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1930 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1930 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1930 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 7–2–1 record.[1]

1930 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–2–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHerb Maffett
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (30,000)
Uniform
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Oglethorpe*
W 31–6[2]
October 4Mercer*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 51–0[3]
October 11at Yale*
W 18–1445,000[4]
October 18North Carolina 
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 26–015,000[5]
October 25vs. Auburn
W 39–7[6]
November 1vs. Florida
T 0–0[7]
November 8at NYU*
W 7–645,000[8]
November 15at Tulane
L 0–25[9]
November 27at Alabama
L 0–1328,000[10]
December 6at Georgia Tech
W 13–027,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

Players

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Line

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Number Player Position
29 McCarthy Crenshaw End
17 Jim Hamrick Tackle
27 Billy Hazelhurst Guard
13 Milton Leathers Guard
11 Ralph Maddox Guard
10 Herb Maffett End
24 Fred Miller End
14 Bobby Rose Tackle
9 Vernon "Catfish" Smith End
15 Spero Tassapoulas Center

Backfield

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Number Player Position
8 Spurgeon Chandler Halfback
6 Marion Dickens Halfback
1 Austin Downes Quarterback
18 Lloyd Gilmore Fullback
19 Homer Key Halfback
4 Moran Quarterback
2 Buster Mott Halfback
7 Jack Roberts Fullback
26 Wendell "Sully" Sullivan Quarterback
21 Leroy Young Quarterback

Unlisted

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Number Player
3 Weddington Kelly
5 John Davidson
12 J. McWhorter
16 Lynn
20 Armin Waugh
22 Hamilton
23 Hardin
25 Jasper Bennett
28 James Stoinoff
30 James Patterson
32 Thornton
34 Collins
35 Ed Davis
36 Reynolds

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References

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  1. ^ "1930 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Mott shines as Bulldogs run wild". Nashville Banner. September 28, 1930. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia overwhelms Mercer". The Atlanta Constitution. October 5, 1930. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia invades Yale Bowl for 18 to 14 brilliant victory". Johnson City Chronicle. October 12, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bulldogs of Georgia trample Tarheels". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 19, 1930. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Auburn Tigers score first but lose to smooth Georgia Bulldogs, 39 to 7". The Macon Telegraph. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Florida battles Georgia to scoreless draw". St. Petersburg Times. November 2, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia tops Violets, 7–6". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 9, 1930. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tulane defeats Georgia in easy fashion". The Shreveport Times. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Crimson Tide sweeps on and on to Pasadena". The Birmingham News. November 28, 1930. Retrieved February 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Georgia defeats Tech before 27,000 fans, 13–0". The Birmingham News. December 7, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "CONTENTdm".
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