1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1922
| team = Centre Praying Colonels
| sport = football
| image = Centrecircle.svg
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record= 8–2
| conf_record = 1–0
| head_coach = Charley Moran
| hc_year = 6th
| off_scheme = Single-wing
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Cheek Field
| uniform = 20scentreuniform.png
}}
{{1922 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
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.[http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Centre.htm#1922 1922 Centre College football scores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000928224613/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Centre.htm |date=2000-09-28 }}John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky The season featured handing V. P. I its only loss of the season,{{cite news|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19221015.1.39#|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 15, 1922|title=Gobblers Excel Centre Every Way, Except In Score}} and a big upset in the South when the Colonels lost to the Auburn Tigers.
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5399250/the_advocatemessenger/|title=Sport Scope|work=The Advocate-Messenger|page=2|date=February 21, 1940|author=W. C. Alcock|accessdate=May 27, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1922|team=Carson–Newman Parsons|title=Carson–Newman}}
| site_stadium = Cheek Field
| site_cityst = Danville, KY
| score = 72–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-daddy-moran-cen/136885965/|work=The Journal and Tribune|title=Daddy Moran, Centre, gives Sonny Moran healthy licking as Carson–Newman loses 72–0|date=September 24, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Riggs Field
| site_cityst = Calhoun, SC
| score = 21–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald-centre-smashes-clem/136880183/|work=The Lexington Herald|title=Centre smashes Clemson College|date=October 1, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Ole Miss
| site_stadium = Cheek Field
| site_cityst = Danville, KY
| score = 55–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-centre-downs-ole-mis/136884688/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Centre downs Ole Miss 55–0|date=October 8, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = VPI
| site_stadium = Mayo Island Park
| site_cityst = Richmond, VA
| score = 10–6
| attend = 12,500
| source = {{cite news |title=Prayin' Colonels Defeat Tech in Last Period Spurt After Being Played Off Their Feet|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19221015.1.1&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1922--#|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 15, 1922|page=1|accessdate=December 23, 2015}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| score = 10–24
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-harvard-defeats-centre/136886108/|work=New York Tribune|title=Harvard defeats Centre, 24–10, thus winning odd game of 3-year series with Southerners|date=October 22, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| opponent = Louisville
| site_stadium = Cheek Field
| site_cityst = Danville, KY
| score = 32–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Cards Easy For Centre: Covington Sets New World's Record By Drop-kicking Six Goals|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=October 29, 1922|pages=VI-1, VI-4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47973240/cards-easy-for-centre/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Stoll Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 27–3
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-centre-wins-from/136879999/|work=Birmingham Age-Herald|title=Centre wins from Kentucky Wildcats|date=November 5, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Washington and Lee
| site_stadium = Eclipse Park
| site_cityst = Louisville, KY
| score = 27–6
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-centre-triumphs-over/136881491/|work=The Owensboro-Inquirer|title=Centre triumphs over W. & L., 27–6|date=November 12, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Auburn
| site_stadium = Rickwood Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| score = 0–6
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-auburn-wins-clean-cu/136873763/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Auburn wins clean cut victory over Centre|date=November 19, 1922|accessdate=December 15, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Cheek Field
| site_cityst = Danville, KY
| score = 42–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93458027/centre-downs-south-carolina/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Centre downs South Carolina|date=December 1, 1922|accessdate=January 25, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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[http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Centre.htm#1923 1923 Centre College football scores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000928224613/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Centre.htm |date=2000-09-28 }}
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