1930 Southern Conference football season

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1930 Southern Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
DurationSeptember 20, 1930
through January 1, 1931
Number of teams23
Regular Season
Season champions Alabama
Tulane
Football seasons
←  1929
1931  →
1930 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Alabama + 8 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 11 Tulane + 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
No. 10 Tennessee 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Duke 4 –1 –18 –1 –2
Vanderbilt 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –07 –5 –0
Florida 4 –2 –16 –3 –1
North Carolina 4 –2 –25 –3 –2
Clemson 3 –2 –08 –2 –0
Georgia 3 –2 –17 –2 –1
Kentucky 4 –3 –05 –3 –0
South Carolina 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
VPI 2 –3 –15 –3 –1
Mississippi A&M 2 –3 –02 –7 –0
Georgia Tech 2 –4 –12 –6 –1
LSU 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Virginia 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Sewanee 1 –4 –03 –6 –1
NC State 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
Ole Miss 1 –5 –03 –5 –1
Auburn 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
Washington and Lee 0 –4 –13 –6 –1
VMI 0 –5 –03 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1930 college football season. The season began on September 20.

Contents

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the PCC champion Washington State 24–0 and claims a national championship. It was Wallace Wade's last year as Alabama head coach.

Tulane was also co-champion. Times-Picayune sports writer Pete Baird called the 1930 squad "the best team that ever represented the Olive and Blue".

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 20 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 28–7 [1]
September 20 Dakota Wesleyan LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 76–0 [2]
September 20 High Point NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 34–0 [3]
September 20 Jacksonville State Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 25–0 [4]
September 20 Erskine South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 19–04,000 [5]
September 20 Roanoke Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 37–0 [6]
September 20 Randolph–Macon Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 32–0 [7]

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
September 26 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama L 7–09,000 [8]
September 26 Union (TN) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 64–0 [9]
September 27 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 43–06,000 [10]
September 27 Wofford ClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaW 32–0 [11]
September 27 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 45–6
September 27 Oglethorpe Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 31–6 [12]
September 27 Louisiana Tech LSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaW 71–0 [13]
September 27 Washington College Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 60–63,000 [14]
September 27 Southwestern (TN) Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 14–0 [15]
September 27 Wake Forest North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 13–78,000 [16]
September 27 Davidson NC State World War Memorial Stadium • Greensboro, North Carolina L 12–0 [17]
September 27 Tennessee Tech SewaneeHardee Field • Sewanee, TennesseeW 14–0 [18]
September 27South Carolina Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina SCAR 22–0 [19]
September 27 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 54–0 [20]
September 27 Southwestern Louisiana Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 84–015,000 [21]
September 27 Chattanooga Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 39–0 [22]
September 27Randolph–MaconVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VirginiaW 48–0 [23]
September 27 Richmond VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaW 12–0 [24]
September 27Roanoke VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 9–0 [25]
September 27 Hampden–Sydney Washington & LeeStadium Field • Lynchburg, Virginia W 15–0 [26]

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 3 The Citadel ClemsonFlorence Memorial Stadium • Florence, South Carolina W 13–75,000 [27]
October 4Ole MissAlabamaDenny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaALA 64–0 [28]
October 4 Spring Hill Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 13–0 [29]
October 4NC StateFlorida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida FLA 27–010,000 [30]
October 4 Mercer GeorgiaSanford Field • Athens, GeorgiaW 51–0 [31]
October 4South Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 45–025,000 [32]
October 4Sewanee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 37–09,000 [33]
October 4Southwestern LouisianaLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaW 85–0 [34]
October 4Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut L 40–1350,000 [35]
October 4Mississippi A&M Mississippi College Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi L 13–12 [36]
October 4North CarolinaVPIMiles Stadium • Blacksburg, VirginiaUNC 39–215,000 [37]
October 4Tulane Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14–025,000 [38]
October 4 Centre TennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeW 18–0 [39]
October 4Vanderbilt Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota W 33–720,000 [40]
October 4VirginiaDukeDuke Stadium • Durham, North CarolinaDUKE 32–0 [41]
October 4 St. John's (MD) VMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaW 6–0 [42]
October 4Washington & LeeRichmond City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia W 14–04,000 [43]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 11SewaneeAlabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 25–0 [44]
October 11ClemsonNC State Central High School Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina CLEM 27–07,000 [45]
October 11AuburnFlorida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 7–0 [46]
October 11DavidsonDuke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 12–0 [47]
October 11Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut W 18–1445,000 [48]
October 11MarylandNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaUNC28–219,000 [49]
October 11Georgia Tech Carnegie Tech Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania L 31–040,000 [50]
October 11MaryvilleKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyW57–0 [51]
October 11LSUSouth CarolinaMelton Field • Columbia, South CarolinaSCAR 7–6 [52]
October 11 Millsaps Mississippi A&MScott Field • Starkville, MississippiL 19–13 [53]
October 11Ole MissTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeTENN27–0 [54]
October 11Tulane Texas A&M Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas W19–9 [55]
October 11VPIVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeVAN40–0 [56]
October 11Virginia Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L40–6 [57]
October 11VMIThe Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina L7–6 [58]
October 11Washington & Lee West Virginia Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia L3–1314,000 [59]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 16Wake ForestNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaL 7–0 [60]
October 17 Newberry ClemsonRiggs Field • Calhoun, South CarolinaW 75–0 [61]
October 18TennesseeAlabamaDenny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AlabamaALA 18–618,000 [62]
October 18AuburnGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaGT 14–12 [63]
October 18Duke Navy Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland W 18–0 [64]
October 18Florida Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois W 19–010,000 [65] [66]
October 18North CarolinaGeorgiaSanford Stadium • Athens, GeorgiaUGA 26–015,000 [67]
October 18LSUMississippi A&MMunicipal Stadium • Jackson, MississippiMSA&M 8–6 [68]
October 18 St. John's (MD) MarylandByrd Stadium • College Park, MarylandW 21–133,500 [69]
October 18SewaneeOle MissHemingway Stadium • Oxford, MississippiSEW 13–7 [70]
October 18Birmingham–SouthernTulaneTulane Stadium • New Orleans, LouisianaW 21–012,000 [71]
October 18Spring HillVanderbiltDudley Field • Nashville, TennesseeW 27–6 [72]
October 18VirginiaVMIAlumni Field • Lexington, VirginiaUVA 13–0 [73]
October 18 William & Mary VPI City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia W 7–08,000 [74]
October 18Washington & LeeKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyUK 33–14 [75]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 23ClemsonSouth CarolinaState Fairgrounds • Columbia, South CarolinaCLEM 20–715,000 [76]
October 25VanderbiltAlabamaLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaALA 12–720,000 [77]
October 25AuburnGeorgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 39–7 [78]
October 25DukeWoffordSnyder Field • Spartanburg, South Carolina W 14–0 [79]
October 25 Furman FloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FloridaL 14–13 [80]
October 25TulaneGeorgia TechGrant Field • Atlanta, GeorgiaTUL 28–0 [81]
October 25VirginiaKentuckyStoll Field • Lexington, KentuckyUK 47–0 [82]
October 25SewaneeLSUTiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LouisianaLSU 12–0 [83]
October 25MarylandVMICity Stadium • Richmond, VirginiaMD 20–0 [84]
October 25Ole MissChicagoStagg Field • Chicago, IllinoisT 0–0 [85]
October 25North CarolinaTennesseeShields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TennesseeTENN 9–718,000 [86]
October 25Mississippi A&MNC StateRiddick Stadium • Raleigh, North CarolinaNCST 14–0 [87]
October 25VPIDavidson Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina W 20–19 [88]
October 25St. John's (MD)Washington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VirginiaL 7–0 [89]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
October 30South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina W 13–0
November 1AlabamaKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky ALA 19–0
November 1 Wofford AuburnW 38–6
November 1Duke Villanova Philadelphia W 12–6
November 1FloridaGeorgia Savannah, Georgia T 0–0
November 1North CarolinaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta T 6–6
November 1 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana W 27–12
November 1MarylandVirginia Charlottesville, Virginia MD 14–6
November 1Mississippi A&MTulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 53–0
November 1Ole MissVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 24–0
November 1Sewanee Rice Houston L 12–0
November 1 Davidson VMI Davidson, North Carolina W 6–0
November 1Virginia TechWashington & Lee Lexington, Virginia T 0–0

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 7North Carolina StateNorth Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 13–6
November 8AlabamaFlorida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida ALA 20–0
November 8AuburnTulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 21–0
November 8ClemsonVMI Bain Field • Norfolk, Virginia CLEM 32–0
November 8Georgia NYU Polo Grounds • New York W 7–6
November 8VanderbiltGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta VAN 6–0
November 8KentuckyDuke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 14–7
November 8Ole MissLSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 6–0
November 8 Henderson State Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi L 25–7
November 8 Chattanooga Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee T 0–0
November 8 Carson-Newman Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–0
November 8VirginiaVirginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia VT 34–13
November 8Washington & LeeMaryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland MD 41–7

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 14 Rhodes Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 37–6
November 15LSUAlabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama ALA 33–0
November 15Mississippi A&MAuburn Birmingham, Alabama MSA&M 7–6
November 15ClemsonFlorida Jacksonville, Florida FLA 27–0
November 15Georgia Tech Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia L 34–7
November 15VMIKentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 26–0
November 15Virginia TechMaryland Norfolk, Virginia MD 13–7
November 15North Carolina Davidson Davidson, North Carolina L 7–6
November 15North Carolina StateDuke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 18–0
November 15SewaneeSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 14–13
November 15GeorgiaTulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 25–0
November 15TennesseeVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee TENN 13–0
November 15Washington & LeeVirginia Charlottesville, Virginia UVA 21–7

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 22Duke Wake Forest Wake Forest, North Carolina T 13–13
November 22Maryland Navy Annapolis, Maryland L 6–0
November 22North Carolina StateSouth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 19–0
November 22AuburnVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 27–0

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
November 27GeorgiaAlabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 13–0
November 27South CarolinaAuburn Columbus, Georgia AUB 25–7
November 27Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 12–7
November 27FloridaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta FLA 55–7
November 27 Johns Hopkins Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 39–6
November 27Ole MissMississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi MISS 20–0
November 27KentuckyTennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 8–0
November 27LSUTulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans TUL 12–7
November 27North CarolinaVirginia Charlottesville, Virginia UNC 41–0
November 27VMIVirginia Tech Roanoke, Virginia VT 24–0
November 27Washington & LeeDuke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 14–0
December 1MarylandVanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 22–7

Week Twelve

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceReference
December 6GeorgiaGeorgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta UGA 13–0
December 6MarylandMcDaniel Baltimore L 7–0
December 6DukeNorth Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina T 0–0
December 6TennesseeFlorida Jacksonville, Florida TENN 13–6

Bowl games

DateBowl GameSiteSIAA TeamOpponentScore
January 1, 1931 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California Alabama Washington State ALA 24–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team of southern coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press. [90]

PositionNameFirst-team selectorsTeam
QB Bobby Dodd AP, UP Tennessee
HB John Suther AP, UP Alabama
HB Buddy Hackman AP, UP Tennessee
FB Jack Roberts AP, UP Georgia
E Jerry Dalrymple AP, UP Tulane
T Fred Sington AP, UP Alabama
G Jimmy Steele AP, UP Florida
C Lloyd Roberts AP, UP Tulane
G Milton Leathers AP, UP Georgia
T Vance Maree AP Georgia Tech
E Vernon "Catfish" Smith AP Georgia

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