The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, at Legion Field in Birmingham, and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.

Only the Vanderbilt game was close, as the Commodores scored a late touchdown that cut Alabama's lead to five in their 12–7 loss.

Alabama received its third Rose Bowl invitation in six seasons, this time against the also undefeated Cougars of Washington State.

The win clinched the second perfect season in school history after 1925, and the Crimson Tide claimed the 1930 national championship along with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Johnny Cain starred at fullback, and in the days of iron man football also handled linebacker, and punting duties.

Other players from the 1930 Alabama team included Fred Sington, who went on to play baseball for the Washington Senators and Frank Howard, who later became famous as the long-time head coach at Clemson.

Jennings B. Whitworth, who kicked a field goal in the Rose Bowl, was hired as Alabama's football coach a quarter-century later.

[4] Although never publicly stated by Wade himself, friends and former players attributed his resignation to criticism he received during the 1927, 1928, and 1929 seasons, as well as his desire to return to a private university.

[5] [16] Alabama opened the season with its only scheduled non-conference game against Howard College (now Samford University) at Denny Stadium.

[17] The Tide opened conference play game against the Ole Miss Rebels, and for a second consecutive week shutout their opponent.

[25] Against the favored Vanderbilt Commodores, Wallace Wade defeated his coaching mentor Dan McGugin 12–7 at Legion Field.

The Commodores then scored their only points of the game later in the third when Benny Parker threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to William Schwartz.

[33] In the only game of the season played at the Cramton Bowl, Alabama defeated Louisiana State University 33–0.

[35] In their final regular season game, the Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 13–0 to capture the Southern Conference championship.

[37] Immediately after their victory over Georgia in the season finale, University president George Denny accepted an invitation to play in the 1931 Rose Bowl against the Washington State Cougars.

[39] Jennings B. Whitworth scored the final points of the game with his 30-yard field goal to give Alabama the 24–0 victory.

[39] The NCAA recognizes consensus national champions as the teams that have captured a championship by way of one of the major polls since the 1950 college football season.