Year: | 1930 |
Team: | Tuskegee Golden Tigers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | SIAC |
Record: | 11–0–1 |
Conf Record: | – |
Head Coach: | Cleveland Abbott |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Champion: | Black college national co-champion SIAC champion |
Bowl: | Prairie View Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 19–7 vs. |
The 1930 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the Tuskegee Institute as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1930 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled an 11–0–1 record, won the SIAC championship, shut out five of 12 opponents, defeated in the Prairie View Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 338 to 44. The team was recognized as the black college national champion.
Key players included Benjamin F. Stevenson and fullback Shorty Shanklin.