Several readers sent me a link to a story about the 1936 Lenoir City football team. Turns out, that year they went undefeated and not only did the Lenoir City Yellow jackets beat the Loudon Tuskhogs, they beat them badly.
Below is some of that information and a link to the website.
Thanks to those who shared.
LENOIR CITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ~ 1936
"Many stories have been written about the great 1936 team which was undefeated. It was coached by Dean Bailey, present athletic director at Lincoln Memorial University and seven of its members are now in the Lenoir City High School Sports Hall of Fame."
The linemen are, from the left, Ed Osborne, Ed Littleton, George Fritts, who later was named to Grantland Rice's All-Southern team while at Clemson, and also named on some All-American teams, Gene Armstrong, Jr., Paul Davis, George Nichols, and Bud Waller. Backs are, from the left, Conrad Strader, Neville "Goober" Price, Babe Conner, Bill Yearout, and Ray Shubert.
(There was a picture used in newspaper article October 12, 1972 loaned to them by Scott Collins, Jr.)