1930_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team

1930 Tennessee Volunteers football
1930 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–1 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Robert Neyland (5th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Harry Thayer
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
	Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team

American college football season

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

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"Ole Miss holds Tennessee to 27–0". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Vols' victorious march is ended as Tide wins, 18–6". The Knoxville Journal. October 19, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Carolina defeated by Tennessee". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 26, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Tennessee romps to 34–0 victory over Carson–Newman". The Knoxville Journal. November 9, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Maryville (TN)*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 54–0		^[1]
October 4	Centre*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 18–0		^[2]
October 11	Ole Miss	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 27–0		^[3]
October 18	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 18–6		^[4]
October 25	North Carolina	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 9–7	18,000	^[5]
November 1	Clemson	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 27–0		^[6]
November 8	Carson–Newman*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 34–0		^[7]
November 15	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 13–0		^[8]
November 27	Kentucky	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 8–0	25,000	^[9]
December 6	at Florida	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	W 13–6		^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Number	Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
11	Malcolm Aitken	tackle				202
51	Thomas Bounds	tackle
31	Fritz Brandt	end	Erwin, Tennessee				21
30	Herbert Brown	guard
33	James Clemmer	end
50	Oscar Derryberry	tackle
60	James Eldridge	tackle
37	John Franklin	guard
45	Herman Hickman	guard	Johnson City, Tennessee	Baylor School	5'10"	225	19
25	Laird Holt	end
26	Paul Hug	end	Kingsport, Tennessee	Kingsport High		172	24
20	Eugene S. Mayer	tackle
35	C. L. McPherson	end
47	David K. Mitchell	center
39	Virgil Rayburn	end	Pulaski, Tennessee	Dyersburg High	6'1"	180	20
56	Ben Redman	guard
23	Louis Roberts	center
42	Ray Saunders	tackle			6'0"	184	20
49	Francis Shull	end
22	J. Ralph Still	tackle
41	Charles Talbot	end
34	Conrad Templeton	guard
24	Harry Thayer	guard

Number	Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
14	John Allen	halfback
43	Deke Brackett	halfback
40	William G. Cox	fullback
13	Quinn Decker	fullback
16	Theodore Disney	halfback
17	Bobby Dodd	quarterback	Kingsport, Tennessee	Kingsport High	6'1"	170	22
12	Hugh Faust	quarterback
44	Charles Gillespie	halfback
15	Buddy Hackman	halfback	Nashville, Tennessee	Hume-Fogg High	5'11"	175	24
27	Paul D. Heydrick	halfback
18	Charles Kohlhase	fullback
28	Gene McEver	halfback	Bristol, Virginia	Bristol High	5'10"	185	22
38	Charles Reineke	quarterback
19	Harvey Robinson	halfback

Number	Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
36	David Blumberg
59	Kenneth Driskell
61	Henry Foutch
58	Robert Green
55	Powell McWhirter
21	Gordon Moore
48	Cyrus Rankin
52	Hoyt Smiley
53	Robert Warfield

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v t e	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