1935 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team

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1935 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
Record5–3 (4–3 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cumberland (TN) $ 5 0 0 7 3 0
Carson–Newman 6 1 0 7 3 0
Appalachian State 3 2 0 5 2 2
East Tennessee State Teachers 4 3 0 5 3 0
Maryville (TN) 2 2 1 4 5 1
Milligan 2 3 1 2 5 1
King 1 3 1 2 5 2
Tusculum 0 5 1 2 5 1
Western Carolina 0 4 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 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 1935 college football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Gene McMurray. The 1935 team marks the first time the football team was called the Buccaneers, which McMurray is credited with coining.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Lees–McRae*Johnson City, TNW 19–0
October 12at Carson–NewmanJefferson City, TNL 0–12[2]
October 19Western CarolinaJohnson City, TNW 13–0
October 26TusculumJohnson City, TNW 19–6
November 2at Appalachian StateW 19–12[3]
November 9Maryville (TN)Johnson City, TNL 0–6
November 16Cumberland (TN)Johnson City, TNL 0–26
November 28MilliganJohnson City, TNW 9–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Referee Ousts Four Men For Rough Playing". Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 13, 1935. p. 29. Retrieved September 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Buccaneers batter down Appalachian Teachers, 19–12". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 3, 1935. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.