1938 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team
| 1938 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football | |
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Smokey Mountain champion | |
| Conference | Smoky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 6–2 (5–1 Smoky Mountain) |
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| Home stadium | College Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryville (TN) | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milligan | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland (TN) | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tusculum | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 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 in the 1938 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Gene McMurray, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the Smoky Mountain Conference title for the first time since joining the conference in 1929. McMurray was assisted by former team captain, Walter Clark.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 24 | at at Union (KY)* | Barbourville, KY | W 31–13 | ||
| September 30 | at Cumberland (TN) | Lebanon, TN | W 12–6 | ||
| October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* |
| L 0–19 | [2][3][4] |
| October 15 | King | Johnson City, TN | L 0–7 | ||
| October 27 | at Tusculum | Greeneville, TN | W 19–6 | ||
| November 5 | Carson–Newman | Johnson City, TN | W 12–6 | ||
| November 11 | Maryville (TN) | Johnson City, TN | W 20–13 | ||
| November 19 | Milligan | Johnson City, TN | W 19–6 | ||
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ "Bucs Face Eastern Kentucky Teachers Today". Johnson City Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 8, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Teachers Buccaneers Bow To Eastern Kentucky, 19-0". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 9, 1938. p. 5B. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Eastern Maroons Romp To Win Over Tennessee Team". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. October 9, 1938. p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .