1923 Centre Praying Colonels football team

The 1923 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1923 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 140 points while allowing 40 points and finished 7–1–1.[1][2]

1923 Centre Praying Colonels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainEd Kubale
Home stadiumFarris Stadium
Uniform
1923 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman $ 4 1 09 2 0
Centre 2 0 07 1 1
Vanderbilt* 2 0 05 2 1
Western Kentucky 2 0 03 4 0
Mississippi College 3 0 15 1 2
The Citadel 2 1 15 3 1
Presbyterian 2 1 14 3 1
Louisville 2 1 05 2 0
Sewanee 3 2 05 4 1
Oglethorpe 3 3 04 6 0
Chattanooga 1 3 13 4 2
Howard (AL) 1 3 13 4 3
Wofford 1 3 06 3 0
Mercer 2 2 04 5 0
Millsaps 0 1 10 1 1
Louisiana College 0 1 00 1 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 1 00 3 0
Transylvania 0 3 00 3 0
Newberry 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * co-member of SoCon

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Carson–Newman*Danville, KYW 14–0
October 13Clemson*Danville, KYW 28–7
October 20OglethorpeDanville, KYW 29–0[3]
October 27at Penn*L 0–24
November 3Kentucky*Danville, KY (rivalry)W 10–0
November 10at SewaneeMemphis, TNW 20–6
November 17at Auburn*W 17–0
November 24vs. Washington and Lee*W 19–0
December 1at Georgia*T 3–3
  • *Non-conference game

[1][2]

References

  1. 1923 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
  3. "Centre nicks Oglethorpe by 29–0, holding visitors to pair of first downs". The Courier-Journal. October 21, 1923. Retrieved February 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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