1930 Clemson Tigers football team

1930 Clemson Tigers football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record8–2 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJohnnie Justus
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama + 8 0 0 10 0 0
No. 11 Tulane + 5 0 0 8 1 0
No. 10 Tennessee 6 1 0 9 1 0
Duke 4 1 1 8 1 2
Vanderbilt 5 2 0 8 2 0
Maryland 4 2 0 7 5 0
Florida 4 2 1 6 3 1
North Carolina 4 2 2 5 3 2
Clemson 3 2 0 8 2 0
Georgia 3 2 1 7 2 1
Kentucky 4 3 0 5 3 0
South Carolina 4 3 0 6 4 0
VPI 2 3 1 5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0 2 7 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 1 2 6 1
LSU 2 4 0 6 4 0
Virginia 2 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 0 3 6 1
NC State 1 5 0 2 8 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0 3 5 1
Auburn 1 6 0 3 7 0
Washington and Lee 0 4 1 3 6 1
VMI 0 5 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team Clemson College—now known as Clemson University—as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1930 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Josh Cody, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished ninth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 239 to 82.[1][2]

Right halfback Johnnie Justus was the team captain.[3] Four Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1930 All-Southern Conference football team: center Red Fordham; guard Mule Yarborough; and quarterback Maxcy Welch and left halfback Grady Salley.[4]

After the season, Josh Cody resigned as Clemson's head coach to accept an assistant coaching job under Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt.

  1. ^ "Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide". Clemson University. 1960. pp. 15, 47.
  2. ^ "1930 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 1960 Clemson Media Guide, p. 15.
  4. ^ 1960 Clemson Media Guide, p. 23.