1930 NYU Violets football team

1930 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
1930 record	7–3
Head coach	Chick Meehan (6th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Yankee Stadium Polo Grounds
Seasons ←  1929 1931  →

1930 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Colgate			–					9	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					9	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
NYU			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	2
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1930 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–3 record. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Hobart	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 35–0	15,000	[2]
October 4	West Virginia Wesleyan	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 41–6	20,000	[3]
October 11	Villanova	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 20–6	40,000	[4]
October 18	Missouri	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 38–0	27,000	[5]
October 25	vs. Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–7	78,500	[6]
November 1	at Carnegie Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 20–7	25,000	[7]
November 8	Georgia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–7	45,000	[8]
November 15	Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 2–0	22,000	[9]
November 22	Rutgers	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 33–0	18,000	[10]
December 6	Colgate	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–7	20,000	[11]

References

1. "1930 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
2. "Violets in full bloom - Meehan's machine crushes Hobart, 35–0". Daily News. September 28, 1930. p. 66. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "N.Y.U. trounces W. Va. Wesleyan". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1930. p. 69. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Violet defeats Villanova 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1930. p. 33. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tigers sink lower". The Kansas City Star. October 19, 1930. p. B1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fumble gives Fordham 7–0 victory over N.Y.U. eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 26, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "New York U. Violets upset Carnegie". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Georgia tops Violets, 7–6". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 9, 1930. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Mistake by quarterback Scalzi gives N.Y.U. first victory over a Georgetown team in three years". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 16, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Rutgers is routed by N.Y.U. team". The Sunday Times. October 23, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Macaluso's extra point enables Colgate to down Violets, 7–6". Democrat and Chronicle. December 7, 1930. p. III-I. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.