1895 Centre football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1895

| team = Centre

| sport = football

| image = Centrecircle.svg

| image_size = 175

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–1–1

| head_coach = Richard T. Lowndes

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium =

}}

{{1895 Southern college football independents records}}

The 1895 Centre football team represented Centre College as an independent the 1895 college football season. Led by Richard T. Lowndes in his first and only season as head coach, Centre compiled a record of 4–1–1.

==Schedule==

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Kentucky State College

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Danville, KY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–6

| attend = 500

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Six To Nothing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109360403/kentucky-advocate/ |newspaper=The Kentucky Advocate |location=Danville, Kentucky |date=October 21, 1895 |page=3 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1895|team=Kentucky University|title=Kentucky University}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Danville, KY

| score = 28–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Dudley Field

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| score = 0–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Louisville Athletic Club

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Louisville, KY

| score = 10–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = w

| opponent = Ohio State

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Danville, KY

| score = 18–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Kentucky State College

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Lexington, KY

| score = 16–0

| attend = 3,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Centre 16, State College 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109361224/the-courier-journal/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=November 29, 1895 |page=2 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

}}

{{Cite web |url=http://library.centre.edu/sc/digital/football_1890.html |title=Centre College Football Record |access-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011642/http://library.centre.edu/sc/digital/football_1890.html |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |url-status=dead }}, Centre College, retrieved November 13, 2019.