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East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
East Tennessee State Buccaneers football

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for East Tennessee State University located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The team was dormant from the end of the 2003 season until being reinstated for the 2015 season.

2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Carl Torbush.

1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that East Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. East Tennessee State completed an undefeated season, going 10–0–1 and capturing the OVC championship.

2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were in the first year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). ETSU had originally joined the SoCon in 1978, with football joining in 1979, but dropped the sport after the 2003 season and left the conference entirely in 2005.

1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Mike Cavan in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the SoCon behind Marshall.

2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr.

William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

William B. Greene Jr. Stadium is a football stadium on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Mars Hill University
Mars Hill University

Mars Hill University is a private university in Mars Hill, North Carolina. The university offers 35 undergraduate majors and includes a school of nursing and graduate schools in education, criminal justice, and management.