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Hall of Fame

1955 Centre Football

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Football

2005 marked the 50th anniversary of their undefeated 1955 season, when they finished 8-0

Most recent Centre football team to record an unbeaten season.

That season, they set a small college record by averaging over 430 yards in offense per game

Outscored their opponents by a combined score of 235-53

Had no game closer than 14 points

Fifty years later, they still hold Centre single-season team records in the following categories:
      2,987 yards rushing
      373 yards rushing per game
      431 yards of total offense per game
      Allowed their opponents a combined season total of only 593 yards passing

They join the 1921 national championship team as the only two teams inducted into the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame

Members of the 1955 Football Team
Coaches
Briscoe Inman '49
Joe Brummett '50
Bill Decker '55

Players
Howard Blaut '59
Joe Burchett '58
James Cahill, Jr. '59
George Cheatham '59
George Covington '59
Tony DeMarco '56
Bob Donlon '56
Ray Evans '56
Jack Fish '59
Phil Fritz '59
Marsh Goodson '57
Joe Gormley '57
John Hammond, Jr. '59
Steele Harmon, Jr. '56
Garland Howard '56
Jim Huddleston '57
Jim Jewell, Jr. '59
Albert Journey '58
Roland Kimberlin '58
John King '59
A. Stewart Koch '57
Jim Lee '56
Herb McGuire '57
Ralph Martin '56
Ronald "Mambo" Miller '58
James Morris '59
Keith Myers '59
Charles Phillips '57
Joe Pollard '56
Ed Quinif '59
David Ray '59
H. G. Reed, Jr. '58
Malcolm Roessler '57
William Rusk '58
Gene Scott '56
Lawrence Simon, Jr. '59
Bob Sternberg '59
Jack Stevens '59
Michael Strange '59
Jack Turner '59
Jon M. Warrington '59
Lowell D. Wood '59
John Wysard '59
Frank Yeager '57

Others
Bob Manchester '58 (manager)
Ted Shehan '56 (manager)
Dudley Doneghy (trainer)

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