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1930 Saint Mary’s (CA)

8–⁠1, coached by Slip Madigan.

Schedule and results

Saint Mary’s (CA) in 1930, game by game: won vs. West Coast Army 32–0; won vs. San Francisco 13–0; lost at California 6–7; won at UCLA 21–6; won at Gonzaga 41–0; won vs. Santa Clara 13–0; won vs. Olympic Club 15–0; won at Fordham 20–12; won vs. Oregon 7–6+41−1Won 32–0 vs. West Coast Army+32West Coast ArmyWon 13–0 vs. San Francisco+13San FranciscoLost 6–7 at California-1CaliforniaWon 21–6 at UCLA+15UCLAWon 41–0 at Gonzaga+41GonzagaWon 13–0 vs. Santa Clara+13Santa ClaraWon 15–0 vs. Olympic Club+15Olympic ClubWon 20–12 at Fordham+8FordhamWon 7–6 vs. Oregon+1Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsWest Coast ArmyW 32–⁠072%
Oct 4vsSan FranciscoW 13–⁠073%
Oct 11atCaliforniaL 6–⁠718%
Oct 17atUCLAW 21–⁠637%
Oct 25atGonzagaW 41–⁠061%
Nov 1vsSanta ClaraW 13–⁠079%
Nov 8vsOlympic ClubW 15–⁠073%
Nov 15atFordhamW 20–⁠1219%
Nov 27vsOregonW 7–⁠645%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 7–⁠6.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
168–⁠31
Coach
Slip Madigan
Elo
1469 +166 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
6.2 No. 36 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Harry EbdingEAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Fred StennettRBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).