Career
Ganfield was a supporter of athletic programs at both schools. He was president at Centre College during the school"s 1921 Centre versus Harvard football game, when Centre scored a victorious upset over national favorite Harvard University.
As of 2006, the game is still considered by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network as one of the greatest college football upset victories of all time.
Ganfield continued his support of football as college president at Carroll. He boasted that within four years" time the school would be beating the Wisconsin Badgers in football.
By 1925, the school had a perfect 8–0 season under head coach Phillip Norris Armstrong. As of 2008, the school has never played the "Badgers" in football.
