1937 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team

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1937 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
1937 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 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
KingJohnson City, TNL 6–7
Western CarolinaJohnson City, TNW 12–0
October 16at Appalachian StateL 0–28[2]
Carson–NewmanJohnson City, TNL 0–13
MaryvilleJohnson City, TNW 13–10
MilliganJohnson City, TNL 6–18
October 23TusculumGreeneville, TNW 19–0
Cumberland (TN)Johnson City, TNW 7–6
at Morehead State*Morehead, KYL 0–19
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  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. ^ "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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