1919 Centre Praying Colonels football team
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The 1919 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College
in the 1919 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 485 points while allowing 23 points and finished their season with a perfect record of 9-0-0 and as national champions according to some contemporary and later observers.
, winning by the lopsided score of 95-0. On October 4 the Praying Colonels traveled to Bloomington, Indiana
and defeated Indiana
12-3. On October 18 Centre defeated Xavier (then known as St. Xavier) 57-0. Centre closed October on the 25th with a 69-0 victory at Transylvania
.
On November 1 Centre won at Virginia
49-7. On the 8th Centre played a road game against highly regarded West Virginia
and won 14-6.
Centre won it next two games by the identical score of 56-0: a victory against Kentucky
and a win against DePauw in Louisville
.
Centre closed its season with a 77-7 victory at Georgetown.
Centre finished the season with a perfect record of 9-0-0.
Quarterback Bo McMillan, end James "Red" Roberts
and center James "Red" Weaver were named to the 1919 College Football All-America Team
.
Centre College
Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
in the 1919 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 485 points while allowing 23 points and finished their season with a perfect record of 9-0-0 and as national champions according to some contemporary and later observers.
Season
Centre opened its season on September 27 against HanoverHanover College
Hanover College is a private liberal arts college, located in Hanover, Indiana, near the banks of the Ohio River. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . The college was founded in 1827 by the Rev. John Finley Crowe, making it the oldest private college in Indiana. The Hanover...
, winning by the lopsided score of 95-0. On October 4 the Praying Colonels traveled to Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
and defeated Indiana
Indiana Hoosiers football
The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...
12-3. On October 18 Centre defeated Xavier (then known as St. Xavier) 57-0. Centre closed October on the 25th with a 69-0 victory at Transylvania
Transylvania University
Transylvania University is a private, undergraduate liberal arts college in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with the Christian Church . The school was founded in 1780. It offers 38 majors, and pre-professional degrees in engineering and accounting...
.
On November 1 Centre won at Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
49-7. On the 8th Centre played a road game against highly regarded West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...
and won 14-6.
Centre won it next two games by the identical score of 56-0: a victory against Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats football
The Kentucky Wildcats football team is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.-History:Paul "Bear" Bryant Era...
and a win against DePauw in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
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Centre closed its season with a 77-7 victory at Georgetown.
Centre finished the season with a perfect record of 9-0-0.
Quarterback Bo McMillan, end James "Red" Roberts
Red Roberts (American football)
James Madison "Red" Roberts was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the Centre Praying Colonels in Danville, Kentucky. After college Roberts,played in the early National Football League for the Toledo Maroons and the Akron Pros. He also played in the...
and center James "Red" Weaver were named to the 1919 College Football All-America Team
1919 College Football All-America Team
The 1919 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations for the 1919 college football season.-Key:* WC = Walter Camp...
.