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1930 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1930 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Eastern college football independents records
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at BuffaloW 75–2[2][3]
October 4Thiel
W 52–6[4]
October 11Georgia Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 31–040,000[5]
October 18at Notre DameL 6–2130,009[6]
October 25at Western ReserveW 40–8[7]
November 1NYU
L 7–2025,000[8]
November 8at Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–752,000[9]
November 22at TempleW 32–13[10]
December 6Washington & Jefferson
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–010,000[11]

References

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  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 Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Tech Outclasses Buffalo Eleven". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1930. p. 40. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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.