1922 Centenary Gentlemen football team

American college football season

1922 Centenary Gentlemen football
LIAA champion
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (4–0 LIAA)
Head coach	Bo McMillin (1st season)
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Marshall (TX)	Centenary Athletic Field Shreveport, LA	W 77–0		^[4]
October 7	Louisiana College	Centenary Athletic Field Shreveport, LA	W 34–0		^[5]
October 14	at Millsaps	Athletic Park Jackson, MS	W 21–7		^[6]
October 21	Tennessee Docs	Louisiana State Fairgrounds Shreveport, LA	L 0–14		^[7]
October 25	Louisiana Normal	Louisiana State Fairgrounds Shreveport, LA	W 28–7		^[8]
November 4	Loyola (LA)	Centenary Athletic Field Shreveport, LA	W 48–0	2,500	^[9]
November 11	Henderson-Brown	Centenary Athletic Field Shreveport, LA	W 28–0		^[10]
November 18	at Louisville	Eclipse Park Louisville, KY	W 39–13		^[11]
November 30	Louisiana Tech	Centenary Athletic Field Shreveport, LA	W 20–0	8,000	^[12]

References

^ "'Bo' McMillan's Eleven Has Big Game Schedule". The Capital Times. August 8, 1922. p. 9. Retrieved December 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1922-1942". Centenary College of Louisiana. 2000.
^ "M'Millin Tells Why He Coaches Centenary Team". Alton Evening Telegraph. November 16, 1922. p. 9. Retrieved December 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "C.O.M. loses to M'Millian's Centenary men". The Marshall News Messenger. October 1, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "Centenary defeats Millsaps". The Shreveport Times. October 15, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spectacular passing gives Doctors win at Centenary". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ Joe R. Carter (November 5, 1922). "Centenary Defeats Loyola By Overwhelming Score". The Shreveport Times. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Reddies force M'Millian's men to show their stuff". Daily Arkansas Gazette. November 12, 1922. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'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.
^ "Over 8,000 See Centenary-TEch Game Thursday". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. December 1, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .