1930 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

1930 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Walter Steffen (16th season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium

1930 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Colgate			–					9	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					9	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
St. John's			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					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
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					4	–	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
Providence			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	7	–	1
Vermont			–					1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1930 college football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Walter Steffen, the Tartans compiled a record of 6–3. Carnegie Tech played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Buffalo	Bison Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 75–2		[2][3]
October 4	Thiel	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 52–6		[4]
October 11	Georgia Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 31–0	40,000	[5]
October 18	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 6–21	30,009	[6]
October 25	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 40–8		[7]
November 1	NYU	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–20	25,000	[8]
November 8	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–7	52,000	[9]
November 22	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 32–13		[10]
December 6	Washington & Jefferson	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 26–0	10,000	[11]

References

1. "1930 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedules and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
2. "Tartan Clan Outclasses Opening Foe". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1930. p. 39. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Tech Outclasses Buffalo Eleven". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1930. p. 40. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Powerful Carnegie Tech attack buries Thiel eleven in 52–6 score". The Pittsburgh Press. October 5, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Carnegie Tech marches through Georgia Tech". The Los Angeles Times. October 12, 1930. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. John W. Stahr (October 19, 1930). "Irish Beat Carnegie, 21 to 6". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Reserve holds Carnegie 40–8". The Sandusky Register. October 26, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "New York U. Violets upset Carnegie". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Carver, Jess (November 9, 1930). "Plaid loses to Panthers by 7–6 score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Carnegie Tech easily beats Temple, 32–13". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 23, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Tech beats W. & J., 26–0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. December 7, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.