1918 Centre Colonels football team

1918 Centre Praying Colonels football

Conference	Independent
1918 record	4–0
Head coach	Charley Moran
Assistant coach	Robert L. Myers
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Captain	Matty Bell
Home stadium	Cheek Field

The 1918 Centre Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1918 college football season. The season started late due to flu epidemic. The game on November 16 with University of Kentucky was cancelled for the same reason.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
November 2	2:30 p. m.^[1]	Transylvania	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 44–0
November 9		Great Lakes Military Center	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 23–0
November 22		Camp Zachary Taylor	Cheek Field • Danville, KY	W 10–0
November 28		at Georgetown	Danville, KY	W 83–0
*Non-conference game.

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Players

Line

Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Matty Bell	end	Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.		163	19
Ashley Blevins	guard
Ben Cregor	guard	Springfield, KY		5'11"	175	19
Bill James	tackle	Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.		169	20
Sully Montgomery	tackle	Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	6'3"	210	17
Red Weaver	center	Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	5'10"	158	20
Edwin Whitnell	end	Fulton, KY	Fulton H. S.		160	18

Backfield

Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Army Armstrong	halfback	Fort Smith, AR	Fort Smith H. S.	5'10"	154	20
Allen Davis	halfback	Danville, KY			148	19
Bo McMillin	quarterback	Fort Worth, TX	North Side H. S.	5'9"	175	20
Red Roberts	fullback	Somerset, KY	Somerset H. S.	6'2"	193	18

Subs

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Tom Moran	back		Nashville, TN		5'8"	175	18
Joe Murphy	back		Columbus, OH	East H. S.		130	19

Unlisted

Player
John Copper
Robert Ford
Herbert Lancaster
A. W. Price
L. W. Walker
C. L. Williams,

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Coaching staff

Head coach: Charley Moran
Assistant coach: Robert L. Myers

References

Centre Colonels football
Venues	Cheek Field (1912–1922) Farris Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kentucky
Culture & lore	1921 Harvard game
People	Head coaches
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