1930 Southern Conference football season

1930 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 20, 1930 through January 1, 1931
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Alabama Tulane

1930 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Alabama +	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 11 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Tennessee	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Duke	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	2
Vanderbilt	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Clemson	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
LSU	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Auburn	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VMI	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Southern Conference football season began on September 20. This was Duke's first year in the conference.

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.

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 20	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 28–7
September 20	Dakota Wesleyan	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 76–0
September 20	High Point	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 34–0
September 20	Jacksonville State	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 25–0
September 20	Erskine	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 19–0
September 20	Roanoke	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 19–0
September 20	Randolph-Macon	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	W 32–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 26	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	L 7–0
September 26	Union (TN)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 64–0
September 27	Howard	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 43–0
September 27	Wofford	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 32–0
September 27	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 45–6
September 27	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 31–6
September 27	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 71–0
September 27	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 60–6
September 27	Rhodes	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 14–0
September 27	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 13–7
September 27	Davidson	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 12–0
September 27	Tennessee Tech	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 14–0
September 27	South Carolina	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	SCAR 22–0
September 27	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 54–0
September 27	Louisiana-Lafayette	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 84–0
September 27	Chattanooga	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 39–0
September 27	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 48–0
September 27	Richmond	VMI	Lexington, VA	W 12–0
September 27	Roanoke	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 9–0
September 27	Hampden-Sydney	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 15–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 3	The Citadel	Clemson	Florence, SC	W 13–7
October 4	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 64–0
October 4	Spring Hill	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, AL	W 13–0
October 4	North Carolina State	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, FL	FLA 27–0
October 4	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 51–0
October 4	South Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 45–0
October 4	Sewanee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 37–0
October 4	Louisiana-Lafayette	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 85–0
October 4	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 40–13
October 4	Mississippi A&M	Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	L 13–12
October 4	North Carolina	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	UNC 39–21
October 4	Tulane	Northwestern	Chicago, IL	L 14–0
October 4	Tennessee	Centre	Danville, KY	W 18–0
October 4	Vanderbilt	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 33–7
October 4	Virginia	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 32–0
October 4	St. John's	VMI		W 6–0
October 4	Washington & Lee	Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 14–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 11	Sewanee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 25–0
October 11	Clemson	North Carolina State	Charlotte, NC	CLEM 27–0
October 11	Auburn	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	FLA 7–0
October 11	Davidson	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 12–0
October 11	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 18–14
October 11	Maryland	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 28–21
October 11	Georgia Tech	Carnegie Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	L 31–0
October 11	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 57–0
October 11	LSU	South Carolina		SCAR 7–6
October 11	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 19–13
October 11	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 27–0
October 11	Tulane	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	W 19–9
October 11	Virginia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 40–0
October 11	Virginia	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 40–6
October 11	VMI	The Citadel	Charleston, SC	L 7–6
October 11	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 33–13

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 16	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 7–0
October 17	Newberry	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 75–0
October 18	Tennessee	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 18–6
October 18	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 14–12
October 18	Duke	Navy	Annapolis, MD	W 18–0
October 18	Florida	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	W 19–0
October 18	North Carolina	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	UGA 26–0
October 18	LSU	Mississippi A&M	Jackson, MS	MSA&M 8–6
October 19	Gallaudet	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 13–6
October 18	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SEW 13–7
October 18	Birmingham-Southern	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–0
October 18	Spring Hill	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–6
October 18	Virginia	VMI	Lexington, VA	UVA 13–0
October 18	William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Richmond, VA	W 7–0
October 18	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 33–14

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 23	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	CLEM 20–7
October 25	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 12–7
October 25	Auburn	Georgia	McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA	UGA 39–7
October 25	Wofford	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 14–0
October 25	Furman	Florida	Gainesville, FL	L 14–13
October 25	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	TUL 28–0
October 25	Virginia	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 47–0
October 25	Sewanee	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 12–0
October 25	Maryland	VMI	Richmond, VA	MD 20–0
October 25	Ole Miss	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	T 0–0
October 25	North Carolina	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 9–7
October 25	Mississippi A&M	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	NCST 14–0
October 25	Virginia Tech	Davidson	Davidson, NC	W 20–19
October 25	St. John's	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	L 7–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 30	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 13–0
November 1	Alabama	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	ALA 19–0
November 1	Wofford	Auburn		W 38–6
November 1	Duke	Villanova	Philadelphia, PA	W 12–6
November 1	Florida	Georgia	Savannah, GA	T 0–0
November 1	North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	T 6–6
November 1	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 27–12
November 1	Maryland	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	MD 14–6
November 1	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 53–0
November 1	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 24–0
November 1	Sewanee	Rice	Houston, TX	L 12–0
November 1	Davidson	VMI	Davidson, NC	W 6–0
November 1	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	T 0–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 7	North Carolina State	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 13–6
November 8	Alabama	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	ALA 20–0
November 8	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 21–0
November 8	Clemson	VMI	Bain Field • Norfolk, VA	CLEM 32–0
November 8	Georgia	NYU	Polo Grounds • New York, NY	W 7–6
November 8	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	VAN 6–0
November 8	Kentucky	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 14–7
November 8	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 6–0
November 8	Henderson State	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 25–7
November 8	Chattanooga	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	T 0–0
November 8	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 34–0
November 8	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	VT 34–13
November 8	Washington & Lee	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	MD 41–7

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 14	Rhodes	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 37–6
November 15	LSU	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 33–0
November 15	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	MSA&M 7–6
November 15	Clemson	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	FLA 27–0
November 15	Georgia Tech	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 34–7
November 15	VMI	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 26–0
November 15	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Norfolk, VA	MD 13–7
November 15	North Carolina	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 7–6
November 15	North Carolina State	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 18–0
November 15	Sewanee	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 14–13
November 15	Georgia	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 25–0
November 15	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	TENN 13–0
November 15	Washington & Lee	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	UVA 21–7

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 22	Duke	Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	T 13–13
November 22	Maryland	Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 6–0
November 22	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 19–0
November 22	Auburn	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 27–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 27	Georgia	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 13–0
November 27	South Carolina	Auburn	Columbus, GA	AUB 25–7
November 27	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, SC	W 12–7
November 27	Florida	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	FLA 55–7
November 27	Johns Hopkins	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 39–6
November 27	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	MISS 20–0
November 27	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 8–0
November 27	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 12–7
November 27	North Carolina	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	UNC 41–0
November 27	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	VT 24–0
November 27	Washington & Lee	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 14–0
December 1	Maryland	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 22–7

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 6	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	UGA 13–0
December 6	Maryland	McDaniel	Baltimore, MD	L 7–0
December 6	Duke	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0
December 6	Tennessee	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	TENN 13–6

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1931	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Alabama	Washington State	ALA 24–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1930 College Football All-America Team

• E - Jerry Dalrymple, Tulane (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-2; CP-2; NANA; AAB)
• E - Herb Maffett, Georgia (UP-3; NYEP-1)
• E - Bill Schwartz, Vanderbilt (CP-2)
• T - Fred Sington, Alabama (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CP-1; NANA; NYEP-1; NYS-1; LAT; AAB)
• T - Vance Maree, Georgia Tech (INS-3)
• T - Foots Clement, Alabama (CP-3)
• G - Ralph Maddox, Georgia (INS-1)
• C - Lloyd Roberts, Tulane (INS-3)
• QB - Bobby Dodd, Tennessee (AP-2; UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1 [hb]; CP-2)
• HB - John Suther, Alabama (AP-3; UP-3; INS-2; CP-1; NYEP-1)
• HB - Red Bethea, Florida (CP-2)
• FB - Jack Roberts, Georgia (INS-3; CP-2)
• FB - Johnny Cain, Alabama (INS-2)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1930 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team of southern coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bobby Dodd	6'1"	170	Sr.	Kingsport, Tennessee	Tennessee
HB	John Suther			Sr.	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Alabama
HB	Buddy Hackman	5'11"	175	Sr.	Nashville, Tennessee	Tennessee
FB	Jack Roberts	6'0"	210	Jr.	Pine Log, Georgia	Georgia
E	Jerry Dalrymple	5'10"	175	Jr.	Arkadelphia, Arkansas	Tulane
T	Fred Sington	6'2"	215	Sr.	Birmingham, Alabama	Alabama
G	Jimmy Steele		194	Sr.	Tampa, Florida	Florida
C	Lloyd Roberts			Sr.		Tulane
G	Milton Leathers	5'11"	198	Jr.	Athens, Georgia	Georgia
T	Vance Maree	6'1"	204	Jr.	Savannah, Georgia	Georgia Tech
E	Vernon "Catfish" Smith	6'2"	190	Jr.	Macon, Georgia	Georgia