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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.<ref>[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 }}</ref><ref name=”jb”>John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky</ref> The season featured handing [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|V. P. I]] its only loss of the season,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and a big [[Upset (sports)|upset]] in the South when the Colonels lost to the [[1922 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn Tigers]].

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 <ref name=”jb”>John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky</ref> The season featured handing [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|V. P. I]] its only loss of the season,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and a big [[Upset (sports)|upset]] in the South when the Colonels lost to the [[1922 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn Tigers]].

[[Red Roberts (American football)|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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

[[Red Roberts (American football)|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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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==References==

==References==

American college football season

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^[1] The season featured handing V. P. I its only loss of the season,^[2] 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.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Carson–Newman*		W 72–0		[4]
September 30	at Clemson*		W 21–0		[5]
October 7	Ole Miss*		W 55–0		[6]
October 14	vs. VPI*		W 10–6	12,500	[7]
October 21	at Harvard*		L 10–24	50,000	[8]
October 28	Louisville		W 32–7		[9]
November 4	at Kentucky*		W 27–3		[10]
November 11	vs. Washington and Lee*		W 27–6		[11]
November 18	at Auburn*		L 0–6		[12]
November 30	South Carolina*		W 42–0		[13]

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