1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1930 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record9–1 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainHarry Thayer
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Maryville (TN)*
W 54–0[1]
October 4Centre*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 18–0[2]
October 11Ole Miss
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 27–0[3]
October 18at Alabama
L 18–6[4]
October 25North Carolinadagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 9–718,000[5]
November 1Clemson
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 27–0[6]
November 8
Carson–Newman*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–0[7]
November 15at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• W 13–0[8]
    November 27Kentucky
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 8–025,000[9]
    December 6at Florida
    		W 13–6[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    Players

    Line

    Number Player Position Games
    started     		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

    Backfield

    Number Player Position Games
    started     		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

    Unlisted

    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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