1923 Centre Praying Colonels football team

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1923 Centre Praying Colonels football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Ed Kubale
Home stadium Cheek Field
Uniform
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Seasons
  1922
1924  
1923 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
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

The 1923 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1923 college football season. Led by Charley Moran in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Praying Colonels compiled an overall record of 7–1–1 with a mark of 2–0 in SIAA play. They scored 140 points while allowing 40 points. The team played home games at the newly opened stadium at Cheek Field in Danville, Kentucky.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Carson–Newman *W 14–0 [1] [2] [3]
October 132:30 p.m. Clemson *
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 28–7 [4] [5]
October 20 Oglethorpe
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 29–0 [6] [7]
October 27at Penn *L 0–2440,000 [8]
November 3 Kentucky *
W 10–012,000 [9]
November 10at Sewanee W 20–610,000 [10]
November 17at Auburn *W 17–0 [11]
November 24vs. Washington and Lee *W 19–012,000 [12]
December 1at Georgia *T 3–3 [13]

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References

  1. "Colonels Set For 1923 Opening In Centre Stadium". Danville Daily Messenger . Danville, Kentucky. October 6, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "Centre Forced To Fight Hard To Win Over Carson-Newman". The Lexington Leader . Lexington, Kentucky. October 7, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. Imboden, H. R. (October 8, 1923). "Centre Plays Ragged Opener". Kentucky Advocate . Danville, Kentucky. p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Clemson Tigers Have Good Team". Centre College Cento. Danville, Kentucky. October 12, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Colonels run over Clemson". The Lexington Herald. October 14, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Centre-Oglethorpe Hook Up Tomorrow". The Mayfield Messenger. Mayfield, Kentucky. October 19, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. "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.
  8. "Penn Runs Wild With Centre, 24-0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1923. p. 2, section 3. Retrieved August 2, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. "Centre Colonels defeat Kentucky". The Birmingham News. November 4, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Sewanee goes down fighting Colonels winning by 20 to 6". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Kentucky Colonels win from Plainsmen". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Centre's masterful attack conquers Generals, 19 to 0". The Courier-Journal. November 25, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Georgia Bulldogs and Centre Colonels in 3–3 tie". The Atlanta Journal. December 2, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  14. John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky