1949 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = East Tennessee State Buccaneers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Smoky Mountain Conference
| short_conf = Smoky Mountain
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 3–1
| head_coach = Loyd Roberts
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Bob Tranburger
| stadium = State College Stadium
}}
{{1949 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings}}
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.[https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738544243 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]
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs|title=Tennessee Wesleyan}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 19–6
| attend =
| source =
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Erskine Flying Fleet|title=Erskine}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 20–13
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Western Carolina
| site_stadium = State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 0–14
| attend = 8,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=State Buccaneers Face Western Carolina Eleven Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/144399312/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 8, 1949 |page=9 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Western Carolina Defeats Buccaneers 14 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/144399412/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 9, 1949 |page=5B |access-date=March 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
||{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville (TN)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Maryville, TN
| score = 19–20
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 13–12
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Horace Jones Field
| site_cityst = Murfreesboro, TN
| score = 0–30
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Emory and Henry
| site_stadium = Bristol Municipal Stadium
| site_cityst = Bristol, TN
| score = 7–34
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = w
| away =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Tusculum Pioneers|title=Tusculum}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 19–0
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 28–0
| source =
}}
}}
References
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