2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
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2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football | |
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SoCon champion | |
FCS Playoffs, L 3–27 vs. North Dakota State | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 9 |
FCS Coaches | No. 7 |
2021 record | 11–2 (7–1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Rader (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Billy Taylor (7th season) |
Home stadium | William B. Greene Jr. Stadium (capacity: 7,694) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 East Tennessee State $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Buccaneers were led by fourth-year head coach Randy Sanders and played their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium in Johnson City, Tennessee. On November 20, 2021, the Buccaneers defeated SoCon rival Mercer, clinching the Southern Conference championship. The Buccaneers also finished their regular season with an overall record of 10–1, making only the third time in program history to have won 10 games. They also beat FBS Vanderbelt in a 23-3 blowout win.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 8:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* |
| ESPN+/SECN+ | W 23–3 | 22,029 | |
September 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Virginia–Wise* | No. 15 |
| ESPN3 | W 45–14 | 9,720 |
September 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Delaware State* | No. 16 |
| ESPN+ | W 38–6 | 8,015 |
September 25 | 3:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 15 |
| ESPN+ | W 55–48 OT | 6,753 |
October 2 | 3:30 p.m. | Wofford | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | W 27–21 | 10,153 |
October 9 | 4:30 p.m. | The Citadel | No. 12 |
| ESPN+ | W 48–21 | 9,202 |
October 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 10 |
| ESPN+ | L 16–21 | 7,838 |
October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Furman | No. 14 |
| ESPN+ | W 17–13 | 9,330 |
November 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 VMI | No. 14 |
| ESPN+ | W 27–20 | 10,416 |
November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina | No. 11 |
| ESPN+ | W 56–35 | 10,348 |
November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 21 Mercer | No. 8 |
| ESPN3 | W 38–35 | 10,594 |
December 4 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 10 Kennesaw State* | No. 9 |
| ESPN+ | W 32–31 | 8,453 |
December 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 3 North Dakota State* | No. 9 |
| ESPN | L 3–27 | 11,794 |
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References[]
- ^ "2021 East Tennessee State Buccaneers Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.[permanent dead link]
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