1924 Centre Praying Colonels football team

1924 Centre Praying Colonels football
Southern champion
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1924 record 511 (10 SIAA)
Head coach Robert L. Myers[1]
Home stadium Farris Stadium
Uniform
1924 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre + 1 0 0  5 1 1
Oglethorpe + 5 0 0  6 3 1
Mississippi College 2 0 1  2 5 1
Newberry 4 1 0  8 2 0
Mercer 4 1 1  5 3 2
Sewanee* 2 1 0  6 4 0
The Citadel 4 2 0  6 4 0
Transylvania 2 1 0  2 2 0
Louisville 2 1 0  3 4 1
Millsaps 1 1 0  3 5 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 1 0  1 4 0
Furman 1 2 0  5 5 0
Wofford 2 4 0  3 7 0
Howard 1 3 0  3 5 1
Presbyterian 1 3 0  1 6 1
Vanderbilt* 0 1 0  6 3 1
Louisiana College 0 1 0  0 1 0
Western Kentucky 0 2 0  4 6 0
Erskine 0 4 0  0 7 0
Chattanooga 0 5 0  1 7 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SoCon

The 1924 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1924 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 119 points while allowing 20 points and finished 5-1-1, including giving Alabama its only loss of the season;[2] Alabama would not lose another game until 1927.[3][4]

Quarterback Herb Covington was named to the 1924 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 4 Valparaiso* Danville, KY T 00  
October 18 Transylvania Danville, KY W 430  
October 25 West Virginia* Danville, KY L 613  
November 1 at Kentucky* Lexington, KY W 70  
November 8 Tennessee* Danville, KY W 320  
November 15 at Alabama* Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL W 170  
November 29 Georgia* Danville, KY W 147  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  2. Rob Robertson. "The Centre College Football Team's Amazing Run, Climaxed By Winning the "Southern Championship" in 1924" (PDF).
  3. 1924 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Alabama football scores
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