Chapter Index – Centre College Wonder Team

Read about the Centre College Colonels

and their amazing run in college football from 1917-1924.

Click the chapter or section you want to begin reading.

Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1 - Danville, Kentucky and Centre College
Chapter 2 - Robert L. “Chief” Myers and His Goal of Playing a Member of College Football’s “Big 3.”
Chapter 3 - Centre Continues its Journey to the Big-Time in 1919
Chapter 4 - The Breakthrough Year- 1919
Chapter 5 - The 1919 Season Continues-The University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Chapter 6 - The Breakthrough Game - The University of West Virginia in Charleston, WVA- November 8, 1919
Chapter 7 - Recognition and the Season Continues
Chapter 8 - West Virginia Cries Foul
Chapter 9 - Next- DePauw November 22, 1919
Chapter 10 - Howard Reynolds Comes to Danville
Chapter 11 - Centre College and Walter Camp’s All-American Teams
Chapter 12 - The Two Bostonians Promote Centre College While the College Waits to Hear from Harvard
Chapter 13 - 1920- Centre Heads to the Big-Time
Chapter 14 - The 1920 Season Begins
Chapter 15 -Transylvania comes to Danville October 16 but Harvard is on Everyone’s Mind
Chapter 16 - Preparations for Harvard Intensity
Chapter 17 - The Departure for Boston
Chapter 18 - The Arrival in Boston
Chapter 19 - Game Day- October 23
Chapter 20 - The First Half
Chapter 21 - The Second Half
Chapter 22 - After The Game
Chapter 23 - The Arrival In Danville
Chapter 24 - Georgia Tech
Chapter 25 - Life Goes On
Chapter 26 - Bo Gets Commitments for 1921
Chapter 27 - Homecoming at Kentucky
Chapter 28 - Back to Louisville
Chapter 29 - The 1920 Regular Season Ends
Chapter 30 - Post Season Events
Chapter 31 - Texas Christian and the Fort Worth Classic
Chapter 32 - A Little Roundball Sojourn to the East
Chapter 33 - More Recognition
Chapter 34 - A Huge Year for Centre
Chapter 35 - September 1921
Chapter 36 - October 1, 1921 Centre-Clemson / Harvard-Holy Cross
Chapter 37 - October 8, 1921 Centre-Virginia Tech / Harvard-Indiana
Chapter 38 - October 15, 1921 Centre-St. Xavier / Harvard-Georgia
Chapter 39 - October 22, 1921 Centre-Transylvania / Harvard-Penn State
Chapter 40 - The Big Week Arrives- Centre and Harvard!
Chapter 41 - Centre Firms Up Its Starting Line-Up And Travel Squad
Chapter 42 - On To Harvard!
Chapter 43 - Arrival In Boston
Chapter 44 - Harvard’s Line-Up/Reporters File Stories
Chapter 45 - Centre Tours The Harvard Campus And Around Boston
Chapter 46 - More Pre-Game Events
Chapter 47 - Game Day, October 29, 1921
Chapter 48 - The First Quarter
Chapter 49 - The Second Quarter and Halftime ( Roscoe Conklin Breckinridge )
Chapter 50 - The Third Quarter
Chapter 51 - The Fourth Quarter
Chapter 52 - Reactions After The Game/ The Return To The Lenox
Chapter 53 - The Day After The Great Victory and Return To Danville
Chapter 54 - National Coverage of the Game
Chapter 55 - About That Offsides Play At Harvard
Chapter 56 - Homecoming 1921, Centre-Kentucky
Chapter 57 - Everybody Wants A Piece of the Colonels
Chapter 58 - Auburn - November 12, 1921
Chapter 59 - Washington & Lee- November 19, 1921
Chapter 60 - Thanksgiving, 1921- Tulane
Chapter 61 - The Race To Columbus
Chapter 62 - A Little About the "Shop~Perfect"
Chapter 63 - The Regular Season Ends, But Plans Are Fermenting
Chapter 64 - Post-Season Honors and Recognition and the 1921 Team Banquet
Chapter 65 - Trouble On the Horizon
Chapter 66 - Heading West- The Game Plan For The Trip
Chapter 67 - All Aboard!
Chapter 68 - A Day In Los Angeles
Chapter 69 - San Diego, Finally!
Chapter 70 - Arizona Gets Excited
Chapter 71 - Pre-Game Activities
Chapter 72 - "Quite Unusual Weather, Yes”
Chapter 73 - The Christmas Bowl
Chapter 74 - Events After The Game And Bo's Dilemma
Chapter 75 - Traveling Toward Dallas
Chapter 76- A Stopover In El Paso
Chapter 77 - Meanwhile, Texas A&M…
Chapter 78 - Monday, January 2. 1922 - A Wedding And A Game
Chapter 79 - The Dixie Classic- Centre Vs. Texas A&M
Chapter 80 - The Aftermath
Chapter 81 - Heading Home
Chapter 82 - Two Post-Season Affairs
Chapter 83 - Looking Back On 1921 and Spring, 1922
Chapter 84 - The 1922 Season
Chapter 85 - The 1922 Season Begins
Chapter 86 - October 14, 1922 - Virginia Tech
Chapter 87 - The Week Before The Third Harvard Game and Red Robertson's Plan
Chapter 88 - Centre-Harvard to be Broadcast by Radio
Chapter 89 - News Reports While The Colonels Were En Route
Chapter 90 - Heading Out from Cincinnati, Under the Seat
Chapter 91 - Harvard Announces Its Lineup
Chapter 92 - Still On The Train, And Not Yet In Massachusetts
Chapter 93 - Friday, October 20, 1922 - The Day Before The Game
Chapter 94 - October 21, 1922 Game Day Centre-Harvard
Chapter 95 - The First Half
Chapter 96 - The Second Half
Chapter 97 - Summary of the 3rd Harvard Game
Chapter 98 - Back To Danville
Chapter 99 - The Season Continues: Centre-Louisville-October 28, 1922
Chapter 100 - Homecoming In Lexington: Centre-Kentucky-November 4, 1922
Chapter 101 - November 11, 1922 Centre-Washington and Lee
Chapter 102 - November 18, 1922, Centre-Auburn in Birmingham
Chapter 103 - What's Up With "Uncle Charlie?"
Chapter 104 - November 30, 1922 The Season Ends Centre-South Carolina
Chapter 105 - Post-Season Happenings
Chapter 106 - "We've Got To Have A New Stadium-NOW!"
Chapter 107 - Construction Begins- May 1923
Chapter 108 - Uncle Charlie Gets To See His Creation
Chapter 109 - The 1923 Season
Chapter 110 - October 6, 1923 Centre vs. Carson-Newman
Chapter 111 - October 13, 1923 Centre-Clemson
Chapter 112 - October 20, 1923 Centre-Oglethorpe
Chapter 113 - October 27, 1923 Centre- The University of Pennsylvania
Chapter 114 - November 3, 1923 Kentucky, Homecoming, and Dedicating The New Stadium
Chapter 115 - November 10, 1923 On to Memphis Centre-Sewanee
Chapter 116 - November 17, 1923 Auburn, The "Rubber" Match
Chapter 117 - November 24, 1923 To Louisville and The Generals of W&L
Chapter 118 - December 1, 1923 One More Game- The Georgia Bulldogs
Chapter 119 - Stormy Clouds- The Southern Association of Colleges vs. Centre
Chapter 120 - 1924- Uncle Charlie Resigns
Chapter 121 - The Chief Returns As Coach
Chapter 122 - October 4, 1924 The Season Begins- Valparaiso
Chapter 123 - October 25, 1924 Going East Again - To New York City and the Polo Grounds
Chapter 124 - Up Next- Four Games with Southern Conference Members
Chapter 125 - November 1, 1924 Homecoming at Kentucky
Chapter 126 - November 8, 1924 Centre vs. Tennessee
Chapter 127 - November 15, 1924 The Undefeated Alabama "Tide" and Centre
Chapter 128 - November 29, 1924 Centre- Georgia
Chapter 129 - Centre Is The Top Ranked Team From 1919-1924
Chapter 130 - Postscript - Harvard
Chapter 131 - Postscript- Centre
Chapter 132 - A Reunion In Danville - June 1950
Chapter 133 - One Last Reunion, October 28, 1961 and a Firetruck and Traditions
Chapter 134 - CENTRE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORD 1917-1924
Chapter 135 - Centre College Football Today and Coach Andy Frye
Alphabetical Index of Terms
Cell