1918 Centre Colonels football team

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1918 Centre Colonels football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
Assistant coach Robert L. Myers
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Matty Bell
Home stadiumCheek Field
Seasons
  1917
1919  
1918 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre   4 0 0
Presbyterian   2 0 0
Navy   4 1 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   4 1 0
Kentucky   2 1 0
Southwest Texas State   4 2 1
Tennessee (SATC)   3 2 0
Oglethorpe   5 3 0
Delaware   1 2 2
North Texas State Normal   1 2 1
Wake Forest   1 2 0
West Tennessee State Normal   2 4 0
Florida   0 1 0

The 1918 Centre Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1918 college football season. The season started late due to the flu epidemic. The game on November 16 with University of Kentucky was cancelled for the same reason.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
November 22:30 p.m. Transylvania
W 44–0 [1]
November 9Great Lakes Military Center
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 23–0
November 22 Camp Zachary Taylor
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 10–0
November 28 Georgetown (KY) Danville, KY [2] W 83–0 [3] [2]

Players

Line

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Matty Bell end Fort Worth, TX North Side H. S. 16319
Ashley Blevinsguard
Ben Cregor guard Springfield, KY 5'11"17519
Bill James tackleFort Worth, TXNorth Side H. S.16920
Sully Montgomery tackleFort Worth, TXNorth Side H. S.6'3"21017
Red Weaver centerFort Worth, TXNorth Side H. S.5'10"15820
Edwin Whitnellend Fulton, KY Fulton H. S. 16018

Backfield

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Norris Armstrong halfback Fort Smith, AR Fort Smith H. S. 5'10"15420
Allen Davishalfback Danville, KY 14819
Bo McMillin quarterbackFort Worth, TXNorth Side H. S.5'9"17520
Red Roberts fullback Somerset, KY Somerset H. S. 6'2"19318

Subs

PlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Tom Moran back Nashville, TN 5'8"17518
Joe MurphybackColumbus, OH East H. S. 13019

Unlisted

Player
John Copper
Robert Ford
Herbert Lancaster
A. W. Price
L. W. Walker
C. L. Williams,

[4]

Coaching staff

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References

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