1930 Big Ten Conference football season

1930 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport	Football
Number of teams	10
Co-champions	Michigan, Northwestern
Runners-up	Purdue
Season MVP	Wes Fesler
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1930 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
No. 4 Northwestern +	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Illinois	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Iowa	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Big Ten Conference football season was the 35th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1930 college football season.

The 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Harry Kipke, compiled an 8-0-1 record, led the conference in scoring defense (2.6 points allowed per game), and was ranked No. 5 in the Dickinson System. Quarterback Harry Newman and center Maynard Morrison won first-team All-Big Ten honors. The 1930 Michigan team was the first of four consecutive Michigan teams to win or tie for the Big Ten championship, losing only one game from 1930 to 1933.

The 1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team, under head coach Dick Hanley, compiled a 7–1 record, tied with Michigan for the Big Ten championship, and was ranked No. 4 in the Dickinson System. End Frank Baker was a consensus first-team All-American. Guard Wade Woodworth and fullback Lafayette Russell also received first-team All-American honors from multiple selectors.

Ohio State end Wes Fesler won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten and was also selected as a consensus first-team All-American.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	DS rank	PPG	PAG	MVP
1 (tie)	Michigan	Harry Kipke	8–0–1	5–0	#5	12.3	2.6	Jack Wheeler
1 (tie)	Northwestern	Dick Hanley	7–1	5–0	#4	22.8	4.5	Bob Clark
3	Purdue	Noble Kizer	6–2	4–2	NR	18.8	5.1	George Stearns
4 (tie)	Wisconsin	Glenn Thistlethwaite	6–2–1	2–2–1	NR	25.2	4.4	Bill Lusby
4 (tie)	Ohio State	Sam Willaman	5–2–1	2–2–1	NR	17.4	6.0	Wes Fesler
6 (tie)	Minnesota	Fritz Crisler	3–4–1	1–3	NR	15.8	10.1	Clarence Munn
6 (tie)	Indiana	Harlan Page	2–5–1	1–3	NR	3.5	15.1	Joe Zeller
8	Illinois	Robert Zuppke	3–5	1–4	NR	9.8	12.1	Stan Bodman
9	Iowa	Burt Ingwersen	4–4	0–1	NR	11.0	9.3	Oliver Sansen
10	Chicago	Amos Alonzo Stagg	2–5–2	0–4	NR	3.7	14.3	Wally Knudson

Key
DS = Rankings from Dickinson System. See 1930 college football season
PPG = Average of points scored per game ^[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game ^[1]
MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy ^[2]

Bowl games

No Big Ten teams participated in any bowl games during the 1930 season.

All-Big Ten players

For the complete All-Big Ten selections, see 1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press (UP), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and/or the conference coaches (Coaches) as first-team players on the 1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Position	Name	Team	Selectors
Quarterback	Harry Newman	Michigan	AP, UP, Coaches [halfback]
Quarterback	Jack White	Purdue	NEA, Coaches
Halfback	Lee Hanley	Northwestern	AP, UP, NEA
Halfback	Eddie Risk	Purdue	AP, Coaches
Halfback	Lew Hinchman	Ohio State	UP
Fullback	Lafayette Russell	Northwestern	UP, NEA
Fullback	Pug Rentner	Northwestern	AP, Coaches
End	Frank Baker	Northwestern	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches
End	Wes Fesler	Ohio State	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches
Tackle	Milo Lubratovich	Wisconsin	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches
Tackle	George Van Bibber	Purdue	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches
Guard	Wade Woodworth	Northwestern	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches
Guard	Biggie Munn	Minnesota	UP, NEA, Coaches
Guard	Greg Kabat	Wisconsin	AP
Center	Maynard Morrison	Michigan	AP, UP, NEA, Coaches

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 1930 College Football All-America Team.

Three Big Ten players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1930 College Football All-America Team. They were:

Position	Name	Team	Selectors
End	Wes Fesler	Ohio State	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
End	Frank Baker	Northwestern	AP, INS, UP
Tackle	Milo Lubratovich	Wisconsin	NEA, UP

Other Big Ten players received first-team honors from at least one selector. They were:

Position	Name	Team	Selectors
Guard	Wade Woodworth	Northwestern	AP, NEA, NYEP, LAT
Fullback	Lafayette Russell	Northwestern	AAB, NANA, NYEP

References

1. "1930 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
2. Harvey Woodruff (December 21, 1930). "Vote Fesler Most Valuable Big 10 Player: Versatile Ohio Athlete Wins Tribune Award; Wheeler, Michigan, Places Second". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
3. Paul Mickelson (November 28, 1930). "Northwestern Places 4 Stars". Prescott Evening Courier (AP story).
4. "NEA and Rockne All-Big Ten selections". The Capital Times. November 28, 1930. p. 17.
5. "United Press Names Big Ten All Stars: Wildcats Lead With Four Men on Honor Team; Harry Newman Called Best Quarterback in Conference Since Friedman". Decatur Herald. November 24, 1930. p. 3.
6. "United Press Gives Its All-Big Ten Selections--3 Teams: Munn Is Put On First Team As a Guar". The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. p. 5.
7. "Newman Put On All-Big Ten". Detroit Free Press. November 23, 1930. p. 15.