1930 Arizona Wildcats football team

1930 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Captains
  • W. Dicus
  • Bill Hargis
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's   –   8 – 1 – 0
Arizona   –   6 – 1 – 1
Santa Barbara State   –   6 – 1 – 1
Hawaii   –   5 – 2 – 0
Columbia (OR)   –   4 – 2 – 0
Regis   –   6 – 3 – 0
San Francisco   –   6 – 3 – 0
New Mexico A&M   –   5 – 3 – 0
Santa Clara   –   5 – 3 – 1
New Mexico   –   4 – 5 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   2 – 3 – 1
Arizona State   –   3 – 5 – 1
Gonzaga   –   1 – 7 – 1
Humboldt State   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1930 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their 16th and final season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 6–1–1 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents, 122 to 33. The team captains were Waldo M. Dicus and William Hargis.[1] The team played its home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

Senior halfback Bill "Eel" Hargis was the team's star player.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Caltech
W 26–12[3][4]
October 11at Rice
L 0–21[5]
October 18Arizona State
W 6–0[6]
October 25vs. OccidentalPhoenix, AZW 21–0[7]
November 1Pomonadagger
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 20–0[8]
November 8at Texas Mines
T 0–0[9]
November 15New Mexico
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ (rivalry)
W 33–0[10]
November 27Colorado Agricultural
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 16–02,300[11][12]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. pp. 102, 104. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bill Hargis Recommended For Western Grid Eleven: University of Arizona Star Ball Carrier, Who Closed College Grid Career Yesterday, May Play Once More This Year". The Arizona Daily Star. November 28, 1930. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Arizona Trims Caltech Team". Los Angeles Times. October 4, 1930. pp. 5–6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hargis Leads Wildcats To 26–12 Victory Over California Tech". The Arizona Daily Star. October 4, 1930. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Hargis Features Rice–Arizona Game with 80-Yard Punt: Wildcats Give Gallant Fight But Lose 21–0". The Arizona Republican. October 12, 1930. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tempe Holds Arizona To 6 To 0 Score". The Arizona Daily Star. October 19, 1930. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wildcats Outclass Occidental, 21 to 0: Hargis Leads Arizona Eleven To Victory Over Tigers From California". The Arizona Daily Star. October 26, 1930. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wildcats Thump Pomona Sagehens, 20–0: Arizonans Push Visitors All Over Local Gridiron". The Arizona Daily Star. November 2, 1930. pp. 12–13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Miners Hold Arizona 0–0". The El Paso Times. November 9, 1930. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wildcats Crush New Mexico, 33 to 0". The Arizona Daily Star. November 16, 1930. pp. 9–10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Arizona U Closes Season with 16–0 Victory". The Arizona Daily Star. November 28, 1930. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Arizona Closes Season by Beating Colorado Aggies, 16–0". The Arizona Daily Star. November 28, 1930. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.