1940 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team
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]
| 1940 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football | |
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| Conference | Smoky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (3–3 Smoky Mountain) |
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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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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
| 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 |
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
- Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.