The 1948 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State College (ETSC)—now known as East Tennessee State University—as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Loyd Roberts, the Buccaneers compiled a record of 6–2–1.

The team received an increased budget of $8,050. Roberts hired Madison Brooks as line coach (and also as assistant director of athletics and head basketball coach) and Julian Doss Crocker as backfield coach and track mentor.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		at Tennessee Wesleyan	Athens, TN	W 20–18		[2]
October 1	8:00 p.m.	at Erskine	McCants Stadium Anderson, SC	L 8–13	2,500	[3][4]
October 9		at Western Carolina	Cullowhee, NC	L 12–32	3,500	[5]
October 16	8:00 p.m.	Maryville (TN)	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 20–0	3,250	[6][7]
October 23		at Carson–Newman	Jefferson, TN	W 7–6	6,000	[8]
October 28	8:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 2–0	3,000	[9][10]
November 6	8:00 p.m.	Emory and Henry	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 15–6	4,000	[11][12]
November 13	8:00 p.m.	at Tusculum	Burley Stadium Greeneville, TN	W 14–0		[13][14]
November 20	8:00 p.m.	Milligan	Memorial Stadium Johnson City, TN	T 0–0	10,000	[15][16][17]
Homecoming All times are in Eastern time