Centre Colonels
Southern AthleticDanville, KYFarris Stadium
2026: 2–4 (1–1 Southern Athletic). Last: beat Rhodes 63–20 at home. Next: Sewanee, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 0–17at Hanover
- L 14–16LaGrange
- W 45–0Bridgewater
- L 21–27Maryville (TN)
- L 13–28at Millsaps
- W 63–20Rhodes
- Oct 24Sewanee
- Oct 31at Berry
- Nov 7Trinity (TX)
- Nov 14at Southwestern U
Centre has played football since at least 1902 and is 94–93–5 in the 192 games on record. Centre claims one national championship (1919). The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players from Centre. Charley Moran (1919–1923) won more games here than any other coach: 42. This season, they’re 2–4.
On this date in 2024Centre beat Hendrix 35–18 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 94–93–5 .503; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1030
- Seasons
- 44 since 1902, 192 games
2026 season 2–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | atHanover | L 0–17 | 32% |
| Sep 19 | vsLaGrange | L 14–16 | 46% |
| Sep 26 | vsBridgewater | W 45–0 | 63% |
| Oct 3 | vsMaryville (TN) | L 21–27 | 58% |
| Oct 9 | atMillsaps | L 13–28 | 39% |
| Oct 17 | vsRhodes | W 63–20 | 82% |
| Oct 24 | vsSewanee | Preview | 79% |
| Oct 31 | atBerry | Preview | 17% |
| Nov 7 | vsTrinity (TX) | Preview | 29% |
| Nov 14 | atSouthwestern U | Preview | 51% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Centre.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1902
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Charley Moran | 1919–1923 | 42–6–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Tennessee
3–10–2 in 15
- 1912 L 0–67
- 1915 L 0–80
- 1924 W 32–0
- 1925 L 0–12
- 1926 L 7–30
- 1928 L 7–41
- 1929 L 0–40
- 1930 L 0–18
- 1934 L 0–32
- 1935 L 14–25
Lost the last seven.
- Kentucky
8–5 in 13
- 1920 W 49–0
- 1921 W 55–0
- 1922 W 27–3
- 1923 W 10–0
- 1924 W 7–0
- 1925 L 0–16
- 1926 W 7–0
- 1927 L 0–53
- 1928 L 0–8
- 1929 L 0–33
Lost the last three.
- Vanderbilt
0–9 in 9
- 1902 L 17–24
- 1904 L 0–22
- 1911 L 0–45
- 1912 L 0–23
- 1913 L 0–48
- 1914 L 0–59
- 1927 L 6–53
- 1928 L 0–26
- 1942 L 0–66
Lost the last nine.
| Opponent | Games | CCO record |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 15 | 3–10–2 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 8–5 |
| Vanderbilt | 9 | 0–9 |
| Sewanee | 7 | 7–0 |
| Washington and Lee | 6 | 5–1 |
| Maryville (TN) | 6 | 2–4 |
| Rhodes | 6 | 6–0 |
| Hanover | 6 | 4–2 |
Every opponent (67)
Every program Centre has played, A to Z, with Centre’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama 1–2
- Arizona 1–0
- Army 0–1
- Auburn 2–1
- Austin 1–0
- Berry 0–5
- Birmingham-Southern 1–2
- Boston College 0–1
- Bridgewater 1–0
- Carnegie Mellon 0–1
- Carson Newman 2–0
- Chattanooga 0–0–1
- Clemson 3–0
- Davidson 1–2
- DePauw 2–1
- Furman 0–2
- Georgetown 0–1
- Georgetown (Kentucky) 4–0
- Georgia 1–1–1
- Georgia Tech 0–1
- Hampden Sydney 0–1
- Hanover 4–2
- Harvard 1–2
- Hendrix 3–0
- Indiana 1–3
- Kansas State 0–1
- Kentucky 8–5
- Kentucky Wesleyan 1–0
- LaGrange 0–2
- Louisville 1–0
- Marquette 0–1
- Maryville (TN) 2–4
- Mercer 1–0
- Michigan State 0–2
- Millsaps 4–1
- Missouri 0–1
- Morris Harvey 1–0
- Nashville 0–1
- Northwestern 0–1
- Oglethorpe 1–1
- Ole Miss 1–1
- Pennsylvania 0–1
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Rhodes 6–0
- Samford 1–0
- Sewanee 7–0
- South Carolina 2–1
- Southwestern U 3–0
- TCU 1–0
- Temple 0–2
- Tennessee 3–10–2
- Tennessee Medical College 0–1
- Texas A&M 0–1
- Transylvania 4–0
- Trine 0–1
- Trinity (TX) 1–3
- Tulane 3–2
- Valparaiso 0–0–1
- Vanderbilt 0–9
- Villanova 0–2
- Virginia 1–0
- Virginia Tech 3–2
- Washington and Lee 5–1
- Washington St. Louis 1–1
- West Virginia 1–3
- Western Kentucky 1–1
- Xavier 2–1
Conferences
- Independent 1919–1925 and 1935
- Southern Athletic Conference since 2014
Centre’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 3
| 1921 | Bo McMillin QB |
| 1919 | Bo McMillin QB |
| 1919 | Red Weaver C |
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 0
| 1999 | Teel Bruner S |
| 1951 | Bo McMillin QB |
Old photographs
The Centre College football team, of Kentucky, in Washington to play Georgetown University, called on President Coolidge, today, Nov. 14th. In the center of the group can be seen the President and Senator Ernst, of KentuckyPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season; the one they date is on its season’s page.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Centre (1 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1030 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 1093 | ||||
| 2024 | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1173 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–4 | 6–2 | 1130 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 1152 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1208 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–2 | 1179 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–3 | 1185 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–2 | 1220 | |||||
| 1938 | 1–2 | 1254 | |||||
| 1937 | 1–1 | 1255 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–4 | 1239 | |||||
| 1935 | 1–7–1 | 1162 | |||||
| 1934 | 1–3 | 1249 | |||||
| 1933 | 1–2 | 1273 | |||||
| 1931 | 2–0 | 1261 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–3 | 1190 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | 1211 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–4 | 1242 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–2 | 1298 | |||||
| 1926 | 1–3 | 1428 | |||||
| 1925 | 3–6 | 1449 | |||||
| 1924 | 5–1–1 | 1690 | |||||
| 1923 | 7–1–1 | Charley Moran | 1677 |
Every season back to 1902 (19 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 8–2 | Charley Moran | 1677 | ||||
| 1921 | 10–1 | Charley Moran | 1699 | ||||
| 1920 | 8–2 | Charley Moran | 1602 | ||||
| 1919 | 9–0 | Charley Moran | 1519 | ||||
| 1917few games on file | 2–0 | 1298 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–1 | 1195 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1204 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1215 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1233 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–2 | 1256 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–1–1 | 1313 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 3–0 | 1374 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 1–0–1 | 1239 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–2 | 1184 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 1–1 | 1196 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–2 | 1150 | |||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–3 | 1145 | |||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–1 | 1193 |
No season on file for 1903, 1918, 1932, 1943–2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 44 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.