| Edwin R. Taber | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1863 Cass County, Indiana |
| Died | February 16, 1916 North Yakima, Washington[1] |
| Alma mater | Wabash (1885) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–0 |
Edwin R. Taber (1863 – February 16, 1916) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for one season, in 1884 season, and compiling a record of 1–0. [2][3]
Taber was a student-coach of the team. The one game he coached was played on October 25, 1884 against Butler University at the Indianapolis Baseball Park.[4] Wabash won the game 4–0[5] and completed the first intercollegiate football game in the history of the state of Indiana.[6]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1884) | |||||||||
| 1884 | Wabash | 1–0 | |||||||
| Wabash: | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–0 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ Logansport Journal-Tribune, February 17, 1916, Logansport, Indiana,
- ↑ Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Wabash College football all-time scores
- ↑ Ancestry.com Edwin R. Taber
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse 1884 Wabash College vs Butler University football game
- ↑ The Paper of Montgomery County "Reaching a milestone-Wabash to play in school’s 1,000th game", John Groth, November 2, 2006
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