Centre Praying Colonels football team
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The Centre Praying Colonels football team was the celebrated early-20th-century college football program of Centre College in Kentucky, known for its remarkable upsets and national prominence in the 1910s and 1920s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centre Praying Colonels football team canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football team
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college football team ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Centre College athletics
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Southern football tradition ⓘ |
| college | Centre College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
gold
ⓘ
maroon ⓘ white ⓘ |
| conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eraOfProminence |
1910s
ⓘ
1920s ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| historicalStatus | defunct major college football power ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Farris Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
national prominence in early 20th century college football
ⓘ
upset victory over Harvard in 1921 ⓘ |
| legacy | one of the most famous small-college football teams in U.S. history ⓘ |
| level | college ⓘ |
| location | Danville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Praying Colonels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableGame | 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game ⓘ |
| notableSeason | 1921 college football season ⓘ |
| region | Southern United States ⓘ |
| represented | Centre College in intercollegiate football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation | giant-killer in college football ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| status | historical football program ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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