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The College Football Historian ™ Expanding the Knowledge and Information on College Football’S Unique Past—Today! INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™ The College Football Historian ™ Expanding the knowledge and information on college football’s unique past—today! ISSN: 1526-233x [March 2011 Vol. 4 No. 2] circa: Jan. 2008 Tex Noel, Editor ([email protected]) (Website) http://www.secsportsfan.com/college-football-association.html All content is protected by copyright© by the author. The Centre College Unlike today, when the Ivy League schools make no claim to Football Team’s being members of the upper Amazing Run, echelon of college football, from Climaxed by Winning the first game in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers until the the “Southern early 1920’s, the Eastern colleges Championship” in dominated the gridiron. 1924 Centre initially gained national Rob Robertson - Author of attention by defeating a West Virginia Mountaineer’s team in a “The Wonder Team” game played in Charleston, West [email protected] Virginia in1919. West Virginia The Centre College Colonels had had dominated an excellent an amazing run in college Princeton eleven, winning 25-0 at football from the years 1917- the Tigers’ Palmer Stadium. 1924. The little Danville, After Centre’s 14-6 win, and after Kentucky college is probably best the Colonels finished at 9-0 in a remembered, if remembered at year which also included all, for its 6-0 win over mighty Harvard in 1921. The College Football Historian-2- Harvard at the time was one of victories over Indiana, Virginia the “Big 3” along with Yale and and Kentucky, Walter Camp, Princeton. considered to be the “Father of College Football,” declared that Centre was the top team in the Centre played in the second bowl country for 1919. venue of all time (of course, the Rose Bowl was the first) after the Camp picked THE All-American 1920 season, beating an team each year. While there undefeated TCU squad on were several other selections, January 1, 1921. The game was Camp’s was recognized as the called “The Fort Worth Classic,” most prestigious. For the first and after TCU scored early on an time in the history of football, a intercepted pass, Centre ran off small Southern college was 63 straight points to win 63-7, recognized as having talent on and season ended at 8-2. par with that of the larger, mainly Eastern schools. 1921 was a huge year for the Colonels. The highlight was the The Colonels’ Alvin Nugent “Bo” 6-0 win over Harvard. The McMillin was selected for the regular season ended at 9-0, and quarterback position and James besides beating Harvard, “Red” Weaver was picked at significant wins were over center. James “Red” Roberts was Clemson, Virginia Tech, placed on the third team at end. Kentucky, Auburn and Tulane. The successes of 1919 earned “Red” Roberts was selected by Centre a spot on Harvard’s Walter Camp as a first team All- schedule for 1920. A sellout American at the end of the crowd at Harvard Stadium regular season and became the watched in awe as Centre third, first team player jumped out to a 14-7 lead. The designated by Camp, joining “Bo” half ended at 14-14, but McMillin and “Red” Weaver from Harvard’s size and numbers the 1919 team. “Bo” made prevailed and the Crimson won, Camp’s second team at 31-14. quarterback in 1921. Centre lost to Georgia Tech the It was decided to reward the week after the loss to Harvard. team with an western excursion The Colonels were so banged up after the season. The trip after the effort against the included bowl games in San Crimson that the two “Red’s,” Diego on December 26, 1921, Roberts and Weaver, along with and in Dallas on January 2, George Chinn, an end, all 1922. starters in Cambridge, were held out of the game. The College Football Historian-3 - The Colonels regular season Therefore, little Centre played in finished with a record of 7-2 and the third bowl venue ever held, “Bo” landed a second team berth the “Christmas Bowl” on on the Camp All-American team. December 26, 1921, in which the Colonels rolled over the and defeating Harvard would University of Arizona, 38-0, in have been out of the question. San Diego. The strong class which entered in They also played in the fourth 1921 had allowed Centre to bowl venue ever, the “Dallas continue turning out excellent Classic”, which found Centre teams during 1922 and 1923, losing to a very tough Texas A & but it was obvious that the “glory M team coached by D.X. Bible, days” of what was being called 22-14, on January 2, 1922. “the Wonder Team” would soon come to an end. The trip by train covered over 2,000 miles and took 20 days. In 1923, the Colonels were 7-1-1. The loss was to Pennsylvania, at Centre continued to play with the the time a major power, in a “big boys” during the 1922 and game played before 42,000 fans 1923 seasons. in Penn's new (1922) Franklin The Colonels were 8-2 in 1922, Field. The first half ended with losing the rubber match to the Quakers up 3-0 due to a field Harvard, 24-10, and going down goal kicked just as time expired. to defeat against Auburn in The Colonels were worn down in Birmingham, 6-0. Notable wins the second half, much as they were over Clemson, Mississippi, had been in the 1920 Harvard Virginia Tech, Kentucky and game, as Penn's numbers and South Carolina, all state size increasingly took their toll. universities with student bodies The final score was 24-0. which far exceeded the enrollment in Danville. The 1923 season-ending tie was with a Georgia Bulldog team in By 1923, the numbers able to Athens. Wins included victories suit up at Centre had been over Clemson, Kentucky and greatly diminished by the Auburn. “freshman rule” of 1922 which had been put in place by football Centre's coach, Charles B. authorities. The rule forbade Moran, “Uncle Charlie,” resigned freshmen from participating in after the 1923 season and took intercollegiate sports until they over the Bucknell (PA) program. had been enrolled for 12 months. Sports fans all over Kentucky and the South knew what “Unc” Centre had taken 28 young men to play Harvard in 1921. The College Football Historian-4- Fourteen were freshmen. Of the 16 who got into action, 8 were had meant to the Colonels' freshmen. Without those first program. year men, Centre would have had difficulty even fielding a team, Moran had taken the reins after Only 21 young men showed up Centre lost the second game of for practice in the fall of 1924. the 1917 season to DePauw, 6-0. The number of students on During “Unc's” tenure, Centre campus had dropped from 292 had gone 52-6-1 and had during the 1923-24 school year outscored its opponents, 2113- to 223. While the larger 218, for a rounded-off average universities would hardly notice score of 36-4. a decrease of 69 enrolled, for Centre it meant nearly a 25% As phenomenal as Centre's decline. record was during the Moran years, it was even more Centre had a freshman team in remarkable due to the fact that 1924 coached by former Colonel nearly all of the major games All-American, James B. “Red” were played on the road. The Roberts. The first-year team was limited accommodations in also short in numbers as Danville and the small wooden demonstrated by the fact that stadium (until 1923) meant that during a game with the attracting programs of substance University of Kentucky frosh in was virtually impossible. Of the Lexington, “Red” had only 11 49 contests from 1919 through men available. 1923, 31 were played away from Danville. Only by “borrowing” a few of the freshmen could “Chief” Myers Robert L. “Chief” Myers, Centre even have a scrimmage for the '07, had brought the nucleus of varsity. the team after the Great War to Danville from Fort Worth North Fortunately for the “Chief,” the Texas High School where he had 21 team members included 7 been the football coach. Myers who had been on the team since had been Centre's coach during 1921. Six of the 7 were present the first two games of 1917 but at the famous 6-0 win over moved aside when he saw that Harvard and 4 – Herb Covington, “Uncle Charlie” was available to Minos Gordy, Ed Kubale and take over the team. Frank Rubarth – saw action. “Chief” Myers continued on as The seniors were dubbed “The the unpaid athletic director and Seven Immortals” by “Chief” after Moran's resignation was Myers. named the head coach for 1924. The College Football Historian-5- Thus the stage was set for what many consider was Centre (Besides the 4 who played College's finest moment of many against Harvard, Clifton “Hennie” memorable moments in the little Lemon and Robert L. “Case” school's storied history – the Thomasson made the trip to amazing exploits of 1924. Cambridge. The 7th “Immortal”, Howard Lynch, wasn't included a “double pass” and at the half it on the travel squad.) was 6-3. The third quarter ended at 6-6 after Herb Covington, the The 1924 season began not with little Centre quarterback, kicked a bang, but more like with a an 18 yard field goal. Ten whimper. minutes into the last quarter, the Bill Shadoan, a starter at guard Mountaineers began a drive on the 1921 and '22 Centre which culminated in a score as teams, had taken over the the clock wound down and West coaching position at Valparaiso Virginia walked off the field with University in Indiana.
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