Football Selected as "Team of the Week"
Shreveport – The Centenary football team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Gents made history on Saturday night by bringing the sport back to the college for the first time in a half-century.
Shreveport – The Centenary football team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Gents made history on Saturday night by bringing the sport back to the college for the first time in a half-century.
The Gents fell 43-20 to the Hendrix College Warriors in front of an overflow crowd at Atkins Field but the final score could not deter the excitement and buzz that was evident the entire day leading up to the game and throughout the contest itself. The Gents (0-1) fell behind the Warriors (1-0) by a score of 36-6 at halftime but outscored them 14-7 in the second half.
Centenary's previous football history began with the Gents' first game in the fall of 1894 and ended in November of 1941, with a brief attempted revival in the 1960s and the anticipation and excitement after a half-century of the sport being gone was on full display Saturday night.
"So many people have worked for years to make this day happen," said head coach Byron Dawson. "People invested their time and hard-earned money and I am so happy and grateful that we had college football in this city tonight and we are going to keep pushing forward."
The Gents will hit the road next Saturday, Sept. 14 as they open Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play against the Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs in Seguin, Texas.
For more information about becoming a Centenary football season or per game sponsor, please contact Assistant AD/Strategic Communications Patrick Meehan at 318-865-5092 or pmeehan@centenary.edu OR Collin Taylor, Development Officer for Athletics, at 318-869-5052 or cbtaylor2@centenary.edu
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/fball/2024-25/schedule
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