2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike O'Cain (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadiumKermit Tipton Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 The Citadel $^   8 – 0     10 – 2  
No. 9 Wofford ^   6 – 2     10 – 4  
No. 13 Chattanooga ^   6 – 2     9 – 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  
Western Carolina   1 – 7     2 – 9  
VMI   1 – 7     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

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 Tennessee–Virginia 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 Carolina
ESPN3W 34–3113,863
September 241:30 pmat Wofford
ESPN3L 0–317,316
October 112:00 pmNo. 5 Chattanooga
SDNL 7–377,411
October 81:30 pmat VMI
ESPN3L 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 Citadel
ESPN3L 10–4512,978
November 53:00 pmat Mercer
FSNL 13–2110,913
November 121:00 pmCumberland (TN)*dagger
  • 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
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Buccaneers 0 3 7 073 20
Owls 0 7 0 370 17

See also: 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Vs. Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 14 0 10 31
Buccaneers 0 10 14 10 34

See also: 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

At Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Terriers 14 0 7 10 31

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Mocs 3 14 14 6 37
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7

See also: 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team

At VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Keydets 14 13 3 7 37

See also: 2016 VMI Keydets football team

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 3 52
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7

See also: 2016 Furman Paladins football team

West Virginia Wesleyan

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 7 0 0 7
Buccaneers 7 14 17 0 38

At The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 10
#5 Bulldogs 14 17 0 14 45

See also: 2016 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

At Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 13 0 13
Bears 0 7 0 14 21

See also: 2016 Mercer Bears football team

Cumberland

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 7 9 0 0 16
Buccaneers 7 16 0 0 23

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs 7 0 7 0 14
Buccaneers 0 3 6 6 15

See also: 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team

References

  1. ^ "East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Football". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
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