1937 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team

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1937 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
Record4–5 (4–4 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach
CaptainWalter Clark
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carson–Newman $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Appalachian State 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Maryville (TN) 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
East Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
King 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Milligan 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Cumberland (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Tusculum 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 5 – 3
Western Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 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 1937 college football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Gene McMurray. The 1937 team had their first losing season in six years.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Morehead State*Morehead, KYL 0–192,500[2]
October 2Western CarolinaJohnson City, TNW 12–0[3]
October 9at King
L 6–7[4][5]
October 16at Appalachian State
L 0–28[6]
October 23TusculumJohnson City, TNW 19–0
October 30at Carson–NewmanJefferson City, TNL 0–13
November 6Cumberland (TN)Johnson City, TNW 7–6
November 13Maryville (TN)Johnson City, TNW 13–10
November 25MilliganJohnson City, TNL 6–18
  • *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. ^ "State Teachers Lose To Morehead". Kingsport Times. Kingsport, Tennessee. Associated Press. September 26, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Bucs Cash In on Breaks To Win From Cullowhee, 12-0". Sunday Press-Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 3, 1937. p. 12. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "King Meets Teachers Tonight". The Bristol News Bulletin. Bristol, Tennessee. October 9, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "King College Rallies to Nose Out Tennessee Teachers College by 7 to 6". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Tennessee. October 10, 1937. p. 7, section 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Appalachian uses breaks to beat Teachers, 28 to 0". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. October 17, 1937. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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