1923 Centre Praying Colonels football team

1923 Centre Praying Colonels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainEd Kubale
Home stadiumCheek Field
Uniform
1923 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman $ 4 1 0 9 2 0
2 0 0 7 1 1
Vanderbilt* 2 0 0 5 2 1
Western Kentucky 2 0 0 3 4 0
Mississippi College 3 0 1 5 1 2
The Citadel 2 1 1 5 3 1
Presbyterian 2 1 1 4 3 1
Louisville 2 1 0 5 2 0
Sewanee 3 2 0 5 4 1
Oglethorpe 3 3 0 4 6 0
Chattanooga 1 3 1 3 4 2
Howard (AL) 1 3 1 3 4 3
Wofford 1 3 0 6 3 0
Mercer 2 2 0 4 5 0
Millsaps 0 1 1 0 1 1
Louisiana College 0 1 0 0 1 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 1 0 0 3 0
Transylvania 0 3 0 0 3 0
Newberry 0 4 0 2 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 6Carson–Newman*W 14–0[1][2][3]
October 132:30 p.m.Clemson*
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 28–7[4][5]
October 20Oglethorpe
  • Cheek Field
  • Danville, KY
W 29–0[6][7]
October 27at Penn*L 0–2440,000[8]
November 3Kentucky*
W 10–012,000[9]
November 10at SewaneeW 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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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