In its 15th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[a] the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, and outscored their opponents, 160–54.

The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.

[b] In 15 contests between New Hampshire and Brown, played during 1905–1931, the 1930 game was the only Wildcat victory.

[12] Wildcat co-captain Herbert Hagstrom would go on to serve as principal and later superintendent of nearby Portsmouth High School; he died in March 1971 at age 62.

[13] Co-captain Kenneth Clapp died in September 1959 at age 51; he had served in World War II and worked for Kraft Foods in the Chicago area.