1927 Centenary Gentlemen football team

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1927 Centenary Gentlemen football
SIAA co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1927 record10–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
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1927 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mississippi College + 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Chattanooga + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Centenary + 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Furman + 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 1
Stetson 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Loyola (LA) 1 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Wofford 2 – 1 – 2 2 – 4 – 3
Presbyterian 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 3
Mercer 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Louisville 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Union (TN) 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Centre 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Howard (AL) 1 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Florida Southern 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Birmingham–Southern 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western Kentucky State Normal 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Erskine 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Louisiana Tech 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
SW Louisiana 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Millsaps 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Rollins 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Transylvania 0 – 5 ��� 0 0 – 9 – 0
Newberry 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
Kentucky Wesleyan 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1927 Centenary Gentlemen football team represented the Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1927 college football season. Centenary posted an undefeated 10–0 record and beat four Southwestern Conference schools.[1] It is one of the school's best ever teams.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Sam Houston State*Shreveport, LAW 27–04,000[3]
October 1MillsapsShreveport, LAW 26–0[4]
October 8SMU*Shreveport, LAW 21–12
October 15at Florida SouthernLakeland, FLW 26–03,500[5]
October 22at Baylor*
W 9–6
October 28Birmingham–Southern*Shreveport, LAW 27–7[6]
November 5at Rice*
W 33–7
November 11TCU*Shreveport, LAW 7–3
November 19Louisiana TechShreveport, LAW 33–0[7][8]
November 24LouisvilleShreveport, LAW 59–2
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Centenary College Enjoys Best Season With Ten Victories". The Monroe News-Star. December 5, 1927. p. 10. Retrieved August 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1922-1942.
  3. ^ "Gents Easy Winners In First Game Of Year". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. September 25, 1927. p. 8. Retrieved April 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Gents too strong for Millsaps Majors". The Shreveport Times. October 2, 1927. Retrieved August 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Centenary's Early Attack Beats Southern". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 16, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved April 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Gentlemen add Birmingham–Southern gridiron squad to the list of conference victims". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1927. Retrieved July 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Carter, Joe R. (November 20, 1927). "Forward Passing Game Enables Local Eleven To Pile Up Large Score". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 14. Retrieved July 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ Carter, Joe R. (November 20, 1927). "Local Eleven Piles Up Large Score by Forward Passing (continued)". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 15. Retrieved July 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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