1930 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1930 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their 17th and final year under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers finished with a 1–5–1 record and were outscored by a total of 164 to 55.[1]

1930 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
CaptainRicardo A. Mestres
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colgate  910
Fordham  810
No. 9 Army  911
No. 8 Dartmouth  711
St. John's  710
NYU  730
Cornell  620
Pittsburgh  621
Washington & Jefferson  621
Tufts  520
Temple  730
Bucknell  630
Carnegie Tech  630
Duquesne  630
Syracuse  522
Yale  522
CCNY  521
Brown  631
Drexel  631
Franklin & Marshall  531
Manhattan  431
Columbia  540
Penn  540
Boston College  550
Villanova  550
Penn State  342
Harvard  341
Providence  341
Princeton  151
Boston University  171
Vermont  171
Massachusetts  180
Rankings from Dickinson System

Guard Ricardo A. Mestres was elected as the team captain.[2] No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 AmherstW 23–017,000[3]
October 11 Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–735,000[4]
October 18 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–1240,000[5]
October 25 Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–3145,000[6]
November 1at ChicagoT 0–035,000[7]
November 8 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 9–1320,000[8]
November 15 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 7–1060,000[9]

References