American college football season
The 1930 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1930 college football season . In their first season under head coach Chile Walsh , the Billikens compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 107 to 82.[ 1] The team played its home games at its newly-constructed Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis .[ 2] Halfback Harlan "Snakes" Gazelle was the team captain.[ 3]
Schedule Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 Cornell (IA) W 27–0[ 4]
October 3 at Oklahoma City L 0–21[ 5]
October 11 Missouri Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO W 20–010,000 [ 6]
October 17 at Butler W 7–08,000 [ 7]
October 31 Missouri Mines Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO T 33–3311,000 [ 8]
November 7 Loyola (IL) Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO L 6–76,500 [ 9]
November 14 Loyola (LA) Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO L 7–146,000 [ 10]
November 27 Washington University Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO T 7–715,381 [ 11]
References
^ "1930 - Saint Louis (MO)" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
^ "Missouri U. Eleven Favored in Grid Battle With Billikens Today" . The St. Louis Star . October 11, 1930. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gazelle To Make First Start of Year for Billikens Against Rolla" . The St. Louis Star . October 28, 1930. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "St. Louis University defeats Cornell, 27–0" . The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette and Republican . September 17, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Oklahoma City eleven blanks St. Louis, 21–0" . The Minneapolis Star . United Press . October 4, 1930. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "St. Louis U. Defeats Missouri, 20-0, Before Crowd of 10,000" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 12, 1930. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Butler Bulldogs bow to St. Louis in home-coming encounter, 7 to 0" . The Indianapolis Star . October 18, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "St. Louis U. and Rolla elevens play sensational 33–33 tie" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . November 1, 1930. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "St. Louis U. goes down to defeat at hands of Loyola of Chicago, 7–6" . St. Louis Globe-Democrat . November 8, 1930. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dent McSkimming (November 15, 1930). "Billikens Surprise, Holding the Loyola Eleven to 14-7 Score" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . p. 2B – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Elusive Washington back helped by fine line play; No scoring in last half" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . November 28, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .