A football listing distributed through Google News under the title “Furman Paladins vs Wabash Little Giants Box Score – October 31, 2026 – The Athletic” does not match the official 2026 schedules published by either school, creating an apparent schedule-data discrepancy involving two active college football programs.

Furman University’s official schedule lists Western Carolina, not Wabash, as the Paladins’ opponent on Saturday, Oct. 31. The Southern Conference game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Eastern at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina. Furman has also designated the contest as its Military Appreciation Day game.

Wabash College’s schedule shows the Little Giants playing on the road at Ohio Wesleyan on Oct. 31. Wabash announced its 2026 schedule in February and specifically described the game as a Halloween meeting in Delaware, Ohio. The North Coast Athletic Conference’s published schedule also lists Wabash at Ohio Wesleyan that day.

That means the two teams are scheduled to be in different states against different conference opponents when the purported Furman-Wabash game is listed to take place. As of Sept. 20, neither Furman nor Wabash has announced a schedule change that would create a meeting between the programs on Oct. 31.

The distinction is especially important because the wording of the circulating title uses “Box Score,” a label normally associated with a scheduled or completed sporting event. Oct. 31 is still more than a month away, so there cannot yet be a completed box score for any game played on that date. Official schedule pages currently treat both Furman-Western Carolina and Wabash-Ohio Wesleyan as future games.

Furman’s Oct. 31 matchup is part of an eight-game Southern Conference schedule. The Paladins return home Oct. 24 against Samford before hosting Western Carolina the following week. Furman then travels to The Citadel on Nov. 7, hosts Chattanooga on Nov. 14 and finishes the regular season at VMI on Nov. 21.

The Western Carolina game is also one of six Furman home dates for which the university announced kickoff times and promotions earlier this year. Furman’s June schedule release set the Catamounts’ visit for 2 p.m. at Paladin Stadium, reinforcing that Western Carolina remains the planned Oct. 31 opponent.

Wabash’s schedule follows a separate Division III conference path. After its Sept. 19 road game at Oberlin, the Little Giants are scheduled to host Wooster on Sept. 26, visit Denison on Oct. 3 and John Carroll on Oct. 17, and host Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 24. The trip to Ohio Wesleyan follows on Oct. 31 before Wabash hosts Kenyon and closes its regular season against DePauw in the Monon Bell Classic.

The two programs also entered the weekend on sharply different recent trajectories, adding context for fans who may encounter the erroneous matchup while searching for current scores. Furman played South Carolina State on Sept. 19 and lost 20-17 at Paladin Stadium. The Paladins fell behind 17-3 at halftime, rallied in the second half and pulled within three points on a 67-yard touchdown pass from Connor Ackerley to Luke Shields followed by a successful two-point conversion.

Furman had another possession with an opportunity to tie or take the lead, but South Carolina State stopped Ackerley short of the line to gain on fourth down. The result dropped Furman to 2-2. The Paladins’ next scheduled game is Sept. 26 at Richmond.

Wabash, meanwhile, remained unbeaten with a 34-7 victory at Oberlin on Sept. 19. The Little Giants built a 27-0 halftime advantage and limited Oberlin to 101 total yards, according to Wabash College Athletics. The win moved Wabash to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play.

Those Sept. 19 results are the most recent verified football developments involving the two schools. They also illustrate why schedule accuracy matters: Furman competes in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision, while Wabash plays in Division III, and the programs follow different conference schedules and postseason structures.

Nothing in either school’s official 2026 material indicates that Furman and Wabash arranged a nonconference game for Oct. 31. Furman’s schedule has consistently identified Western Carolina in that slot, while Wabash has consistently listed Ohio Wesleyan.

Sports databases and aggregation services routinely generate pages for scheduled events, standings, box scores and statistical feeds. When team identifiers, dates or opponent fields are mismatched, those pages can surface through search results even when the underlying event is not part of the official schedule. Without additional confirmation from the publisher responsible for the listing, the precise cause of the Furman-Wabash pairing is unclear.

For readers, the practical takeaway is straightforward: there is no verified Furman-Wabash football game scheduled for Oct. 31, 2026, based on the official schedules available as of Sept. 20. Furman is scheduled to host Western Carolina in Greenville, and Wabash is scheduled to visit Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, Ohio.

Any future change would normally be reflected through the universities’ athletics departments and conference scheduling systems. Until such an announcement occurs, the official school schedules provide the authoritative matchup information for both programs.