1930 Tulane Green Wave football team

1930 Tulane Green Wave football
SoCon co-champion
Conference	Southern Conference
1930 record	8–1 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Bernie Bierman (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Captain	Lloyd Roberts
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)
Uniform
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

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

Tulane at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 0 0 0 0 0 • Northwestern 0 14 0 0 14 Date: October 4 Location: Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL Game attendance: 35,000 Sources:

Tulane at Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total • Tulane 0 7 12 0 19 Texas A&M 2 0 0 7 9 Date: October 11 Location: Dallas, TX Game attendance: 12,000 Sources:

Tulane at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Tulane 7 14 0 7 28 Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 25 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Sources:

Georgia at Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 • Tulane 0 6 6 13 25 Date: November 15 Location: Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Game attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rip Major Sources:

LSU at Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 0 0 7 7 • Tulane 0 7 0 6 13 Date: November 27 Location: Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Game attendance: 38,000 Referee: Everett Strupper Sources:

The 1930 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1930 college football season. Coached by Bernie Bierman, the Green Wave posted an 8–1 record and shared a conference championship with national champion Alabama. Tulane outscored its opponents 263–30.

The team lost its only game to Big Ten champion Northwestern. Times-Picayune sports writer Pete Baird called the 1930 squad “the best team that ever represented the Olive and Blue”.

Lloyd Roberts was elected captain. The backfield was all new, including quarterback Red Dawson, halfbacks Wop Glover and Don Zimmerman, and fullback Nollie Felts.

With 15,000 fans at opening day, Tulane defeated Southwestern Louisiana 84–0. Elmer Massey scored three times and Zimmerman twice.

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Tulane suffered its only loss to Big Ten co-champion Northwestern, 14–0. The first score came when a Red Dawson pass was intercepted by Hank Bruder, returned 45 yards for a touchdown. Bruder also got the next touchdown.

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In Dallas, Tulane won 19–9 over Texas A&M. Wop Glover ran for two touchdowns. The Aggies took an early 2–0 lead off a safety from a blocked Felts punt. Glover then ran 62 yards, sweeping around left end after a fake pass, behind a devastating block by Dalrymple. Glover's other touchdown was a 3-yard run. Dawson threw to Dalrymple for 31 yards and the last Tulane touchdown. The Aggies managed a final score against Tulane's reserves.

Tulane won over Birmingham–Southern in a tough game, 21–0. Don Zimmerman broke open the game with a 53-yard touchdown run.

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