1920 East Tennessee State Normal football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1920 East Tennessee State Normal football Independent 0–2 (3–2 with non-countable games) William R. Windes 1st none The 1920 East Tennessee State Normal School football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State Normal School—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as an independent in the 1920 college football season. It was very first season that the school fielded a football team. The team was coached by William R. Windes, a 1917 graduate of the University of Tennessee who taught agriculture and biology at the school. He was assisted by English professor Willis Beeler "Bull" Bible, brother of Dana X. Bible, and by fellow teacher A. V. McFee. The first team for East Tennessee State consisted of 11 first-string players and 4 substitutes.https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738544243 East Tennessee State University Football by L. Thomas Roberts, Jerry Robertson, and the Buc Football and Friends Foundation, Foreword by Jack Higgs | Arcadia Publishing Books Arcadiapublishing.com August 29, 2007 February 15, 2019 There is dispute on the final record for this season, however ETSU officially credits the 1920 team with a 0–2 record (with three non-countable wins).http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/etsubucs/47C793F2-78B1-4A62-AB8C-E7E9F99BFE24/FootballRecordBook2017.pdf Records cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com PDF The schedule was mix of regional colleges and high schools and started the rivalry against Milligan College. Initially, the school began to consider football as early as 1915, but could not find field a team until 1920 due to funding and finding enough men to play for the team. In 1920, the East Tennessee State Normal School team did not go by one nickname, but rather several nicknames including the "Normalites", "Wolves", or "Huskies". Schedule November 13 l y 1920 Carson–Newman Parsons Carson–Newman Jefferson City, TN 0–55 Carson-Newman 55, East Tenn. Normal 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60180634/the-journal-and-tribune/ The Journal and Tribune Knoxville, Tennessee November 14, 1920 16 September 28, 2020 Newspapers.com l 1920 Milligan Buffaloes Milligan 0–30 w Greeneville High School w Washington College w Johnson City High School References East Tennessee State Normal Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers football seasons East Tennessee State Normal football