1930 Tulane Green Wave football team

1930 Tulane Green Wave football
1930 starting lineup
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record8–1 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainLoyd Roberts
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
Uniform
1930 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Alabama + 8 0 010 0 0
No. 11 Tulane + 5 0 08 1 0
No. 10 Tennessee 6 1 09 1 0
Duke 4 1 18 1 2
Vanderbilt 5 2 08 2 0
Maryland 4 2 07 5 0
Florida 4 2 16 3 1
North Carolina 4 2 25 3 2
Clemson 3 2 08 2 0
Georgia 3 2 17 2 1
Kentucky 4 3 05 3 0
South Carolina 4 3 06 4 0
VPI 2 3 15 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 02 7 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 12 6 1
LSU 2 4 06 4 0
Virginia 2 5 04 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 03 6 1
NC State 1 5 02 8 0
Ole Miss 1 5 03 5 1
Auburn 1 6 03 7 0
Washington and Lee 0 4 13 6 1
VMI 0 5 03 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1930 Southern Conference football season. In its fourth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 in conference games), shared the SoCon title with national champion Alabama, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 263 to 30. Tulane was ranked No. 11 in the final Dickinson rankings released in December 1930.

Times-Picayune sports writer Pete Baird called the 1930 squad "the best team that ever represented the Olive and Blue". The team's only loss was to Big Ten co-champion Northwestern. Tulane defeated Georgia Tech at Grant Field for the first time. One writer called the Tulane victory over the Georgia Bulldogs "one of the finest games ever played by any Green Wave team in Tulane football history".

End Jerry Dalrymple was chosen as a first-team All-American by Collier's Weekly (Grantland Rice), the All-American Board, and the North American Newspaper Association. He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Four Tulane players received All-Southern honors from the Associated Press or United Press: Dalrymple (AP-1, UP-1), center Lloyd Roberts (AP-1, UP-1), halfback Don Zimmerman (AP-2, UP-2), and guard Maury Bodenger (AP-2)