1938 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team

1938 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
Smokey Mountain champion
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
Record6–2 (5–1 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
1938 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Tennessee State Teachers $ 5 1 0 6 2 0
Appalachian State 3 0 0 9 1 0
King 3 1 1 5 1 3
Carson–Newman 3 3 1 5 4 1
Maryville (TN) 3 3 0 4 5 1
Milligan 1 2 2 5 3 2
Cumberland (TN) 1 4 0 2 8 0
Tusculum 0 5 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented State Teachers College, Johnson City—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as a member of the Smoky Mountain Conference in the 1938 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Gene McMurray, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the Smoky Mountain Conference title for the first time since joining the conference in 1929. McMurray was assisted by former team captain, Walter Clark.