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1930 Texas

8–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Clyde Littlefield.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1930, game by game: won vs. Texas State 36–0; won vs. UTEP 28–0; tied vs. Centenary (LA) 0–0; won vs. Howard Payne 26–0; won vs. Oklahoma 17–7; lost at Rice 0–6; won vs. SMU 25–7; won at Baylor 14–0; won at TCU 7–0; won vs. Texas A&M 26–0+36−6Won 36–0 vs. Texas State+36Texas StateWon 28–0 vs. UTEP+28UTEPTied 0–0 vs. Centenary (LA)0Centenary (LA)Won 26–0 vs. Howard Payne+26Howard PayneWon 17–7 vs. Oklahoma+10OklahomaLost 0–6 at Rice-6RiceWon 25–7 vs. SMU+18SMUWon 14–0 at Baylor+14BaylorWon 7–0 at TCU+7TCUWon 26–0 vs. Texas A&M+26Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsTexas StateW 36–⁠087%
Sep 28vsUTEPW 28–⁠068%
Oct 4vsCentenary (LA)T 0–⁠089%
Oct 11vsHoward PayneW 26–⁠093%
Oct 18vsOklahomaW 17–⁠762%
Oct 25atRiceL 0–⁠671%
Nov 1vsSMUW 25–⁠755%
Nov 8atBaylorW 14–⁠057%
Nov 15atTCUW 7–⁠035%
Nov 27vsTexas A&MW 26–⁠083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 26–⁠0; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

Southwest Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
179–⁠20
Coach
Clyde Littlefield
Elo
1667 +99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 8 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dexter Shelley

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

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

1930 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas4–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
TCU4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
SMU2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠23–⁠6
Rice2–⁠48–⁠4
Texas A&M0–⁠52–⁠7

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