1931 East Tennessee State Teachers football team

1931 East Tennessee Teachers football
Conference	Smoky Mountain Conference
Record	1–3–2 (0–0–2 Smoky Mountain)
Head coach	Jack S. Batey (2nd season)
Captain	Alex Kennedy

The 1931 East Tennessee 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 coach 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..

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	Mars Hill*	Johnson City, TN	W 18–0
October 10	at Bluefield*	Bluefield, WV	L 0–39
October 24	Lincoln Memorial	Johnson City, TN	T 6–6
October 31	at Union (KY)*	Barbourville, KY	L 0–18
November 25	Tusculum	Johnson City, TN	T 6–6
	Hiwassee*		L 6–24
*Non-conference game