1951 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1951
| team = East Tennessee State Buccaneers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Smoky Mountain Conference
| conference2 = Volunteer State Athletic Conference
| short_conf = Smoky Mountain
| short_conf2 = VSAC
| record = 4–5
| conf_record = 1–1
| conf2_record = 1–1
| head_coach = Loyd Roberts
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Kenneth "Birdlegs" Bryan
| captain2 = Gene "Shadow" Hall
| stadium = State College Stadium
}}
{{1951 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings}}
The 1951 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 and the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by Loyd Roberts in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall a record of 4–5, with marks of 1–1 against Smoky Mountain opponents and in VSAC play. The team's co-captains were Kenneth "Birdlegs" Bryan and Gene "Shadow" Hall. The 1951 season was East Tennessee State's last as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
| site_stadium = State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 6–7
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Buccaneers, Catamounts Open 1951 Season Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142335253/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=September 15, 1951 |page=5 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Catamounts Shave E. Tennessee, 7-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times/142335420/ |newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times |location=Asheville, North Carolina |date=September 16, 1951 |page=2D |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 13–12
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=State Bucs Clash With Austin Peay Here Tonight; Governors' Coach Is Moaning; Buc Squad Injury-Riddled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142335534/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=September 22, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Tommy |title=East Tennessee Gains 13-12 Win Over Austin Peay |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142335780/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=September 23, 1951 |page=1B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Morehead State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Morehead, KY
| score = 0–14
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=State Buccaneers Handed 14-0 Defeat By Morehead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142335934/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |agency=Associated Press |date=September 30, 1951 |page=3B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}
| site_stadium = J. Fred Johnson Memorial Park
| site_cityst = Kingsport, TN
| score = 29–7
| attend = 1,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kingsport-times/142336191/ |newspaper=Kingsport Times |location=Kingsport, Tennessee |date=October 5, 1951 |page=7 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=State Plays At Kingsport; Guilford Foe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142336334/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 6, 1951 |page=9 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Harrington |first=Red |title=State Bucs Down Guilford, 29 To 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kingsport-times/142336453/ |newspaper=Kingsport Times |location=Kingsport, Tennessee |date=October 7, 1951 |page=4D |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
||{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1950|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville (TN)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Maryville, TN
| score = 27–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=East Tennessee State Blank Maryville, 27 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142336690/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 14, 1951 |page=4B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}
| site_stadium = State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| attend = 5,000
| score = 33–2
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=State Tries For 4th Win Tonight At 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142337090/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 20, 1951 |page=8 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Homecoming Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142336866/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 20, 1951 |page=11 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Smyth |first=Jimmy |title=State Whips Carson-Newman, 33 To 2, In Homecoming |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142336958/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=October 21, 1951 |page=5B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Emory and Henry
| site_stadium = Bristol Municipal Stadium
| site_cityst = Bristol, TN
| score = 7–28
| source = {{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Gene |title=Emory And State Collide For Smoky Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/142189692/ |newspaper=Bristol Herald Courier |location=Bristol, Virginia |date=November 3, 1951 |page=7 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Gene |title=Emory Whips State In Gruelling 28-7 Struggle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/142189850/ |newspaper=Bristol Herald Courier |location=Bristol, Virginia |date=November 4, 1951 |page=1C |access-date=February 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Tennessee Tech
| site_stadium = State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 0–33
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=ET State Bucs Entertain TPI |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142337431/ |newspaper=Bristol Herald Courier |location=Bristol, Virginia |date=November 9, 1951 |page=9 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=T. P. I. Easily Whips East Tennessee State 33 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142337214/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=November 11, 1951 |page=2B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 8:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Horace Jones Field
| site_cityst = Murfreesboro, TN
| score = 0–45
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Three Grid Games Slated This Weekend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-journal/142338117/ |newspaper=The Daily News Journal |location=Murfreesboro, Tennessee |date=November 14, 1951 |page=1 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Blue Raiders Scuttle East Tennessee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-journal/142337934/ |newspaper=The Daily News Journal |location=Murfreesboro, Tennessee |date=November 16, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
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