1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team

The 1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1922 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 296 points while allowing 52 points and finished 8–2–0.^[1][2] The season featured handing V. P. I its only loss of the season,^[3] and a big upset in the South when the Colonels lost to the Auburn Tigers.

1922 Centre Praying Colonels football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–2 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Charley Moran (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	Cheek Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Furman $	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt*	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Presbyterian	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Centre	1	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Chattanooga	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Western Kentucky	1	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Millsaps	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Mercer	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Transylvania	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	2
Louisville	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Oglethorpe	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SoCon

James "Red" Roberts (at both end and tackle), Ed Kubale (center) and Herb Covington (quarterback) were named to the 1922 College Football All-America Team.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Carson–Newman*	Cheek Field Danville, KY	W 72–0		[5]
September 30	at Clemson*	Riggs Field Calhoun, SC	W 21–0		[6]
October 7	Ole Miss*	Cheek Field Danville, KY	W 55–0		[7]
October 14	vs. VPI*	Mayo Island Park Richmond, VA	W 10–6	12,500	[8]
October 21	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 10–24	50,000	[9]
October 28	Louisville	Cheek Field Danville, KY	W 32–7		[10]
November 4	at Kentucky*	Stoll Field Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 27–3		[11]
November 11	vs. Washington and Lee*	Eclipse Park Louisville, KY	W 27–6		[12]
November 18	at Auburn*	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–6		[13]
November 30	South Carolina*	Cheek Field Danville, KY	W 42–0		[14]
*Non-conference game

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