Centenary College1-8The Gentlemen of Shreveport, Louisiana, who were a genuine Southern football power in the 1920s — SIAA champions — before the program went dark for decades and was reborn in Division III's SCAC.
Centenary beat major programs and won SIAA titles in the 1920s, and almost no one remembers the Gentlemen were once a Southern football power.
The Cyclones hold the line.
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Recent Form · last 10 games
Cold
One of five. The film room is busy this week.
Opens Sep 5
vs Westgate Christian University · at home
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · vs Westgate Christian University · Sat Sep 5 · 23:00 UTC
The Gentlemen of Shreveport, Louisiana, who were a genuine Southern football power in the 1920s — SIAA champions — before the program went dark for decades and was reborn in Division III's SCAC.
Centenary College sits 4th in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and 229th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Lutheran | 3-0 | 6-4 | 53.3 |
| 2 | Austin | 3-2 | 3-6 | 37.8 |
| 3 | Lyon | 1-2 | 2-7 | 37.2 |
| 4 | Centenary (LA) | 1-4 | 1-8 | 32.0 |
| 5 | Gallaudet | 0-0 | 1-8 | 34.0 |
Win the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.
Signature win 23-20 over Lyon; toughest day 10-64 against Hendrix College.
Community pulse
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What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sep 13 | — | #543 | — | @Millsaps | L 14–56 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #551 | #435 | — | East Texas Baptist | L 33–50 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #575 | #629 | — | @Austin | L 15–41 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #621 | #516 | — | Texas Lutheran | L 27–55 | 0-4 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #641 | #487 | — | @Lyon | W 23–20 | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #636 | #459 | — | McMurry | L 6–52 | 1-5 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #641 | #536 | — | @Hendrix College | L 10–64 | 1-6 | 1-2 |
| 11 | Nov 9 | #648 | #634 | — | Austin | L 10–20 | 1-7 | 1-3 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #647 | #629 | — | Austin (N) | L 14–16 | 1-8 | 1-4 |
Home-Field Advantage · Centenary College · 2018-present
Reversed (worse at home)
0% home win rate vs 25% on the road. margin runs -0.4 weaker at home. Mayo Field.
All-Time Record
5-14
since 2024 · 2 seasons · .263 win rate