1991 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

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1991 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Center
Seasons
←  1990
1992  →
1991 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Appalachian State $^ 6 –1 –08 –4 –0
No. 8 Marshall ^ 5 –2 –011 –4 –0
No. T–20 The Citadel 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
No. T–20 Furman 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Chattanooga 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
VMI 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Western Carolina 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
East Tennessee State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Don Riley, the Buccaneers compiled and overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SoCon.

On November 12, 1991, Riley announced his resignation as head coach of the Buccaneers, effective at the end of the season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7at VMI
L 20–355,800 [2]
September 14 Samford *
L 6–313,207 [3]
September 21 Western Carolina
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 15–293,319 [4]
September 28 Newberry *
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 43–122,644 [5]
October 5at South Carolina *
L 7–5555,832 [6]
October 12No. 17 Appalachian State
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 14–215,416 [7]
October 19 North Carolina A&T *
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 13–38 [8]
November 2at No. 13 Furman
L 23–5212,922 [9]
November 9 Chattanooga
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 26–433,888 [10]
November 16 The Citadel
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 7–173,017 [11]
November 23at No. 8 Marshall
L 9–6318,256 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Don Riley resigns as ETSU football coach". Bristol Herald Courier. November 13, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Bucs lose opener, 35–20". Kingsport Times-News. September 8, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Samford knocks off Bucs, 31–6". Johnson City Press. September 15, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cats curtail road losing streak". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 22, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "East Tennessee whips Newberry". The Greenville News. September 29, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Gamecocks roll past ETSU, 55–7". Johnson City Press. October 6, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Appalachian State tops East Tennessee, 21–14". The Tennessean. October 13, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Buccaneers sacked by A&T". Johnson City Press. October 20, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Furman explosion overwhelms ETSU". The State. November 3, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Bucs go down 43–26 to UT–C in Southern". Bristol Herald Courier. November 10, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Douglas, stingy defense key Citadel against Buccaneers". The State. November 17, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Marshall annihilates Bucs, 63–9". Kingsport Times-News. November 24, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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