Football Selected as "Team of the Week"
The Centenary football team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Gents completed their historic 2024 season last weekend.
Shreveport – The Centenary football team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Gents completed their historic 2024 season last weekend.
The Gents finished 4-6 overall and 4-4 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play as the sport of football returned to campus for the first time in over a half-century.
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. The Gents were impressive in their "Independent College Season" last Fall and finished 9-1 overall and outscored their nine opponents, 375-113, and recorded three shutouts.
The success of the fall of 2023 led into the 2024 regular season in which the Gents provided their fans many memorable and exciting moments. One of the highlights of the home season came on Saturday, Oct. 26 as the Gents earned a memorable 41-21 comeback victory over the Austin College 'Roos in league play in its Homecoming game. Centenary completed a season sweep of the 'Roos after defeating them 36-17 in Sherman, Texas in September.
Centenary scored 108 points in its five home games, an average of 21.6 PPG, and drew nearly 8,000 fans as the excitement and support was evident all season long at Atkins Field.
The Gents, picked to finish third in the conference in the preseason poll, finished behind co-champions McMurry University and Texas Lutheran University, who each tied for first place with 7-1 conference records.
Centenary led the conference in interceptions (15) and finished third in sacks (22). The Gents' nine fumble recoveries was also second-most in the league.
Several Gents earned SCAC Player of the Week honors and national recognition from D3football.com. Check out all of these awards and honors as well as game recaps from the entire season below:
https://gocentenary.com/sports/fball/2024-25/news
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/fball/2024-25/schedule
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