The 1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State College (ETSC)—now known as East Tennessee State University—as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Loyd Roberts, the Buccaneers compiled an ovferall record of 5–4, with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing second among Smoky Mountains teams. The Buccaneers had become a force to reckon with during the postwar years with the emergence of quarterback Jack Vest in the late 1940s. Bob Tranburger served his second term as co-captain of the team and was the first Buccaneer to be named to an All-American (Paul B. Williams) team.[1]
| 1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football | |
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| Conference | Smoky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (3–1 Smoky Mountain) |
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| Captain | Bob Tranburger |
| Home stadium | State College Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emory and Henry $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milligan | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tusculum | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | Tennessee Wesleyan* | Johnson City, TN | W 19–6 | |||
| October 1 | Erskine* | Johnson City, TN | W 20–13 | |||
| October 8 | 8:00 p.m. | Western Carolina* |
| L 0–14 | 8,000 | [2][3] |
| October 15 | at Maryville (TN)* | Maryville, TN | L 19–20 | |||
| October 22 | Carson–Newman | Johnson City, TN | W 13–12 | |||
| October 28 | at Middle Tennessee* | L 0–30 | ||||
| November 5 | at Emory and Henry | L 7–34 | ||||
| November 12 | Tusculum | Johnson City, TN | W 19–0 | |||
| November 19 | Milligan | Johnson City, TN | W 28–0 | |||
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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
- ^ "State Buccaneers Face Western Carolina Eleven Tonight". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 8, 1949. p. 9. Retrieved March 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Western Carolina Defeats Buccaneers 14 To 0". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 9, 1949. p. 5B. Retrieved March 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
