2024 Centenary Gentlemen football team
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- Byron Dawson (1st season)
| 2024 Centenary Gentlemen football | |
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| Conference | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (4–4 SCAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Keondre Wudtee (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread option |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Malik Preston (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Atkins Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Lutheran +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McMurry + | 7 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyon | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Centenary Gentlemen football team[1] represented Centenary College of Louisiana as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)[2] during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season. The Gentlemen played their home games at Atkins Field located in Shreveport, Louisiana. They were led by head coach Byron Dawson, who was the head coach of the Evangel Christian Academy Eagles from 2005 to 2019;[3] winning five Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships.
This was Centenary's first football season since 1947. They lost their first game against Hendrix College.[4]
The SCAC preseason media poll was released on August 19, 2024. The Gentlemen were predicted to finish third in the conference.[5]
| SCAC media poll | ||
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | McMurry | 25 (5) |
| 2 | Texas Lutheran | 19 |
| 3 | Centenary | 12 |
| 4 | Austin | 10 |
| 5 | Lyon | 9 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Hendrix* |
| L 20–43 | 1,978 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Texas Lutheran |
| L 8–31 | 1,105 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Austin |
| W 36–17 | 1,097 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at East Texas Baptist* |
| L 8–47 | 3,341 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Lyon |
| W 35–14 | 1,534 |
| October 12 | 5:00 p.m. | McMurry |
| L 10–28 | 1,291 |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Lyon |
| W 28–21 | 673 |
| October 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Austin |
| W 41–21 | 1,815 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Texas Lutheran |
| L 23–46 | 1,043 |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at McMurry | L 12–49 | 2,000 | |
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