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1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team

The 1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1922 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 296 points while allowing 52 points and finished 8–2–0.[1][2] The season featured handing V. P. I its only loss of the season,[3] and a big upset in the South when the Colonels lost to the Auburn Tigers.

1922 Centre Praying Colonels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumCheek Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt* 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Presbyterian 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Centre 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Chattanooga 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Western Kentucky 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Millsaps 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Mercer 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 2
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Wofford 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Oglethorpe 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SoCon

James "Red" Roberts (at both end and tackle), Ed Kubale (center) and Herb Covington (quarterback) were named to the 1922 College Football All-America Team.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Carson–Newman*
W 72–0[5]
September 30at Clemson*
W 21–0[6]
October 7Ole Miss*
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 55–0[7]
October 14vs. VPI*
W 10–612,500[8]
October 21at Harvard*
L 10–2450,000[9]
October 28Louisville
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 32–7[10]
November 4at Kentucky*
W 27–3[11]
November 11vs. Washington and Lee*
W 27–6[12]
November 18at Auburn*
L 0–6[13]
November 30South Carolina*
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 42–0[14]
  • *Non-conference game

[2][15]

References

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  1. ^ 1922 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
  3. ^ "Gobblers Excel Centre Every Way, Except In Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 15, 1922.
  4. ^ W. C. Alcock (February 21, 1940). "Sport Scope". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ "Daddy Moran, Centre, gives Sonny Moran healthy licking as Carson–Newman loses 72–0". The Journal and Tribune. September 24, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Centre smashes Clemson College". The Lexington Herald. October 1, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Centre downs Ole Miss 55–0". The Atlanta Journal. October 8, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Prayin' Colonels Defeat Tech in Last Period Spurt After Being Played Off Their Feet". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 15, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  9. ^ "Harvard defeats Centre, 24–10, thus winning odd game of 3-year series with Southerners". New York Tribune. October 22, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cards Easy For Centre: Covington Sets New World's Record By Drop-kicking Six Goals". The Courier-Journal. October 29, 1922. pp. VI-1, VI-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Centre wins from Kentucky Wildcats". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 5, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Centre triumphs over W. & L., 27–6". The Owensboro-Inquirer. November 12, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Auburn wins clean cut victory over Centre". The Birmingham News. November 19, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Centre downs South Carolina". The Courier-Journal. December 1, 1922. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ 1923 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine


 

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