1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
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 reckoned 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 |
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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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 | Western Carolina* | Johnson City, TN | L 0–14 |
| 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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