1941 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football team

1941 East Tennessee State Teachers Buccaneers football
Conference	Smoky Mountain Conference
Record	2–5 (0–3 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach	Gene McMurray (10th season)
Captain	Buck Hunt, Bill Mitchell

1941 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
King $	1	–	0	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Milligan	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Carson–Newman	2	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
East Tennessee State Teachers	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1941 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 during the 1941 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Gene McMurray, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 2–5 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, placing last out of four teams in the Smoky Mountain Conference. Jim Mooney, the head baseball coach, stepped in to assist with the football team. Buck Hunt and Bill Mitchell served as team co-captains. East Tennessee State did not field another football team until 1946, after the end of World War II.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	at Emory and Henry*	Emory, VA	L 0–6
September 27	Milligan	Johnson City, TN	L 0–26
October 4	Carson–Newman	Johnson City, TN	L 0–7
October 11	Emory and Henry*	Johnson City, TN	W 8–6
October 17	Tusculum*	Johnson City, TN	W 13–9
October 25	Carson–Newman	Johnson City, TN	L 0–18
November 8	Maryville (TN)*	Johnson City, TN	L 0–13
*Non-conference game