1930 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record2–5–2 (1–2–2 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainLeonard McGirl
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas $ 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Kansas State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Missouri 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Iowa State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1930 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1930 college football season. The team compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–2–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in fifth place in the Big 6, and was outscored by a total of 132 to 41. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the eighth of nine seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The team's leading scorer was John Van Dyne with 14 points.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Colorado*
L 0–96,000[4]
October 11at Saint Louis*
L 0–2010,000[5]
October 18at NYU*
L 0–3827,000[6]
October 25Drake*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 14–13[7]
November 1at Kansas State
L 13–20[8]
November 8Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 14–04,488[9]
November 15at Nebraska
T 0–0[10]
November 22Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
L 0–3224,000[11]
November 27at Oklahoma
T 0–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1930 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p.26.
  4. ^ "Colorado U. beats Missouri by 9 to 0". Fort Collins Coloradoan. October 5, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. Louis U. defeats Missouri, 20–0, Before Crowd of 10,000". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 12, 1930. p. 1C. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tigers sink lower". The Kansas City Star. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bert M'Grane (October 26, 1930). "Tigers surprise Drake, 14–13: Soph halfback leads attack for Missouri". The Des Moines Register. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Aggies won a flipping game over M.U. 20–13". The Sedalia Democrat. November 2, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Missouri Tigers hand Iowa State defeat, score 14–0". St. Joseph Gazette. November 9, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Missouri holds Nebraska to tie". Argus-Leader. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The magic fails, Gwinn Henry fails to produce a miracle and the Jayhawks win". The Kansas City Star. November 23, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tigers hold Oklahoma to tie, 0–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 28, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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