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1930 Auburn

3–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Southern Conference), coached by Chet Wynne.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1930, game by game: lost at Birmingham-Southern 0–7; won vs. Spring Hill 13–0; lost at Florida 0–7; lost at Georgia Tech 12–14; lost at Georgia 7–39; won vs. Wofford 38–6; lost at Tulane 0–21; lost vs. Mississippi State 6–7; lost at Vanderbilt 0–27; won vs. South Carolina 25–7+32−32Lost 0–7 at Birmingham-Southern-7Birmingham-Sout…Won 13–0 vs. Spring Hill+13Spring HillLost 0–7 at Florida-7FloridaLost 12–14 at Georgia Tech-2Georgia TechLost 7–39 at Georgia-32GeorgiaWon 38–6 vs. Wofford+32WoffordLost 0–21 at Tulane-21TulaneLost 6–7 vs. Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–27 at Vanderbilt-27VanderbiltWon 25–7 vs. South Carolina+18South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atBirmingham-SouthernL 0–⁠764%
Oct 4vsSpring HillW 13–⁠071%
Oct 11atFloridaL 0–⁠714%
Oct 18atGeorgia TechL 12–⁠1421%
Oct 25atGeorgiaL 7–⁠3912%
Nov 1vsWoffordW 38–⁠685%
Nov 8atTulaneL 0–⁠2112%
Nov 15vsMississippi StateL 6–⁠770%
Nov 22atVanderbiltL 0–⁠2711%
Nov 27vsSouth CarolinaW 25–⁠735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 25–⁠7; 21st in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1930.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 21st in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
101–⁠135
Coach
Chet Wynne
Elo
1365 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.3 No. 69 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
C.D. Harkins

1930 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠0
Tulane5–⁠08–⁠1
Tennessee6–⁠19–⁠1
Duke4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠28–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠27–⁠5
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Clemson3–⁠28–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Kentucky4–⁠35–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Virginia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠32–⁠7
Georgia Tech2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
LSU2–⁠46–⁠4
Virginia2–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee1–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Ole Miss1–⁠53–⁠5–⁠1
NC State1–⁠52–⁠8
Auburn1–⁠63–⁠7
Washington and Lee0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
VMI0–⁠53–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.