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2016 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Scottie Montgomery and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. This was East Carolina's third season as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.

2016 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record3–9 (1–7 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKenwick Thompson (1st season)
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Temple xy$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 19 South Florida x   7 – 1     11 – 2  
UCF   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Cincinnati   1 – 7     4 – 8  
UConn   1 – 7     3 – 9  
East Carolina   1 – 7     3 – 9  
West Division
Navy xy   7 – 1     9 – 5  
Tulsa   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Memphis   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Houston   5 – 3     9 – 4  
SMU   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Tulane   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.m.Western Carolina*
ESPN3W 52–744,161
September 10NoonNC State*
ESPNUW 33–3050,719
September 174:00 p.m.at South Carolina*
SECNL 15–2080,384
September 2412:30 p.m.at Virginia Tech*
ACCNL 17–5463,712
October 112:00 p.m.UCF
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
CBSSNL 29–4746,042
October 812:00 p.m.at South Florida
ESPNewsL 22–3830,397
October 227:00 p.m.at Cincinnati
CBSSNL 19–3132,022
October 2912:00 p.m.UConn 
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNewsW 41–341,370
November 58:00 p.m.at Tulsa
ESPNewsL 24–4517,557
November 1212:00 p.m.SMU
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNewsL 31–5542,908
November 19‡4:00 p.m.Navy
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNewsL 31–6639,480
November 267:30 p.m.at Temple
ESPNewsL 10–3728,373
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule source:[1]

Note: ‡ The game vs. Navy was originally scheduled for October 13 (Thursday) but was postponed due to flooding from Hurricane Matthew; it was rescheduled to Saturday, November 19.

Game summaries edit

Western Carolina edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0 7 0 0 7
Pirates 10 21 21 0 52
See also: 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

NC State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack 0 20 3 7 30
Pirates 9 10 7 7 33
See also: 2016 NC State Wolfpack football team and East Carolina–NC State rivalry

At South Carolina edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 3 0 9 15
Gamecocks 17 0 0 3 20
See also: 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

At Virginia Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 14 3 17
Hokies 14 24 9 7 54
See also: 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

UCF edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 0 16 7 24 47
Pirates 0 7 14 8 29
See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team

This game was notable for about a score of the band members taking a knee during the national anthem. It received widespread coverage, including on CNN, Fox News, and NBC.

At South Florida edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 3 7 9 22
Bulls 7 10 7 14 38
See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team

At Cincinnati edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 0 10 6 19
Bearcats 7 7 10 7 31
See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

UConn edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 3 0 0 3
Pirates 7 7 17 10 41
See also: 2016 UConn Huskies football team

At Tulsa edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 10 7 24
Golden Hurricane 14 10 14 7 45
See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

SMU edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 10 28 10 7 55
Pirates 7 17 0 7 31
See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team

Navy edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Midshipmen 7 24 21 14 66
Pirates 14 3 14 0 31
See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team

At Temple edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 0 3 10
Owls 7 14 6 10 37
See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 17, 2016.


 

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