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The 1920 Centre Praying Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1920 college football season. The Praying Colonels scored 546 points while allowing 62 points and capped off their season by defeating TCU, 63–7 in the Fort Worth Classic. ==Season== Centre opened the season with three straight wins by a combined score of 241–0, beating Morris Harvey (now Charleston), 66–0; Howard (now Samford), 120–0; and Transylvania, 55–0. A prequel to the 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game followed; Harvard had not lost a game since 1918〔(Harvard footballs scores )〕 and defeated visiting Centre 31–13, finishing with a record of 8–0–1. A loss at Georgia Tech followed, 24–0; Georgia Tech finished its season 8–1, having outscored its opponents 312-16.〔(1920 Georgia Tech football scores )〕 One writer recalled he heard a story that Tech tackle Bill Fincher sought to knock Bo McMillin out of the game, taking with him brass-knuckles or "something equally diabolical." Centre then defeated DePauw, 34–0, in Indianapolis; Kentucky, 49–0, at Lexington; Virginia Tech, 28–0, in Louisville; and Georgetown, 103–0. Centre then traveled to Fort Worth, Texas for a bowl game, the Fort Worth Classic, against undefeated TCU. TCU entered the game with a record of 9–0, including wins at Arkansas (19–2) and at Baylor (21–9).〔(1920 Texas Christian football scores )〕 Texas Christian had attained its perfect record while outscoring its opponents 163-46.〔 Centre won the game handily. Accounts of the final score vary; some sources say Centre won 63-7〔 and other sources give the final score as 77–7.〔John Y. Brown, The Legend of the Praying Colonels, J. Marvin Gray & Associates, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky〕 Centre finished the season with a record of 8–2. McMillan was named to the 1920 College Football All-America Team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1920 Centre Praying Colonels football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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