1930 East Tennessee State Teachers football team

The 1930 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 1930 college football season. They were led by first-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. East Tennessee Teachers finished the season with an 0–7 record and did score in six of the contests.[1]

1930 East Tennessee State Teachers football
ConferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
Record0–7 (0–4 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach
CaptainAlex Kennedy
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryville (TN) $ 2 0 0 5 4 0
Lincoln Memorial 2 0 0 4 6 0
King 3 1 0 6 2 1
Carson–Newman 3 2 0 5 4 0
Milligan 1 2 1 4 4 1
Tusculum 1 3 1 2 5 1
East Tennessee State Teachers 0 4 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 11Hiwassee*Johnson City, TNL 0–5
October 18Carson–NewmanJohnson City, TNL 0–38
October 25at Lincoln MemorialMiddlesboro, KYL 0–20
November 1Union (KY)*Johnson City, TNL 0–12
November 11TusculumJohnson City, TNL 13–31
November 17at King
L 0–36[2]
November 22Tennessee Tech*L 0–19
  • *Non-conference game

References edit

  1. ^ Roberts, L. Thomas; Robertson, Jerry; Buc Football and Friends Foundation (August 29, 2007). East Tennessee State University Football. Tennessee: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738544243.
  2. ^ "Teachers Swamped by King College, 36 to 0". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Tennessee. November 18, 1930. p. 7. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .