2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) 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. ETSU returned to the SoCon as a full but non-football member in 2014, at that time announcing that the school would reinstate football with play beginning in the 2015 season. The Buccaneers played that season as an FCS independent.

2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2016 record5–6 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike O'Cain (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadiumKermit Tipton Stadium
(Capacity: 6,600)
2016 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 The Citadel $^  8 0     10 2  
No. 13 Chattanooga ^  6 2     9 4  
No. 9 Wofford ^  6 2     10 4  
No. 23 Samford ^  5 3     7 5  
Mercer  4 4     6 5  
Furman  3 5     3 8  
East Tennessee State  2 6     5 6  
VMI  1 7     3 8  
Western Carolina  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

They were led by second-year head coach Carl Torbush and played all but one of their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium. The other home game, the Buccaneers' first SoCon game since 2003, was held at the nearby Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17. The game was played on a temporary grass surface that will be laid down from the TennesseeVirginia Tech game to be held one week earlier. They finished the season 5–6, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmat Kennesaw State*WPCHW 20–17 2OT8,574
September 171:30 pmvs. Western CarolinaESPN3W 34–3113,863
September 241:30 pmat WoffordESPN3L 0–317,316
October 112:00 pmNo. 5 ChattanoogaSDNL 7–377,411
October 81:30 pmat VMIESPN3L 7–375,638
October 1512:00 pmFurman
  • Kermit Tipton Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
SDNL 7–526,052
October 207:30 pmWest Virginia Wesleyan*
  • Kermit Tipton Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
SDNW 38–76,196
October 292:00 pmat No. 5 The CitadelESPN3L 10–4512,978
November 53:00 pmat MercerFSNL 13–2110,913
November 121:00 pmCumberland*
  • Kermit Tipton Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
SDNW 23–166,735
November 193:30 pmNo. 18 Samford
  • Kermit Tipton Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
SDNW 15–145,752
  • Source:

Game summaries

at Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Buccaneers 0 3 7 073 20
Owls 0 7 0 370 17
Overall record Previous meeting Result
0–1 2015 L 16–56

vs. Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 14 0 10 31
Buccaneers 0 10 14 10 34
Overall record Previous meeting Result
21–23–1 2003 L 21–28

at Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Terriers 14 0 7 10 31
Overall record Previous meeting Result
13–11 2003 L 14–28

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Mocs 3 14 14 6 37
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Previous meeting Result
18–20–1 2003 W 68–7

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Keydets 14 13 3 7 37
Overall record Previous meeting Result
13–8 2002 W 35–21

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 3 52
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Previous meeting Result
7–23 2003 L 10–30

West Virginia Wesleyan

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 7 0 0 7
Buccaneers 7 14 17 0 38
Overall record Previous meeting Result
First meeting

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 10
#5 Bulldogs 14 17 0 14 45
Overall record Previous meeting Result
15–9 2003 W 16–13

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 13 0 13
Bears 0 7 0 14 21
Overall record Previous meeting Result
0–1 2015 L 0–52

Cumberland

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 7 9 0 0 16
Buccaneers 7 16 0 0 23
Overall record Previous meeting Result
6–1 1947 W 38–0

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs 7 0 7 0 14
Buccaneers 0 3 6 6 15
Overall record Previous meeting Result
0–3 1991 L 6–31

References

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