1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team

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1922
Centre Praying Colonels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumCheek Field
Uniform
Seasons
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

The 1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented

upset in the South when the Colonels lost to the Auburn Tigers
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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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23
Carson–Newman*
W 72–0[5]
September 30at
Calhoun, SC
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

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References

  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.
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  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.
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  15. ^ 1923 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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