1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
OVC champion
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
1969 record 10–0–1 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach John Robert Bell (4th season)
1969 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#20 AP / #16 UPI East Tennessee State $ 6 0 1  9 0 1
Western Kentucky 5 2 0  6 3 1
Eastern Kentucky 4 3 0  6 4 0
Tennessee Tech 4 3 0  5 5 0
Morehead State 3 4 0  6 4 0
Murray State 2 4 1  5 4 1
Austin Peay 2 5 0  2 7 1
Middle Tennessee State 1 6 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from College Division poll

The 1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team completed an undefeated season, going 10–0–1 and capturing the Ohio Valley Conference championship. This is the only undefeated season and the last conference championship for the program. The team capped off the season by defeating Louisiana Tech and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw in the Grantland Rice Bowl.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 13 Appalachian State* Johnson City, TN W 18–16  
September 20 East Carolina* Johnson City, TN W 7–0  
September 27 Eastern Kentucky Johnson City, TN W 7–0  
October 4 Western Kentucky Bowling Green, KY W 16–7  
October 11 Tennessee Tech Cookeville, TN W 30–7  
October 18 Chattanooga* Chattanooga, TN W 17–13  
October 25 Murray State Johnson City, TN T 10–10  
November 8 Morehead State Morehead, KY W 27–7  
November 15 Middle Tennessee State Johnson City, TN W 27–21  
November 22 Austin Peay Clarksville, TN W 14–12  
December 13 Louisiana Tech* Baton Rouge, LA (Grantland Rice Bowl) ABC W 34–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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