1930 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1930 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1930 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach James DeHart, the team compiled an 8–1–2 record (4–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place, shut out seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 147 to 48. Lee Davis was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

1930 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1930 record8–1–2 (4–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainLee Davis
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1930 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Alabama + 8 0 010 0 0
Tulane + 5 0 08 1 0
Tennessee 6 1 09 1 0
Duke 4 1 18 1 2
Vanderbilt 5 2 08 2 0
Maryland 4 2 07 5 0
Florida 4 2 16 3 1
North Carolina 4 2 25 3 2
Clemson 3 2 08 2 0
Georgia 3 2 17 2 1
Kentucky 4 3 05 3 0
South Carolina 4 3 06 4 0
VPI 2 3 15 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 02 7 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 12 6 1
LSU 2 4 02 6 1
Virginia 2 5 04 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 03 6 1
NC State 1 5 02 8 0
Ole Miss 1 5 03 5 1
Auburn 1 6 03 7 0
Washington and Lee 0 4 13 6 1
VMI 0 5 03 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27 South Carolina L 0–22 [3]
October 4 Virginia
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 32–0
October 11 Davidson
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 12–0
October 18 at Navy Baltimore, MD W 18–0
October 25 Wofford
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–0
November 1 at Villanova W 12–6
November 8 Kentucky
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–17
November 15 at NC State W 18–0
November 22 at Wake Forest
T 13–3
November 27 Washington and Lee
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–0 [4]
December 6 at North Carolina T 0–0
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "1930 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. "Birds defeat Duke 22–0". The Charlotte Observer. September 28, 1930. Retrieved January 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Blue Devils, given hard fight by Generals, get 14 to 0 win". The News and Observer. November 28, 1930. Retrieved February 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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