Tate C. Page

Tate Cromwell "Piney" Page (January 6, 1908 – May 19, 1984) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from 1938 to 1941 and at Central Missouri State College—now known as the University of Central Missouri—from 1948 to 1951, compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–43–5.^[1] Page was the head coach for Central Missouri State during the famous 1951 Central Missouri State vs. Southwestern football game in which a team rejected a touchdown awarded by the game officials. He was later dean of the College of Education at Western Kentucky University.^[2] Page graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 1930 and was a football letter-winner at Tulane University in 1933.^[3][4]

Tate C. Page

Biographical details
Born	(1908-01-06)January 6, 1908 Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 19, 1984(1984-05-19) (aged 76) Atkins, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
1927–1929	Arkansas Tech
1933	Tulane
Positions	Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1936–1937	Transylvania (line)
1938–1941	Transylvania
1944	Tulane (line)
1947	Auburn (assistant)
1948–1951	Central Missouri State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1948–1953	Central Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall	23–43–5
Bowls	1–0

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Transylvania Pioneers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1941)
1938	Transylvania	3–5	2–4	T–20th
1939	Transylvania	1–8	0–7	32nd
1940	Transylvania	5–3–1	1–2–1	T–19th
1941	Transylvania	3–5	1–3	T–23rd
Transylvania:		12–21–1	4–16–1
Central Missouri State Mules (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1948–1951)
1948	Central Missouri State	0–7–2	0–4–1	6th
1949	Central Missouri State	3–5	2–3	4th
1950	Central Missouri State	8–3	3–2	3rd	W Shrine Bowl
1951	Central Missouri State	0–7–2	0–4–1	T–5th
Central Missouri State:		11–22–4	5–13–2
Total:		23–43–5