The 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game was a regular-season collegiate American football game played on October 29, 1921, at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. The contest featured the undef
Harvard's 1919 football starters; Arnold Horween, captain in 1920, is shown top center
1921 Centre team with a pennant alluding the game
The "impossible formula" painted on the side of a building at Centre, pictured in 2024. In the days after the game, the formula was painted by students all around Danville.
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Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-
1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game
…control in the second half and won the game. Centre played well enough to warrant a rematch the following year, and the Colonels, led by quarterback Bo McMillin and halfback Norris Armstrong, again found themselves tied with the Crimson at halftime. Less than two minutes into the game's third quarter, McMillin…
McMillin on a 1950s football card
Around 1920
About to score against Harvard.
Centre players in Danville, fresh off the victory over Harvard. McMillin is top right.