1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference	Smoky Mountain Conference
Record	5–4 (3–1 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach	Loyd Roberts (3rd season)
Captain	Bob Tranburger
Home stadium	State College Stadium

1949 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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*	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	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*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 0–30
November 5		at Emory and Henry	Bristol Municipal Stadium Bristol, TN	L 7–34
November 12		Tusculum	Johnson City, TN	W 19–0
November 19		Milligan	Johnson City, TN	W 28–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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. "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 .
3. "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 .