The 1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented

Centre College Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819. The college is ...

in the

1922 college football season The 1922 college football season had a number of unbeaten and untied teams, and no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing California, Cornell, Iowa, Princeton, and Vanderbilt as national champions ...

. The Praying Colonels scored 296 points while allowing 52 points and finished 8–2–0.John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky The season featured handing V. P. I its only loss of the season, and a big upset in the South when the Colonels lost to the

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. James "Red" Roberts (at both end and tackle),

Ed Kubale Edwin C. Kubale (November 22, 1899 – February 4, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1928 to 1937 and Southwestern Presbyterian University—now know ...

(center) and Herb Covington (quarterback) were named to the

1922 College Football All-America Team The 1922 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1922. The only selector recognized by the NC ...

Before the season

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

Schedule

1923 Centre College football scores

References

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Centre Colonels football seasons

Centre Praying Colonels football The Centre Colonels football team, historically also known as the Praying Colonels, represents Centre College in NCAA Division III competition. The Colonels currently play in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA), which was established in 2011. ...

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