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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 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1930 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1930 Vols won nine and lost one game (9–1 overall, 6–1 in the SoCon). The only loss of the season came on October 18 to eventual Rose Bowl champion, Alabama. Tennessee and Vanderbilt were the only teams to score against Alabama in 1930. The 1930 Volunteers team outscored their opponents 209 to 31 and posted seven shutouts

Schedule

September 27, 1930Maryville*

W 54–0 October 4, 1930Centre*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 18–0 October 11, 1930Ole Miss

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 27–0 October 18, 1930at Alabama

L 6–18 October 25, 1930North Carolinadagger

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 9–7 November 1, 1930Clemson

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 27–0 November 8, 1930Carson–Newman*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 34–0 November 15, 1930at Vanderbilt

W 13–0 November 27, 1930Kentucky

W 8–0 December 6, 1930at Florida

W 13–6

Template:CFB Schedule End

Players

Quarterbacks

  • 17 Bobby Dodd - Sr.
  • 12 Hugh Faust - Sr.
  • 38 Charles Reineke - Sr.

Halfbacks

  • 15 Buddy Hackman - Sr.
  • 28 Gene McEver - Sr.
  • 14 John Allen - Jr.
  • 16 Theodore Disney - Jr.
  • 44 Charles Gillespie - Jr.
  • 27 Paul D. Heydrick - Jr.
  • 43 Deke Brackett - So.
  • 19 Harvey Robinson - So.
 

Fullbacks

  • 13 James Decker - Sr.
  • 40 William G. Cox - Jr.
  • 18 Charles Kohlhase - Jr.

Ends

  • 26 Paul Hug - Sr.
  • 31 Fritz Brandt - Sr.
  • 39 Virgil Rayburn - So.
  • 33 James Clemmer - Jr.
  • 25 Laird Holt - Jr.
  • 41 Charles Talbot - Sr.
  • 35 C. L. McPherson - So.
  • 49 Francis Shull - So.
 

Tackles

  • 11 Malcolm Aitken - So.
  • 20 Eugene S. Mayer - Jr.
  • 42 Ray Saunders - Jr.
  • 50 Oscar Derryberry - Jr.
  • 22 J. Ralph Still - So.
  • 51 Thomas Bounds - So.
  • 60 James Eldridge - So.

Guards

  • 24 Harry Thayer - Sr.
  • 34 Conrad Templeton - Sr.
  • 30 Herbert Brown - Sr.
  • 45 Herman Hickman - Jr.
  • 56 Ben Redman - So.
  • 37 John Franklin - So.
 

Centers

  • 23 Louis Roberts - Sr.
  • 47 David K. Mitchell - Sr.

Unlisted

  • 21 Gordon Moore
  • 36 David Blumberg
  • 48 Cyrus Rankin
  • 52 Hoyt Smiley
  • 53 Robert Warfield
  • 55 Powell McWhirter
  • 58 Robert Green
  • 59 Kenneth Driskell
  • 61 Henry Foutch
 

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References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1930–39". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  2. ^ http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/fbpro/main.php?bid=611&pg=10&catid=107