DANVILLE, Ky. - The Centre football team headed into their Senior Day showdown looking to knock off their second consecutive ranked opponent as the 15th ranked Trinity Tigers came to town. In a defensive slugfest for both teams, a field goal in the final minute was the difference on the scoreboard in a 16-13 win for the Tigers.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- The first big defensive play of the game came on Trinity's first series as the Colonels deflected a pass that wound up into the arms of senior
Ollie Carter for an interception.
- After the next Centre drive stalled on fourth down, it took the Tigers just three plays to reach the end zone as a 28-yard touchdown pass put the Tigers on the board first.
- The defenses continued to dominate the game going into the second quarter. With five minutes left in the half, Centre embarked on their first long march of the game. A pass interference call kept the chains moving on third down. Facing fourth down,
Mason Trimble connected with senior
Tate Johnson, who hauled in a pass and reached the doorstep of the goal line.
Kyle Davis punched it in on the very next play to tie the game at 7-7.
- A short punt from Trinity set up Centre at midfield near the end of the second quarter. Two short completions to senior
Jakei Tarter and a long pass to
Caden Barker put the Colonels at the Trinity 7, and Trimble dialed his own number and ran it in on the next play to give Centre a 13-7 lead after the extra point missed.
- The Tigers connected on a pair of passes to get within field goal range on the last play of the half, but
Luke Cole blocked the attempt to preserve Centre's six-point lead at the break.
- The third quarter was a defensive struggle after an explosive second quarter. Trinity's second drive was a long one as the Tigers took six minutes off the clock and capped it off with a field goal to cut the deficit in half at 13-10.
- Centre began the fourth quarter running the ball to move the chains, with
Tyler Blythe picking up a first down and Trimble breaking off a 24-yard run, Centre's longest of the day. The Colonels set up for a long field goal, but a penalty pushed them out of range and forced a fourth down attempt, which resulted in a turnover on downs.
- Trinity drove the length of the field and kicked a field goal to tie the score at 13-13. On Centre's next drive, Davis picked up a first down on a short yardage situation, and then Blythe converted a reverse for a key gain on fourth down to advance into Trinity territory. On the next play, the Tigers picked off Trimble and returned the ball deep into Centre territory. Although Centre's defense forced the Trinity offense backwards, the Tigers kicked a season long 44-yard field goal with 49 seconds left on the clock to take the lead for good.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will travel to Texas next week for the 2026 season finale at Southwestern.
