The 1931 East Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that East Tennessee State Teacher's College, Johnson City—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference in the 1931 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jack S. Batey, who was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State Normal School (B.S.) and University of Tennessee (M.S.). He coached football and basketball for two years and baseball for six years and taught physical education and agriculture from 1930 to 1935 at the school. It was Batey's final year of coaching football at the school.[1]
1931 East Tennessee State Teachers football | |
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Conference | Smoky Mountain Conference |
Record | 1–4–2 (0–1–2 Smoky Mountain) |
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Captain | Alex Kennedy |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carson–Newman | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tusculum | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lincoln Memorial | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milligan | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State Teachers | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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October 3 | Mars Hill* | Johnson City, TN | W 18–0 | |
October 10 | at Bluefield* | Bluefield, WV | L 0–39 | |
October 16 | at Hiwassee* | Madisonville, TN | L 6–24 | [2] |
October 24 | Lincoln Memorial | Johnson City, TN | T 6–6 | |
October 31 | at Union (KY)* | Barbourville, KY | L 0–18 | |
November 19 | King | Johnson City, TN | L 6–13 | [3] |
November 25 | Tusculum | Johnson City, TN | T 6–6 | |
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References
edit- ^ Roberts, L. Thomas; Robertson, Jerry; Buc Football and Friends Foundation (August 29, 2007). East Tennessee State University Football. Tennessee: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738544243.
- ^ "Hiwassee Wins Over Teachers". Knoxville News Sentinel. Knoxville, Tennessee. October 17, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "King Defeats East Tennessee Teachers". The Bristol News Bulletin. Bristol, Tennessee. November 20, 1931. p. 9. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .