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06-25-2006, 11:29 PM
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ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets By HAL MORRIS
hmorris@amnews.com
Notre Dame has its "Touchdown Jesus;" Centre College (http://www.centre.edu/) has the "Praying Colonels" and C6-H0.
On Oct. 29, 1921, Centre traveled up to Cambridge, Mass., to take on mighty Harvard, which beat Centre 31-14 the year before, was 17-0-2 in the previous two seasons, had seven national titles and was 5-0-1 with four shutouts entering the game.
But Centre quarterback Bo McMillin scored the game's only touchdown, breaking a Harvard tackle and scoring on a 33-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that stood as the Colonels pulled off the win. Centre went on to beat Clemson, Kentucky, Auburn and Arizona and finish 10-1.
And 85 years, later this monumental upset still stands up in the annals of college football lore. ESPN (http://espn.go.com/) has ranked the Colonels' win as its third-biggest college football upset ever, and the game is part of "Who's No. 1? Biggest College Football Upsets," a show that will air Aug. 28 on ESPN Classic.
"I can't imagine. It's hard for me to grasp that Centre-Harvard is the (third)-biggest upset," said Rube Kubale, whose father, Ed, played center and was a team captain on the squad coached by "Uncle" Charlie Moran. "But I think that's probably true, it was a big upset from everything I've heard about it.
"Harvard was a great team, and this little ol' school from the sticks went up there, and Lord, they came away with the thing."
McMillin's youngest daughter, Jane Rubier, said her father may find it hard to believe people are still talking about this game close to a century later.
"I think he'd be a bit surprised because it was his nature to be surprised," she said. "I'm sure in his heart of hearts, he'd be pleased, but I don't think he'd tell anybody."
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ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets By HAL MORRIS
hmorris@amnews.com
Notre Dame has its "Touchdown Jesus;" Centre College (http://www.centre.edu/) has the "Praying Colonels" and C6-H0.
On Oct. 29, 1921, Centre traveled up to Cambridge, Mass., to take on mighty Harvard, which beat Centre 31-14 the year before, was 17-0-2 in the previous two seasons, had seven national titles and was 5-0-1 with four shutouts entering the game.
But Centre quarterback Bo McMillin scored the game's only touchdown, breaking a Harvard tackle and scoring on a 33-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that stood as the Colonels pulled off the win. Centre went on to beat Clemson, Kentucky, Auburn and Arizona and finish 10-1.
And 85 years, later this monumental upset still stands up in the annals of college football lore. ESPN (http://espn.go.com/) has ranked the Colonels' win as its third-biggest college football upset ever, and the game is part of "Who's No. 1? Biggest College Football Upsets," a show that will air Aug. 28 on ESPN Classic.
"I can't imagine. It's hard for me to grasp that Centre-Harvard is the (third)-biggest upset," said Rube Kubale, whose father, Ed, played center and was a team captain on the squad coached by "Uncle" Charlie Moran. "But I think that's probably true, it was a big upset from everything I've heard about it.
"Harvard was a great team, and this little ol' school from the sticks went up there, and Lord, they came away with the thing."
McMillin's youngest daughter, Jane Rubier, said her father may find it hard to believe people are still talking about this game close to a century later.
"I think he'd be a bit surprised because it was his nature to be surprised," she said. "I'm sure in his heart of hearts, he'd be pleased, but I don't think he'd tell anybody."
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