 --- DePauw (1937-1939)
(32-0, 7-0, 7-0)
- 3 --- Wabash (1952-1954)
(47-0, 41-0, 28-0)
Last Shutouts
- Wabash 23, DePauw 0 (2012)
- Wabash 47, DePauw 0 (2010)
- Wabash 7, DePauw 0 "The Mud Bowl" (1967)
Most Points Both Teams
- 82 --- DePauw 48 Wabash 34 (1893)
Fewest Points Both Teams
- 0 --- (5 Times), 0-0 Ties (1909, 1911, 1919, 1932, 1935)
Ties
- 9 --- (1909, 1911, 1919, 1932, 1935, 1956, 1959, 1980, 1992)
Shutouts
- DePauw has been held scoreless 24 times
- Wabash has been held scoreless 15 times
Forfeits
- One, DePauw Win (1891) (score of 1-0)
One-Point Contests
- 8
- Wabash 8 DePauw 7 (1929)
- DePauw 7 Wabash 6 (1930)
- Wabash 7 DePauw 6 (1934)
- DePauw 14 Wabash 13 (1960)
- DePauw 22 Wabash 21 (1964)
- DePauw 14 Wabash 13 (1970)
- Wabash 24 DePauw 23 (1986)
- Wabash 22 DePauw 21 (2017)
Games Ending 3-0
- 2
- DePauw 3 Wabash 0 (1914)
- DePauw 3 Wabash 0 (1920)
Records After…
- 50 Games (To 1943)
- Wabash 23 Wins, DePauw 22 Wins, 5 Ties
- 100 Games (To 1993)
- Wabash 46 Wins, DePauw 45 Wins, 9 Ties
Winning Team Scores 40 Or More Points
- DePauw 42, Wabash 4 (1892)
- DePauw 48, Wabash 34 (1893)
- Wabash 52, DePauw 0 (1905)
- Wabash 62, DePauw 0 (1912)
- Wabash 41, DePauw 12 (1951)
- Wabash 47, DePauw 0 (1952)
- Wabash 42, DePauw 0 (1953)
- Wabash 41, DePauw 26 (1984)
- DePauw 41, DePauw 14 (1989)
- Wabash 40, DePauw 26 (1993)
- DePauw 42, Wabash 7 (1998)
- Wabash 47, DePauw 0 (2010)
- Wabash 45, DePauw 7 (2011)
- Wabash 45, DePauw 17 (2015)
- Wabash 42, DePauw 35 (2021)
- DePauw 49, Wabash 14 (2022)
- DePauw 42, Wabash 21 (2024)
Winning Team Scores 7 Or Fewer Points
- Wabash 6, DePauw 0 (1895)
- Wabash 6, DePauw 0 (1900)
- Wabash 7, DePauw 0 (1906)
- DePauw 7, Wabash 0 (1913)
- DePauw 3, Wabash 0 (1914)
- DePauw 7, Wabash 0 (1917)
- DePauw 5, Wabash 0 (1920)
- Wabash 6, DePauw 0 (1926)
- DePauw 7, Wabash 6 (1930)
- Wabash 7, DePauw 6 (1934)
- DePauw 7, Wabash 0 (1938)
- DePauw 7, Wabash 0 (1939)
- DePauw 6, Wabash 3 (1942)
- Wabash 7, DePauw 0 (1967)
- Wabash 7, DePauw 2 (1995)
Records By Decade
- 1890s
DePauw 5-2-0
Wabash 2-5-0
(1st game 1890; no games in 1897, 1898, 1899)
- 1900 – 1909
Wabash 6-3-1
DePauw 3-6-1
(No game in 1902; two games in 1900 and 1901)
- 1910 – 1919
DePauw 4-3-2
Wabash 3-4-2
(No game in 1910)
- 1920 – 1929
Wabash 8-2-0
DePauw 2-8-0
- 1930 – 1939
DePauw 6-2-2
Wabash 2-6-2
- 1940 – 1949
Wabash 6-4-0
DePauw 4-6-0
- 1950 – 1959
Wabash 5-3-2
DePauw 3-5-2
- 1960 – 1969
DePauw 8-2-0
Wabash 2-8-0
- 1970 – 1979
Wabash 6-4-0
DePauw 4-6-0
- 1980 – 1989
DePauw 5-4-1
Wabash 4-5-1
- 1990 – 1999
DePauw 5-4-1
Wabash 4-5-1
- 2000 – 2009
Wabash 5-5
DePauw 5-5
- 2010 – 2019
Wabash 8-2
DePauw 2-8
- 2020-2029
Wabash 1-3
DePauw 3-1
(No game in 2020)
Total Points Scored Since 1890 (130 Games)
Wabash - 2,165
DePauw -1,867
Total Points Scored in Monon Bell Games (92 Games)
Wabash – 1,672
DePauw – 1,482
Scoring Average Over 130 Games
Wabash Averages 16.65 Points Per Game
DePauw Averages 14.36 Points Per Game
Scoring Average In Monon Bell Games (92 Games)
Wabash Averages 18.17 Points Per Game
DePauw Averages 16.11 Points Per Game
Senior Classes Winning All Four Years
(Year listed is the season in which the game was played)
- 1908 Wabash
- 1924 Wabash
- 1925 Wabash
- 1926 Wabash
- 1927 Wabash
- 1952 Wabash
- 1953 Wabash
- 1954 Wabash
- 1963 DePauw
- 1964 DePauw
- 1979 Wabash
- 1990 DePauw
- 1999 DePauw
- 2000 DePauw
- 2012 Wabash
- 2013 Wabash
- 2014 Wabash
- 2015 Wabash
Best Combined Records – Both Teams – Entering Wabash/DePauw Game
- 1951 Wabash (6-0-1); DePauw (7-0)
- Score – Wabash 41, DePauw 12
- Wabash finished 7-0-1; DePauw finished 7-1-0
- 1981 Wabash (8-0-0); DePauw (8-1-0)
- Score – DePauw 21 Wabash 14
- DePauw finished 9-1-0; Wabash finished 8-1-0
- 1982 Wabash (9-0-0); DePauw (8-1-0)
- Score: Wabash 31, DePauw 6
- Wabash finished 10-0-0; DePauw finished 8-2-0
- 2005 Wabash (9-0); DePauw (7-1)
- Score – Wabash 17, DePauw 14
- Wabash finished the regular season 10-0-0; DePauw finished (7-2)
- Wabash lost in the NCAA DIII Playoff second round 14-11 at home to Capital and completed the season 11-1-0
- 2009 Wabash (8-1); DePauw (7-1)
- Score: Wabash 32, DePauw 19
- Wabash finished the the regular season 9-1; DePauw finished the season 7-2
- Both teams lost in the first round of NCAA DIII playoffs. Wabash (9-2) lost 41- 35 in overtime at Illinois Wesleyan; DePauw (7-3) lost 49-39 at Thomas More
- 2010 Wabash (8-1-) DePauw (9-0)
- Score: Wabash 47, DePauw 0
- Wabash finished (8-2-0); DePauw finished (9-2-0)
- DePauw lost 45-35 to Trine in the first round of the NCAA playoffs
- 2015 Wabash (9-0) DePauw (8-1)
- Score: Wabash 45, DePauw 17
- Wabash finished the regular season 10-0; DePauw finished 8-2
- Wabash (12-1) lost 38-7 to St. Thomas in the NCAA DIII Quarterfinals
- 2024 Wabash (8-1) DePauw (9-0)
- Score: DePauw 42, Wabash 21
- Wabash finished the season 8-3; DePauw finished 11-1
- Wabash lost to Hanover 13-10 in the inaugural ForeverLawn Bowl; DePauw lost 14-9 to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA playoffs
