1922 Centenary Gentlemen football
LIAA champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–1 (4–0 LIAA)
Head coach

The 1922 Centenary Gentlemen football team represented the Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1922 college football season. The nine-game schedule was the longest in school history.[1] "A small, obscure liberal arts college with a student body of less than 300 suddenly fields a powerful football team in 1922."[2] The team posted an 8–1 record and was led by head coach Bo McMillin, who preferred to be at a small school.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Marshall (TX)
W 77–0[4]
October 7Louisiana College
  • Centenary Athletic Field
  • Shreveport, LA
W 34–0[5]
October 14at Millsaps
W 21–7[6]
October 21Tennessee Docs
  • Louisiana State Fairgrounds
  • Shreveport, LA
L 0–14[7]
October 25Louisiana Normal
  • Louisiana State Fairgrounds
  • Shreveport, LA
W 28–7[8]
November 4Loyola (LA)
  • Centenary Athletic Field
  • Shreveport, LA
W 48–02,500[9]
November 11Henderson-Brown
  • Centenary Athletic Field
  • Shreveport, LA
W 28–0[10]
November 18at Louisville
W 39–13[11]
November 30Louisiana Tech
  • Centenary Athletic Field
  • Shreveport, LA
W 20–08,000[12]

References

  1. ↑ "'Bo' McMillan's Eleven Has Big Game Schedule". The Capital Times. August 8, 1922. p. 9. Retrieved December 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1922-1942". Centenary College of Louisiana. 2000.
  3. ↑ "M'Millin Tells Why He Coaches Centenary Team". Alton Evening Telegraph. November 16, 1922. p. 9. Retrieved December 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "C.O.M. loses to M'Millian's Centenary men". The Marshall News Messenger. October 1, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Centenary batters its way to 34 to 0 victory over Louisiana College". The Shreveport Times. October 8, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Centenary defeats Millsaps". The Shreveport Times. October 15, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Spectacular passing gives Doctors win at Centenary". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Centenary closes in on state collegiate title by 28-to-7 defeat of State Normal team". The Shreveport Journal. October 26, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Joe R. Carter (November 5, 1922). "Centenary Defeats Loyola By Overwhelming Score". The Shreveport Times. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Reddies force M'Millian's men to show their stuff". Daily Arkansas Gazette. November 12, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "'Bo' McMillin's Centenary Gentlemen Crush the Cardinal Hopes: Team Play of Visitors Sweeps Locals Aside; Cardinal Offense Weak". The Courier-Journal. November 19, 1922. pp. VI-1, VI-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Over 8,000 See Centenary-TEch Game Thursday". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. December 1, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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