1930 Princeton Tigers football team

1930 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5–1
Head coach	Bill Roper (17th season)
Captain	Ricardo A. Mestres
Home stadium	Palmer 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 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]

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Amherst	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 23–0	17,000	[3]
October 11	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–7	35,000	[4]
October 18	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–12	40,000	[5]
October 25	Navy	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–31	45,000	[6]
November 1	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	T 0–0	35,000	[7]
November 8	Lehigh	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 9–13	20,000	[8]
November 15	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–10	60,000	[9]

References

1. "1930 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Mestres To Lead Tigers". The Morning Call. December 4, 1929. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Princeton eleven downs Amherst by 23–0 score". The Hartford Courant. October 5, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Brown beats Princeton in bitter battle". Arizona Republic. October 12, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cornell triumphs over Princeton". The Sunday Times. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Navy swarms over Princeton by 31 to 0". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Harvey Woodruff (November 2, 1930). "Chicago and Princeton Battle to 0–0 Score Before 35,000". Chicago Tribune. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Princeton beaten by Lehigh eleven". The New York Times. November 9, 1930. p. S3.
9. "Yale Downs Tigers: Elis Lucky to Win Over Princeton 10–7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, NJ. November 16, 1930. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.