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The '''Smoky Mountain Conference''' – officially the '''Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference''' – was an [[College athletics|intercollegiate athletic]] conference that existed from December 1926 to October 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4263&context=etd |title=A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at Milligan College, 1887-1973 |first=Billy H. |last=Stout |date=June 1974 |website=etsu.edu |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name=formation>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9816185/smc_formation_1926/ |title=Smoky Mountain Meeting Is Formed at Greeneville |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 3, 1926 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref> Most teams in the league were located in [[Tennessee]], and there were at times teams from [[Virginia]] and [[North Carolina]]. The first commissioner of the league was [[William O. Lowe|W. O. "Chink" Lowe]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9816258/smc_lowe_interview_1939/ |title=Two Bits' Worth |first=Bill |last=Tobitt |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |via=newspapers.com |date=August 13, 1939 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref> who had played [[college football]] for the [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee Volunteers]]; he served as commissioner until September 1941.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9828279/smc_lowe_1941/ |title=Three Schools Left In Smoky |url-access=limited |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=September 17, 1941 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
The '''Smoky Mountain Conference''' – officially the '''Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference''' – was an [[College athletics|intercollegiate athletic]] conference that existed from December 1926 to October 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4263&context=etd |title=A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at Milligan College, 1887-1973 |first=Billy H. |last=Stout |date=June 1974 |website=etsu.edu |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name=formation>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9816185/smc_formation_1926/ |title=Smoky Mountain Meeting Is Formed at Greeneville |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 3, 1926 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref> Most teams in the league were located in [[Tennessee]], and there were at times teams from [[Virginia]] and [[North Carolina]]. The first commissioner of the league was [[William O. Lowe|W. O. "Chink" Lowe]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9816258/smc_lowe_interview_1939/ |title=Two Bits' Worth |first=Bill |last=Tobitt |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |via=newspapers.com |date=August 13, 1939 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref> who had played [[college football]] for the [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee Volunteers]]; he served as commissioner until September 1941.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9828279/smc_lowe_1941/ |title=Three Schools Left In Smoky |url-access=limited |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=September 17, 1941 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>


==Members==
==Members==
The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the Smoky Mountain Conference.
The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the Smoky Mountain Conference.

<br>
Charter members of the conference when it was formed were; Carson–Newman, Emory & Henry, King, Maryville, Milligan, and Tusculum.<ref name=formation />
Charter members of the conference when it was formed were; Carson–Newman, Emory & Henry, King, Maryville, Milligan, and Tusculum.<ref name=formation />

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|[[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|DI FBS]]
|[[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|DI FBS]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/goasu/docs/2014_app_state_fb_yearbook__web_/179 |title=Appalachian State Football Online Yearbook |year=2014 |via=issuu.com |accessdate=March 24, 2017}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/goasu/docs/2014_app_state_fb_yearbook__web_/179 |title=Appalachian State Football Online Yearbook |year=2014 |via=issuu.com |access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
!{{sort|Carson–Newman|[[Carson–Newman College]]}}
!{{sort|Carson–Newman|[[Carson–Newman College]]}}
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|[[Mid-South Conference|Mid-South]]
|[[Mid-South Conference|Mid-South]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gocumberlandathletics.com/football/history/ |title=Cumberland Phoenix History |website=gocumberlandathletics.com |accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lazell |first=Arthur |title=Cumberland Admitted To Smoky Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59672815/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=December 6, 1932 |page=9 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gocumberlandathletics.com/football/history/ |title=Cumberland Phoenix History |website=gocumberlandathletics.com |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lazell |first=Arthur |title=Cumberland Admitted To Smoky Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59672815/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=December 6, 1932 |page=9 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
|-
|-
!{{sort|East Tennessee State|[[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State Teacher's College]]}}
!{{sort|East Tennessee State|[[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State Teacher's College]]}}
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|1951
|1951
|[[Southern Conference|Southern]]
|[[Southern Conference|Southern]]
|[[NCAA Division I#Football Championship Subdivision|DI FCS]]
|[[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|DI FCS]]
|
|
|-
|-
!{{sort|Emory & Henry|[[Emory and Henry College]]}}
!{{sort|Emory & Henry|[[Emory and Henry College|Emory & Henry College]]}}
|[[Emory, Virginia]]
|[[Emory, Virginia]]
|1836
|1836
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|1927
|1927
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|[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference|Old Dominion]]
|[[South Atlantic Conference|South Atlantic]]
|[[NCAA Division III|DIII]]
|[[NCAA Division II|DII]]
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|[[Conference Carolinas|Carolinas]]
|[[Conference Carolinas|Carolinas]]
|[[NCAA Division II|DII]]
|[[NCAA Division II|DII]]
|{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814612/smc_king_withdraws/ |title=King Withdraws From S-M League |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=October 30, 1939 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
|{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814612/smc_king_withdraws/ |title=King Withdraws From S-M League |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=October 30, 1939 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
!{{sort|Lincoln Memorial|[[Lincoln Memorial University]]}}
!{{sort|Lincoln Memorial|[[Lincoln Memorial University]]}}
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|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|{{dagger}}
|{{dagger}}
|-
!{{sort|Tennessee Wesleyan|[[Tennessee Wesleyan University|Tennessee Wesleyan College]]}}
|[[Athens, Tennessee]]
|1857
|[[Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
|1956
|
|[[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dn790002.ca.archive.org/0/items/historyoftenness1957lero/historyoftenness1957lero_bw.pdf |title=A History of Tennessee Wesleyan College: 1857-1957 |last=Martin (then-President of Tennessee Wesleyan College) |first=LeRoy Albert |date=1957 |access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref>
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|-
!{{sort|Tusculum|[[Tusculum College]]}}
!{{sort|Tusculum|[[Tusculum College]]}}
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|[[Southern Conference|Southern]]
|[[Southern Conference|Southern]]
|[[NCAA Division I#Football Championship Subdivision|DI FCS]]
|[[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|DI FCS]]
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815143/western_carolina_invited_to_smc/ |title=Catamount Grid, Cage Schedules Are Announced |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |location=[[Asheville, North Carolina]] |via=newspapers.com |date=June 26, 1934 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815182/smc_1936_final_standings/ |title=Smoky Mountain |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 30, 1936 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815143/western_carolina_invited_to_smc/ |title=Catamount Grid, Cage Schedules Are Announced |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |location=[[Asheville, North Carolina]] |via=newspapers.com |date=June 26, 1934 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815182/smc_1936_final_standings/ |title=Smoky Mountain |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 30, 1936 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{dagger}} School does not currently have an active football program.<br>
{{dagger}} School does not currently have an active football program.<br>
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==Football champions==
==Football champions==
The conference did not operate from late 1941 until mid-1946, due to [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815871/smc_1946_restart/ |title=Smoky Mountain Loop Has Five Members |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=The Daily Tribune |location=[[Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin]] |via=newspapers.com |date=August 15, 1946 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
The conference did not operate from late 1941 until mid-1946, due to [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815871/smc_1946_restart/ |title=Smoky Mountain Loop Has Five Members |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=The Daily Tribune |location=[[Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin]] |via=newspapers.com |date=August 15, 1946 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{{col-break}}
*1927 – No champion<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=All-Smoky Mountain Eleven Picked |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59979454/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=November 29, 1927 |page=9 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1927 – No champion<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=All-Smoky Mountain Eleven Picked |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59979454/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=November 29, 1927 |page=9 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1928 – {{cfb link|year=1928|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.gowasps.com/sports/fball/files/seasonrecord |title=Emory & Henry Football - Year-By-Year Records |website=gowasps.com ||accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref>
*1928 – [[1928 Emory and Henry Wasps football team|Emory and Henry]]<ref name=EHrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.gowasps.com/sports/fball/files/seasonrecord |title=Emory & Henry Football - Year-By-Year Records |website=gowasps.com |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>
⚫
*1929 – {{cfb link|year=1929|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}
*1929 –
*1930 – {{cfb link|year=1930|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville}}
*1930 –
*1931 – {{cfb link|year=1931|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Marvin |title=Scots Beat C-N To Win Smoky Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59673551/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=November 27, 1931 |page=15 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1931 – {{cfb link|year=1931|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Marvin |title=Scots Beat C-N To Win Smoky Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59673551/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=November 27, 1931 |page=15 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1932 – {{cfb link|year=1932|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9810756/smc_1932_champs/ |title=King College Loses to Carson-Newman |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] |location=[[Newport News, Virginia]] |via=newspapers.com |date=October 30, 1932 |accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name=CNrecords />{{dagger}}
*1932 – {{cfb link|year=1932|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9810756/smc_1932_champs/ |title=King College Loses to Carson-Newman |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] |location=[[Newport News, Virginia]] |via=newspapers.com |date=October 30, 1932 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name=CNrecords />{{dagger}}
*1933 – {{cfb link|year=1933|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Sullinger |first=Ray |title=Sullinger Picks All-Smoky Eleven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59643754/the-bristol-herald-courier/ |newspaper=[[Bristol Herald Courier]] |location=[[Bristol, Tennessee]] |date=December 4, 1933 |page=6 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1933 – {{cfb link|year=1933|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Sullinger |first=Ray |title=Sullinger Picks All-Smoky Eleven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59643754/the-bristol-herald-courier/ |newspaper=[[Bristol Herald Courier]] |location=[[Bristol, Tennessee]] |date=December 4, 1933 |page=6 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1934 – {{cfb link|year=1934|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814809/smc_1934_champs/ |title=Conference Title Goes to Milligan |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 30, 1934 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1934 – {{cfb link|year=1934|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814809/smc_1934_champs/ |title=Conference Title Goes to Milligan |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 30, 1934 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1935 – {{cfb link|year=1935|team=Cumberland Bulldogs|title=Cumberland (TN)}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9812319/smc_1935_champs/ |title=Cumberland Completes Most Successful Gridiron Season |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 1, 1935 |accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref>
*1935 – {{cfb link|year=1935|team=Cumberland Bulldogs|title=Cumberland (TN)}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9812319/smc_1935_champs/ |title=Cumberland Completes Most Successful Gridiron Season |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 1, 1935 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>
*1936 – {{cfb link|year=1936|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref name=CNrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.cneagles.com/sports/m-footbl/2016-17/files/2016_C-N_Football_Media_Guide._-Final-_-_web.pdf |title=Carson–Newman Football Media Guide |year=2016 |website=cneagles.com ||accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9813970/smc_1936_champs/ |title=Smoky Mountain Title To Newman |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 29, 1936 |accessdate=March 26, 2017 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}}}}</ref>
*1936 – {{cfb link|year=1936|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref name=CNrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.cneagles.com/sports/m-footbl/2016-17/files/2016_C-N_Football_Media_Guide._-Final-_-_web.pdf |title=Carson–Newman Football Media Guide |year=2016 |website=cneagles.com |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9813970/smc_1936_champs/ |title=Smoky Mountain Title To Newman |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 29, 1936 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}}}}</ref> and [[1936 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn82007642/1936-11-26/ed-1/seq-3/#words=collegiate+conference+Mountain+Mountaineers+Smoky |title=APPALACHIAN WINS FROM CUMBERLAND |newspaper=[[Watauga Democrat]] |page=3 |date=1936-11-26 |access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref>
*1937 – {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814082/smc_1937_champs/ |title=Championship Goes To Carson-Newman |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 28, 1937 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>{{dagger}}
*1937 – {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814082/smc_1937_champs/ |title=Championship Goes To Carson-Newman |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 28, 1937 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>{{dagger}}
*1938 – {{cfb link|year=1938|team=East Tennessee State Buccaneers|title=East Tennessee State}}<ref name=ETrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.etsubucs.com/football/records/ |title=East Tennessee State Football Record Book |year=2015 |website=etsubucs.com ||accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814390/smc_1938_champs/ |title=ETST Take First Smoky Mountain Title |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 20, 1938 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1938 – {{cfb link|year=1938|team=East Tennessee State Buccaneers|title=East Tennessee State}}<ref name=ETrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.etsubucs.com/football/records/ |title=East Tennessee State Football Record Book |year=2015 |website=etsubucs.com |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9814390/smc_1938_champs/ |title=ETST Take First Smoky Mountain Title |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 20, 1938 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1939 – {{cfb link|year=1939|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Carson-Newman Officially is Named Smoky Mountain Winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59563461/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=December 3, 1939 |page=7 |access-date=September 19, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1939 – {{cfb link|year=1939|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Carson-Newman Officially is Named Smoky Mountain Winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59563461/the-knoxville-journal/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=December 3, 1939 |page=7 |access-date=September 19, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9828613/smc_1939_champs/ |title=1939, By All Odds, Will Go Down as Blue Ribbon Year In Sporting Circles of Volunteer State |first=Escar |last=Thompson |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 31, 1939 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>{{dagger}}
<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9828613/smc_1939_champs/ |title=1939, By All Odds, Will Go Down as Blue Ribbon Year In Sporting Circles of Volunteer State |first=Escar |last=Thompson |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 31, 1939 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>{{dagger}}
{{col-break}}
{{col-break}}
*1940 – {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9793525/1940_smc_champions/ |title=Unbeaten Milligan Swamps Tusculum
*1940 – [[1940 Milligan Buffaloes football team|Milligan]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9793525/1940_smc_champions/ |title=Unbeaten Milligan Swamps Tusculum
|agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 2, 1940 |accessdate=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Buffs And Bucs Play Final Games Here This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59563943/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |date=November 3, 1940 |page=9 |access-date=September 19, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
|agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=November 2, 1940 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Buffs And Bucs Play Final Games Here This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59563943/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |date=November 3, 1940 |page=9 |access-date=September 19, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1941 – [[1941 King Tornado football team|King]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Teachers College Withdraws From Smoky Mountain Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59989235/johnson-city-chronicle/ |newspaper=Johnson City Chronicle |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |date=December 11, 1941 |page=9 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

*1941 –
*1942 – N/A
*1942 – N/A
*1943 – N/A
*1943 – N/A
*1944 – N/A
*1944 – N/A
*1945 – N/A
*1945 – N/A
*1946 – {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}<ref name=KTdec47>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815915/smc_1946_1947_champs/ |title=Smoky Mountain Conference May Admit ET State |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 9, 1947 |accessdate=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1946 – {{cfb link|year=1946|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Maryville Schedules Prohibits Acceptance of Buff Challenge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59996143/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |date=November 7, 1946 |page=9 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref name=KTdec47>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9815915/smc_1946_1947_champs/ |title=Smoky Mountain Conference May Admit ET State |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=limited |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News|Kingsport Times]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |via=newspapers.com |date=December 9, 1947 |access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref>
*1947 – {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref name=CNrecords /><ref name=KTdec47 />
*1947 – {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}<ref name=CNrecords /><ref name=KTdec47 />
*1948 – No champion<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sewanee And Austin Peay Lead Small College Ranks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59994985/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[United Press]] |date=November 1, 1948 |page=11 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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*1948 – {{cfb link|year=1948|team=East Tennessee State Buccaneers|title=East Tennessee State}}
*1949 – [[1949 Emory and Henry Wasps football team|Emory and Henry]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Middle Tennessee May Face Supreme Test This Weekend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59938766/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[United Press International|United Press]] |date=November 7, 1949 |page=10 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1949 – [[1949 Emory and Henry Wasps football team|Emory and Henry]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Middle Tennessee May Face Supreme Test This Weekend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59938766/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[United Press International|United Press]] |date=November 7, 1949 |page=10 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1950 – {{cfb link|year=1950|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ohio Valley, Smoky Conference Titles All Wrapped Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59939081/middlesboro-daily-news/ |newspaper=[[Middlesboro Daily News]] |location=[[Middlesboro, Kentucky]] |date=November 14, 1950 |page=2 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1950 – [[1950 Emory and Henry Wasps football team|Emory and Henry]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ohio Valley, Smoky Conference Titles All Wrapped Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59939081/middlesboro-daily-news/ |newspaper=[[Middlesboro Daily News]] |location=[[Middlesboro, Kentucky]] |date=November 14, 1950 |page=2 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1951 – {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interest High In Bristol For Wasp-Buc Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59939496/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 1, 1951 |page=20 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1951 – [[1951 Emory and Henry Wasps football team|Emory and Henry]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interest High In Bristol For Wasp-Buc Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59939496/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 1, 1951 |page=20 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{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}} }}</ref>
*1952 – {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords />
*1952 – {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Smyth |first=Jimmy |title=Bench Views |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59997924/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |date=October 8, 1952 |page=17 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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*1953 – {{cfb link|year=1953|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords />
*1953 – {{cfb link|year=1953|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Gene |title=Bench Views |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59998215/the-bristol-herald-courier/ |newspaper=[[Bristol Herald Courier]] |location=[[Bristol, Tennessee]] |date=October 3, 1953 |page=7 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1954 – {{cfb link|year=1954|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}} and {{cfb link|year=1954|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Gene |title=Emory, Carson-Newman Play To Scoreless Tie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/142568508/ |newspaper=[[Bristol Herald Courier]] |location=[[Bristol, Tennessee]] |date=September 26, 1954 |page=21 |access-date=March 3, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1954 –
*1955 – {{cfb link|year=1955|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Emory-Henry Whips Eagles by 25-7 Score |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59998819/kingsport-times-news/ |newspaper=[[Kingsport Times-News]] |location=[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] |date=October 9, 1955 |page=19 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1955 –
*1956 – {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords />
*1956 – {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Carson-Newman Loses To E&H, 17-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59998428/the-progress-index/ |newspaper=[[The Progress-Index]] |location=[[Petersburg, Virginia]] |date=October 7, 1956 |page=25 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
*1957 –
*1957 –
*1958 – {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords />
*1958 – {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory and Henry}}<ref name=EHrecords />
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{{dagger}} School media guide inconsistent with contemporary newspaper reports.
{{dagger}} School media guide inconsistent with contemporary newspaper reports.

==Basketball champions==
* 1951 – [[Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters|Lincoln Memorial]] (regular season)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T85CAAAAIBAJ&dq=smoky+mountain+conference&pg=PA4&article_id=2974,5059626 |title=Smoky Mountain Conference Champions |newspaper=Middlesboro Daily News |date=1951-02-23 |access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref>
* 1956 – Lincoln Memorial and Tusculum (regular season),<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Smoky Cage Tourney Card To Be Made |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59999293/the-bristol-herald-courier/ |newspaper=[[Bristol Herald Courier]] |location=[[Bristol, Tennessee]] |date=February 27, 1956 |page=6 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Tusculum (tournament)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Tusculum Takes Smoky Tourney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59999317/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 4, 1956 |page=17 |access-date=September 26, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
* 1961 – [[Milligan College]] (tournament)


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 20:09, 3 August 2024

The Smoky Mountain Conference – officially the Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference – was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from December 1926 to October 1966.[1][2] Most teams in the league were located in Tennessee, and there were at times teams from Virginia and North Carolina. The first commissioner of the league was W. O. "Chink" Lowe,[3] who had played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers; he served as commissioner until September 1941.[4]

Members

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The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the Smoky Mountain Conference.

Charter members of the conference when it was formed were; Carson–Newman, Emory & Henry, King, Maryville, Milligan, and Tusculum.[2]

Institution Location Founded Nickname First
season 		Last
season 		Current
conference 		Current
division 		Ref
Appalachian State Teachers College Boone, North Carolina 1899 Mountaineers 1935 1937 Sun Belt DI FBS [5]
Carson–Newman College Jefferson City, Tennessee 1851 Eagles 1927 1951 South Atlantic DII
Cumberland University Lebanon, Tennessee 1842 Bulldogs* 1932 1941 Mid-South NAIA [6][7]
East Tennessee State Teacher's College Johnson City, Tennessee 1911 Buccaneers 1930 1951 Southern DI FCS
Emory & Henry College Emory, Virginia 1836 Wasps 1927 South Atlantic DII
King College Bristol, Tennessee 1867 Tornados 1927 1939 Carolinas DII †[8]
Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, Tennessee 1897 Railsplitters 1930 South Atlantic DII †
Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee 1819 Scots 1927 USA South DIII
Milligan College Milligan College, Tennessee 1866 Buffaloes 1927 Appalachian NAIA †
Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens, Tennessee 1857 Bulldogs 1956 Appalachian NAIA †[9]
Tusculum College Tusculum, Tennessee 1794 Pioneers 1927 South Atlantic DII
Western Carolina Teachers College Cullowhee, North Carolina 1889 Catamounts 1934 Southern DI FCS [10][11]

† School does not currently have an active football program.
* Cumberland's team is now nicknamed the Phoenix.

Football champions

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The conference did not operate from late 1941 until mid-1946, due to World War II.[12]

† School media guide inconsistent with contemporary newspaper reports.

Basketball champions

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

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