[2] Additionally, the play clock was set to 30 seconds and a forward pass was able to be thrown from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage rather than only from five yards behind it, the latter being a rule now used in the present.
[3] Following Central's away game against Missouri Valley, they returned home and played the Warrensburg Mules to a scoreless tie, while outgaining them 125 yards to 86 in a non-conference match.
[7] They greatly outplayed Culver–Stockton, outgaining them 189 yards to 41 and making 14 first downs to 2, but were only able to score once, with Jack Oliver running in for the game-winning touchdown in the fourth.
[1][10] The Eagles won their next game at William Jewell, the defending champion, 16–13, taking the lead of the Missouri College Athletic Union.
[a] The Ragout, Central's yearbook, wrote that "If we overlook the Rinke[y]dinks when writing up a Championship team, we have failed to give credit to a group of individuals who deserve no small amount of praise for their part in the success of the season.