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1940 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
Record4–4 (3–3 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach
CaptainBud Carpenter, Frank Parsely
Seasons← 19391941 →
1940 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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.

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21Emory and Henry*Johnson City, TNL 14–19
September 28MilliganJohnson City, TNL 0–6
October 5Carson–NewmanJohnson City, TNL 6–16
October 12at Emory and Henry*Emory, VAW 13–7
October 19at TusculumGreeneville, TNW 13–0
October 26at Maryville (TN)Maryville, TNW 6–0
November 2Carson–NewmanJohnson City, TNL 0–12
November 9Cumberland (TN)Johnson City, TNW 13–0
  • *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. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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