1930 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1930 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions;

1930 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1930 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southern Conference
1930 record	8–2 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Dan McGugin (26th season);
Captain	Joe Scheffer
Home stadium	Dudley Field
	Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

The 1930 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1930 college football season. The 1930 season was Dan McGugin's 26th year as head coach.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Chattanooga*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 39–0
October 4	at Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 33–7	20,000
October 11	VPI	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 40–0
October 18	Spring Hill*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 27–6
October 25	at Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 7–12	22,000	^[1]
November 1	Ole Miss	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 24–0
November 9	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 15	Tennessee	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–13		^[2]
November 22	Auburn	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 27–0
December 1	Maryland	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 22–7
*Non-conference game

^ "Brilliant running of Suther is big factor in Alabama win". Nashville Banner. October 26, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tennessee defeats Vanderbilt 13–0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1930. Retrieved August 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1930 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".

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National championships in bold

1930 Southern Conference football standings
v t	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