1940 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team
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Conference | Smoky Mountain Conference |
Record | 4–4 (3–3 Smoky Mountain) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Bud Carpenter, Frank Parsely |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milligan $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carson–Newman | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State Teachers | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryville | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumberland (TN) | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tusculum | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented State Teachers College, Johnson City—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference during the 1940 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Gene McMurray, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 4–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing third in the Smoky Mountain Conference. Bud Carpenter and Frank Parsely were named co-captains for the year. The team played Carson–Newman and Emory and Henry each twice, losing both games to Carson-Newman and splitting with Emory and Henry.[1]
East Tennessee State was ranked at No. 461 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 21 | Emory and Henry* | Johnson City, TN | L 14–19 |
September 28 | Milligan | Johnson City, TN | L 0–6 |
October 5 | Carson–Newman | Johnson City, TN | L 6–16 |
October 12 | at Emory and Henry* | Emory, VA | W 13–7 |
October 19 | at Tusculum | Greeneville, TN | W 13–0 |
October 26 | at Maryville (TN) | Maryville, TN | W 6–0 |
November 2 | Carson–Newman | Johnson City, TN | L 0–12 |
November 9 | Cumberland (TN) | Johnson City, TN | W 13–0 |
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References
[edit]- ^ East Tennessee State University Football by L. Thomas Roberts, Jerry Robertson, and the Buc Football and Friends Foundation, Foreword by Jack Higgs | Arcadia Publishing Books
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.