2024 Centenary Gentlemen football team

2024 Centenary Gentlemen football
Conference	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record	4–6 (4–4 SCAC)
Head coach	Byron Dawson (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Keondre Wudtee (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Co-defensive coordinator	Malik Preston (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Atkins Field
Seasons ←  1947 2025 →

2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Texas Lutheran +^		7	–	1					9	–	2
McMurry +		7	–	1					7	–	3
Centenary		4	–	4					4	–	6
Austin		2	–	6					2	–	8
Lyon		0	–	8					1	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2024 Centenary Gentlemen football team ^[1] represented Centenary College of Louisiana as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) ^[2] during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season. The Gentlemen played their home games at Atkins Field located in Shreveport, Louisiana. They were led by head coach Byron Dawson, who was the head coach of the Evangel Christian Academy Eagles from 2005 to 2019; ^[3] winning five Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships.

This was Centenary's first football season since 1947. They lost their first game against Hendrix College. ^[4]

SCAC media poll

The SCAC preseason media poll was released on August 19, 2024. The Gentlemen were predicted to finish third in the conference. ^[5]

LSC media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	McMurry	25 (5)
2	Texas Lutheran	19
3	Centenary	12
4	Austin	10
5	Lyon	9

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Hendrix *	Atkins Field Shreveport, LA	L 20–43	1,978
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Lutheran	Bulldog Stadium Seguin, TX	L 8–31	1,105
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Austin	Apple Stadium Sherman, TX	W 36–17	1,097
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at East Texas Baptist *	Ornelas Stadium Marshall, TX	L 8–47	3,341
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Lyon	Atkins Field Shreveport, LA	W 35–14	1,534
October 12	5:00 p.m.	McMurry	Atkins Field Shreveport, LA	L 10–28	1,291
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at Lyon	Pioneer Stadium Batesville, AR	W 28–21	673
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Austin	Atkins Field Shreveport, LA	W 41–21	1,815
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Texas Lutheran	Atkins Field Shreveport, LA	L 23–46	1,043
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at McMurry	Wilford Moore Stadium Abilene, TX	L 12–49	2,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Personnel

2024 Centenary Gentlemen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 0 Kobe Chambers Jr WR 2 Christopher Jackson Fr WR 3 Braeden Board Sr WR 4 Devin Ardoin So RB 5 Bobby Shanklin Jr. Jr RB 6 Cedrick Allison So RB 7 Josh Ware Jr QB 8 Preston Sentino Fr QB 9 Zin'Tavious Smith WR 10 Jay Richardson So WR 11 Byron Stewart So WR 13 Romelo Joseph Fr WR 17 Tyson Walter Fr QB 18 Tristen Wooten Fr QB 19 Vance Feuerbacher So WR 20 Trent Smith Jr RB 23 Obadiah Butler Jr RB 24 Rubin Seastrunk So WR 27 Tyrone Charlot Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 0 Dwayne Mills Jr. Fr DB 1 Delarrious Marshall Fr DB 2 Chaz Smith Fr DB 3 Bryan Washington So DB 4 Christopher Dade Fr DB 5 Branden Heard So DB 6 Darrell Simmons Jr. Fr LB 7 Ronald Finley Fr DB 8 Sedrick Knight Jr. So DL 9 Isaiah Grant Fr DB 12 Corinthian Walters So DB 14 Jacob Wilson Fr DB 16 Jacob Black Fr LB 19 Vance Feuerbacher So DL 22 Demetrus Gladney Jr. Jr LB 25 Rene Martinez III Fr LB 26 Devon Strickland So DB 27 Jay Scott Fr DB 28 Perrea Little Fr DB 29 Micaiah Birdlow Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 19 Vance Feuerbacher So K, P 52 Enrique Hernandez Sr	Head coach Byron Dawson Head coach/defensive coordinator Coordinators/assistant coaches Keondre Wudtee Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Malik Preston Assistant defensive coordinator/linebackers Tony Savino Offensive line Calvin Brown Running backs Jenetrell Oliver Defensive ends Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Hendrix

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	15	21	7	0	43
Gentlemen	6	0	0	14	20

Statistics	HEN	CEN
First downs	24	20
Total yards	402	290
Rushing yards	189	-9
Passing yards	213	299
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	34:38	25:22

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Hendrix	Passing	Jacob Buniff	21/27, 192 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Jacob Buniff	5 rushes, 47 yards
	Receiving	Parker Turley	5 receptions, 88 yards, 2 TD
Centenary	Passing	Kody Fuentes	30/46, 299 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Bobby Shanklin Jr.	3 rushes, 13 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kobe Chambers	9 receptions, 106 yards

At Texas Lutheran

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gentlemen	0	0	8	0	8
Bulldogs	17	0	7	7	31

Statistics	CEN	TLU
First downs	15	21
Total yards	212	429
Rushing yards	43	287
Passing yards	169	142
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	27:39	32:21

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Centenary	Passing	Kody Fuentes	18/38, 159 yards, INT
	Rushing	Zin'Tavious Smith	2 rushes, 20 yards
	Receiving	Kobe Chambers	5 receptions, 67 yards
Texas Lutheran	Passing	Caden Bosanko	12/23, 142 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Weston Guzman	11 rushes, 100 yards, TD
	Receiving	Lavonta Henry	4 receptions, 89 yards, TD

At Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gentlemen	3	0	12	21	36
Kangaroos	3	0	7	7	17

Statistics	CEN	AC
First downs	16	21
Total yards	382	305
Rushing yards	246	118
Passing yards	136	187
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	28:40	31:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Centenary	Passing	Kody Fuentes	9/12, 117 yards
	Rushing	Zin'Tavious Smith	10 rushes, 135 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Trent Smith	2 receptions, 59 yards
Austin	Passing	Jaylon Talton	11/21, 187 yards, TD
	Rushing	Zyan Stewart	14 rushes, 58 yards
	Receiving	Tony Penson	6 receptions, 91 yards

At East Texas Baptist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gentlemen	2	6	0	0	8
Tigers	14	14	6	13	47

Statistics	CEN	ETX
First downs	11	25
Total yards	209	493
Rushing yards	112	252
Passing yards	97	241
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	27:45	32:15

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	10/21, 97 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Bobby Shanklin Jr.	8 rushes, 51 yards
	Receiving	Kobe Chambers	5 receptions, 74 yards, TD
East Texas Baptist	Passing	Kaden Brown	12/21, 227 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Paul Woodard	14 rushes, 113 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox	5 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD

Lyon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scots	7	0	0	7	14
Gentlemen	0	14	14	7	35

Statistics	LYC	CEN
First downs	19	20
Total yards	263	443
Rushing yards	132	215
Passing yards	131	228
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	30:24	29:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Lyon	Passing	Joe Galay	12/20, 88 yards, INT
	Rushing	Jaylin Babers	20 rushes, 81 yards, TD
	Receiving	Reginald Brown II	6 receptions, 40 yards
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	10/14, 219 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Zin'Tavious Smith	12 rushes, 72 yards
	Receiving	Byron Stewart	2 receptions, 90 yards, TD

McMurry

See also: 2024 McMurry War Hawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
War Hawks	6	8	14	0	28
Gentlemen	3	0	0	7	10

Statistics	MCM	CEN
First downs	15	11
Total yards	351	197
Rushing yards	100	-8
Passing yards	251	205
Turnovers	4	3
Time of possession	29:21	30:39

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
McMurry	Passing	Jess Hoel	18/32, 251 yards, TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Drew Hagler	11 rushes, 40 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kristopher Martin	6 receptions, 146 yards, TD
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	13/24, 137 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Obadiah Butler	6 rushes, 32 yards
	Receiving	Devin Ardoin	5 receptions, 74 yards, TD

At Lyon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gentlemen	7	7	0	14	28
Scots	7	6	8	0	21

Statistics	CEN	LYC
First downs	24	17
Total yards	390	312
Rushing yards	80	141
Passing yards	310	171
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	27:47	30:16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	29/41, 310 yards, TD
	Rushing	Josh Ware	9 rushes, 41 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kobe Chambers	9 receptions, 134 yards, TD
Lyon	Passing	Grayson Johnson	14/18, 155 yards
	Rushing	Jaylin Babers	30 rushes, 118 yards, TD
	Receiving	Javarion Williams	3 receptions, 74 yards

Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kangaroos	7	14	0	0	21
Gentlemen	3	16	7	15	41

Statistics	AC	CEN
First downs	17	23
Total yards	289	411
Rushing yards	74	202
Passing yards	215	209
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	25:45	34:15

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Austin	Passing	Jaylon Talton	18/33, 215 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Barrett Hudson	17 rushes, 73 yards
	Receiving	Michael Cress	5 receptions, 73 yards, TD
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	19/28, 149 yards, INT
	Rushing	Zin'Tavious Smith	16 rushes, 89 yards, 4 TD
	Receiving	Trent Smith	5 receptions, 94 yards, TD

Texas Lutheran

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	10	19	10	46
Gentlemen	0	12	8	3	23

Statistics	TLU	CEN
First downs	21	17
Total yards	486	335
Rushing yards	227	87
Passing yards	259	248
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	34:08	25:52

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Lutheran	Passing	Caden Bosanko	15/26, 259 yards, TD
	Rushing	Ryker Purdy	10 rushes, 121 yards
	Receiving	Caleb Camarillo	4 receptions, 164 yards, TD
Centenary	Passing	Vance Feuerbacher	16/32, 248 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Vance Feuerbacher	13 rushes, 70 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kobe Chambers	5 receptions, 83 yards, 2 TD

At McMurry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gentlemen	0	6	6	0	12
War Hawks	7	16	26	0	49

Statistics	CEN	MCM
First downs	11	20
Total yards	117	492
Rushing yards	14	138
Passing yards	103	354
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	29:43	30:17

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Centenary	Passing	Zin'Tavious Smith	13/20, 62 yards, TD
	Rushing	Bobby Shanklin Jr.	13 rushes, 31 yards
	Receiving	Jay Richardson	6 receptions, 47 yards
McMurry	Passing	Jess Hoel	15/23, 287 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Jess Hoel	14 rushes, 91 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kristopher Martin	13 receptions, 212 yards, 4 TD

References

1. "2024 Centenary Football Schedule". GoCentenary.com Official Site of Centenary College Athletics. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
2. "SCAC". SCAC. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
3. Watson, Jimmy. "Evangel's Dawson to take collegiate coaching job". The Times. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
4. "Gents Fall To Warriors 43-20 In Season Opener". September 7, 2024.
5. "McMurry Selected to Earn 2024 SCAC Football Crown". Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. August 19, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
6. "2024 Centenary Football Schedule". gocentenary.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.