1918 Centre Colonels football team

1918 Centre Colonels football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–0
Head coach	Charley Moran (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Robert L. Myers
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Matty Bell
Home stadium	Cheek Field
Seasons ←  1917 1919  →

1918 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Centre			–					4	–	0	–	0
Presbyterian			–					2	–	0	–	0
Navy			–					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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 2	2:30 p.m.	Transylvania	Cheek Field Danville, KY	W 44–0	[1]
November 9		Great 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	W 83–0

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Personnel

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Charley Moran
• Assistant coach: Robert L. Myers

Players

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Matty Bell	end		Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.		163	19
Ashley Blevins	guard
Ben Cregor	guard		Springfield, KY		5'11"	175	19
Bill James	tackle		Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.		169	20
Sully Montgomery	tackle		Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	6'3"	210	17
Red Weaver	center		Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	5'10"	158	20
Edwin Whitnell	end		Fulton, KY	Fulton H. S.		160	18

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Norris Armstrong	halfback		Fort Smith, AR	Fort Smith H. S.	5'10"	154	20
Allen Davis	halfback		Danville, KY			148	19
Bo McMillin	quarterback		Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	5'9"	175	20
Red Roberts	fullback		Somerset, KY	Somerset H. S.	6'2"	193	18

Subs

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Tom Moran	back		Nashville, TN		5'8"	175	18
Joe Murphy	back		Columbus, OH	East H. S.		130	19

Unlisted

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

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References

1. "Clipped from the Advocate-Messenger". The Advocate-Messenger. November 8, 1918. p. 1.
2. "Centre College Football Record (1910-1919)". Centre College . Retrieved January 3, 2026.
3. "Football team, 1918".