1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1930 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
1930 record 91 (61 SoCon)
Head coach Robert Neyland (5th year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Harry Thayer
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1930 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Alabama + 8 0 0     10 0 0
Tulane + 5 0 0     8 1 0
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     2 6 1
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

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 (91 overall, 61 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

Date Opponent Site Result
September 27, 1930 Maryville* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 540  
October 4, 1930 Centre* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 180  
October 11, 1930 Ole Miss Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 270  
October 18, 1930 at Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October) L 618  
October 25, 1930 North Carolinadagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 97  
November 1, 1930 Clemson Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 270  
November 8, 1930 Carson–Newman* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 340  
November 15, 1930 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) W 130  
November 27, 1930 Kentucky Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) W 80  
December 6, 1930 at Florida Fairfield StadiumJacksonville, FL (Rivalry) W 136  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Players

1930 Tennessee Volunteers roster

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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