1930 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1930 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1930 college football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his 11th year as head coach, compiling a record of 2–6–1.^[1]

1930 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–6–1 (2–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	William Alexander (11th season)
Offensive scheme	Jump shift
Captain	Earl Dunlap
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	South Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 45–0	25,000	[2]
October 12	at Carnegie Tech*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–31	40,000	[3]
October 18	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 14–12		[4]
October 25	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–28		[5]
November 1	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	T 6–6	22,000	[6]
November 8	Vanderbilt	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–6	25,000	[7]
November 15	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–34		[8]
November 27	Florida	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–55		[9]
December 6	Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 0–13	27,000	[10]
*Non-conference game