The Southern Conference is playing a 2021 spring football season due to not competing in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
East Tennessee State kicked off its spring season Saturday with a 24-17 victory over Samford.
After falling behind 14-0 entering the second quarter, ETSU outscored Samford 24-3 for the remainder of the contest.
Randy Sanders is in his third season as head coach for ETSU. He won the Southern Conference championship in his first season as the Buccaneers’ head coach during the 2018 campaign.
Sanders played quarterback at Tennessee (1984-88) and was a longtime assistant coach for the Vols (1989-2005).
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