1930 NYU Violets football team

The 1930 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–3 record.[1]

1930 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1930 record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colgate      9 1 0
Fordham      8 1 0
Army      9 1 1
Dartmouth      7 1 1
NYU      7 3 0
Cornell      6 2 0
Pittsburgh      6 2 1
Tufts      5 2 0
Temple      7 3 0
Bucknell      6 3 0
Carnegie Tech      6 3 0
Duquesne      6 3 0
Syracuse      5 2 2
Yale      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Drexel      6 3 1
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Columbia      5 4 0
Penn      5 4 0
Boston College      5 5 0
Villanova      5 5 0
Penn State      3 4 2
Harvard      3 4 1
Princeton      1 5 1
Massachusetts      1 8 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27HobartW 35–015,000[2]
October 4West Virginia WesleyanW 41–620,000[3]
October 11Villanova
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 20–640,000[4]
October 18Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 38–027,000[5]
October 25vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–778,500[6]
November 1at Carnegie TechW 20–725,000[7]
November 8GeorgiaL 6–745,000[8]
November 15Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 2–022,000[9]
November 22Rutgers
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 33–018,000[10]
December 6Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 6–720,000[11]

References

  1. "1930 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. "Violets in full bloom - Meehan's machine crushes Hobart, 35–0". Daily News. September 28, 1930. p. 66. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.Y.U. trounces W. Va. Wesleyan". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1930. p. 69. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Violet defeats Villanova 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1930. p. 33. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tigers sink lower". The Kansas City Star. October 19, 1930. p. B1. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fumble gives Fordham 7–0 victory over N.Y.U. eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 26, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "New York U. Violets upset Carnegie". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved February 4, 2021 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. "Mistake by quarterback Scalzi gives N.Y.U. first victory over a Georgetown team in three years". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 16, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Rutgers is routed by N.Y.U. team". The Sunday Times. October 23, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Macaluso's extra point enables Colgate to down Violets, 7–6". Democrat and Chronicle. December 7, 1930. p. III-I. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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