# 1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1930 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1930 Vols won nine and lost one game (9–1 overall, 6–1 in the SoCon). The only loss of the season came on October 18 to eventual Rose Bowl champion, Alabama. Tennessee and Vanderbilt were the only teams to score against Alabama in 1930. The 1930 Volunteers team outscored their opponents 209 to 31 and posted seven shutouts

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 27 | Maryville (TN)* | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 54–0 | |
| October 4 | Centre* | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 18–0 | |
| October 11 | Ole Miss | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 27–0 | |
| October 18 | at Alabama | Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) | L 18–6 | |
| October 25 | North Carolina | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 9–7 | 18,000 |
| November 1 | Clemson | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 27–0 | |
| November 8 | Carson–Newman* | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 34–0 | |
| November 15 | at Vanderbilt | Dudley FieldNashville, TN (rivalry) | W 13–0 | |
| November 27 | Kentucky | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 8–0 | 25,000 |
| December 6 | at Florida | Fairfield StadiumJacksonville, FL (rivalry) | W 13–6 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecoming ||||||

## Players
### Line

| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
| 11 | Malcolm Aitken | tackle | | | | 202 |
| 51 | Thomas Bounds | tackle |
| 31 | Fritz Brandt | end | Erwin, Tennessee | | | | 21 |
| 30 | Herbert Brown | guard |
| 33 | James Clemmer | end |
| 50 | Oscar Derryberry | tackle |
| 60 | James Eldridge | tackle |
| 37 | John Franklin | guard |
| 45 | Herman Hickman | guard | Johnson City, Tennessee | Baylor School | 5'10" | 225 | 19 |
| 25 | Laird Holt | end |
| 26 | Paul Hug | end | Kingsport, Tennessee | Kingsport High | | 172 | 24 |
| 20 | Eugene S. Mayer | tackle |
| 35 | C. L. McPherson | end |
| 47 | David K. Mitchell | center |
| 39 | Virgil Rayburn | end | Pulaski, Tennessee | Dyersburg High | 6'1" | 180 | 20 |
| 56 | Ben Redman | guard |
| 23 | Louis Roberts | center |
| 42 | Ray Saunders | tackle | | | 6'0" | 184 | 20 |
| 49 | Francis Shull | end |
| 22 | J. Ralph Still | tackle |
| 41 | Charles Talbot | end |
| 34 | Conrad Templeton | guard |
| 24 | Harry Thayer | guard |

### Backfield

| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
| 14 | John Allen | halfback |
| 43 | Deke Brackett | halfback |
| 40 | William G. Cox | fullback |
| 13 | Quinn Decker | fullback |
| 16 | Theodore Disney | halfback |
| 17 | Bobby Dodd | quarterback | Kingsport, Tennessee | Kingsport High | 6'1" | 170 | 22 |
| 12 | Hugh Faust | quarterback |
| 44 | Charles Gillespie | halfback |
| 15 | Buddy Hackman | halfback | Nashville, Tennessee | Hume-Fogg High | 5'11" | 175 | 24 |
| 27 | Paul D. Heydrick | halfback |
| 18 | Charles Kohlhase | fullback |
| 28 | Gene McEver | halfback | Bristol, Virginia | Bristol High | 5'10" | 185 | 22 |
| 38 | Charles Reineke | quarterback |
| 19 | Harvey Robinson | halfback |

### Unlisted

| Number | Player |
| 36 | David Blumberg |
| 59 | Kenneth Driskell |
| 61 | Henry Foutch |
| 58 | Robert Green |
| 55 | Powell McWhirter |
| 21 | Gordon Moore |
| 48 | Cyrus Rankin |
| 52 | Hoyt Smiley |
| 53 | Robert Warfield |