1930 California
4–5 (1–4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Nibs Price. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana 46–0Nov 1
By 46 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vsSanta Clara | W 19–7 | 91% |
| Oct 4 | vs Washington State | L 0–16 | 57% |
| Oct 11 | vsSaint Mary’s (CA) | W 7–6 | 82% |
| Oct 18 | vsOlympic Club | L 7–13 | 88% |
| Oct 25 | at Washington | L 0–13 | 44% |
| Nov 1 | vs Montana | W 46–0 | 67% |
| Nov 8 | at USC | L 0–74 | 15% |
| Nov 15 | vs Nevada | W 8–0 | 92% |
| Nov 22 | vs Stanford | L 0–41 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Stanford 41–0; tied for 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
Photographs from 1930
California–Stanford football game, Berkeley, Cailfornia, Nov. 22, 1930Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
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
- 4–5
- Conference
- 1–4 tied for 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 87–170
- Coach
- Nibs Price
- Elo
- 1465 −105 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.8 No. 71 of 106 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Carl Handy
All-Pacific Coast
1 first teamFirst team
Ted BeckettOGAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1930 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State | 6–0 | 9–1 | |
| USC | 5–1 | 8–2 | |
| Stanford | 4–1 | 9–1–1 | |
 Oregon | 3–1 | 7–2 | |
| Washington | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
 Oregon State | 2–3 | 7–3 | |
| Montana | 1–3 | 5–3 | |
| California | 1–4 | 4–5 | |
 UCLA | 1–4 | 3–5 | |
 Idaho | 0–5 | 4–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.