The 1930 season
621 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Alabama and Notre Dame claim the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Big Six
- Kansas
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Drake and Oklahoma State (shared)
- Pacific Coast Conference
- Washington State
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Utah
- Southwest Conference
- Texas
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Sam Houston
- Virginia Conference
- William & Mary
- Western Conference
- Michigan and Northwestern (shared)
Small college
- Big Four
- Tulsa
- Buckeye Conference
- Ohio
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Morgan State
- Far Western Conference
- Fresno State
- Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Southern Illinois
- Michigan Collegiate Conference
- Eastern Michigan
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- St. Thomas (MN)
- Mississippi Valley Conference
- Memphis
- North Central Conference
- North Dakota
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EWes Fesler, Ohio State
- EFrank Baker, Northwestern
- OTFred Sington, Alabama
- OTMilo Lubratovich, Wisconsin
- OGTed Beckett, California
- OGBarton Koch, Baylor
- CBen Ticknor, Harvard
- QBFrank Carideo, Notre Dame
- RBMarchy Schwartz, Notre Dame
- RBErny Pinckert, USC
- FBLeonard Macaluso, Colgate
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1930 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1930 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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LOS ANGELES. Dec. 6. lyP)- Leaving a trail of destruction behind them, Notre Danes Pough Riders have closed out the great est two year record in all grldiron history. The Irish climaxed a winning streak of 19 straight victories with out a defeat or tie by scoring q smashing 27–0 triumph over South ern CALIFORNIA; widely -heTal6ed offensive eleven before 10000 per sons here Saturday. Although Notre Dame Won 20 straight games back II 1919. 1920 and 1921 before meeting defea-, the present streak is more formidable because every victory was. ever q major eleven without Z real setup in the entire group during two seasons Of play. Thrown on the defensive At the outset Of the game, Southern Cal ifornia had to fight with its back to the wall throughout a one-side5 contest in which Notre Dame dom mated in every department o. play except punting. Notre Dame took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards down the field lost the ball on downs. recovered it a moment later on the Trojans 20-yard line and had touchdown all in less than SIX min utes of play. After Southern California had stopped Notre Danes first assault. the Trojans lost the ball when z bad pass from center hit Jim Mus lex on the leg and Alvin Culver. big Notre Dame tackle, recovered on his opponents 2O-yard line. Set to stop Notre Danes running at tack, Frank Carideo, Napoleonic quarterback, caught the TTojanS’ defense mapping with flank pass from Marchy Schwartz TO himself the pass was for 10 yards and Ca rideo ran the remaining 10 yards for Notre Danes first touchdown. Lead At Outset Before the end OF the first per iod Notre Dame was ahead 1879. On the last play of the opening quarter, Bucky O’Conre-. East Orange, N. J.. Irishman, who lneypectedly started at fulpack IN place OF ex-student Savoldi and the in jured Mullins, slanted off tackle, and ran 80 yards down the sideGres for Notre Danes second touch down. In this run Ernie Pincke-r. who scarcely looked ike ar all American player ia this game. and Marshall Duffield. both 6lrei – O’Connor and missed hlE. Notre Dame had to---6---nullified IN the second -a--cG zf-s- Dan Hanley had ca-g1- . gas 81 ran unmolested over L-= gca----a because the Irish Tz-s CI+z,.es. In the first five ----1ss II ne third period Not-e Dane ---.--‘-i>e.. 69 yards in seven sV-1 -la-- CT its third touch5oEL 5ci--va--z made runs Of y ard = -this march, and Q CoL-c-, -az-- :
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1931 | Alabama 24, Washington State 0Rose Bowl |