1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team

1922 Centre Praying Colonels football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1922 record	8–2–0 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Charley Moran
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Home stadium	Cheek Field
Uniform

1922 SIAA 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	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
The Citadel	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Transylvania	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Howard	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	2
Louisville	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Oglethorpe	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SoCon

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.

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]

Before the season

McMillin, Armstrong, James, Murphy, and Cregor graduated.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Carson-Newman*	Danville, KY	W 72–0	-
September 30	at Clemson*	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 21–0	-
October 7	Ole Miss*	Danville, KY	W 55–0	-
October 14	at VPI*	Mayo Island Park^[5] • Richmond, VA	W 10–6	12,500^[5]
October 21	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 10–24	-
October 28	Louisville	Danville, KY	W 32–7	-
November 4	at Kentucky*	Lexington, KY	W 27–3	-
November 11	Washington & Lee*	Louisville, KY	W 27–6	-
November 18	at Auburn*	Birmingham, AL	L 0–6	-
November 30	South Carolina*	Danville, KY	W 42–0	-
*Non-conference game.

^[2]^[6]

References

↑ 1922 Centre College football scores
1 2 John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
↑ "Gobblers Excel Centre Every Way, Except In Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 15, 1922.
↑ W. C. Alcock (February 21, 1940). "Sport Scope". The Advocate-Messenger. p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "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.
↑ 1923 Centre College football scores

Centre Colonels football

Venues	Cheek Field (1912–1922) Farris Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kentucky

Culture & lore	1921 Harvard game

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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