2016 East Carolina Pirates football team

2016 East Carolina Pirates football

Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	3–9 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Scottie Montgomery (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Petersen (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Kenwick Thompson (1st year)
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 23 Temple xy$		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 25 South Florida x		7	–	1		10	–	2
UCF		4	–	4		6	–	6
Cincinnati		1	–	7		4	–	8
Connecticut		1	–	7		3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7		3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1		9	–	3
Tulsa		6	–	2		9	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3		8	–	4
Houston		5	–	3		9	–	3
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 As of December 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Western Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN3	W 52–7	44,161
September 10	Noon	NC State*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (Victory Barrel)	ESPNU	W 33–30	50,719
September 17	4:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	L 15–20	80,384
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 17–54	63,712
October 1	12:00 p.m.	UCF	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (Rivalry)	CBSSN	L 29–47	46,042
October 8	12:00 p.m.	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNews	L 22–38	30,397
October 22	7:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	L 19–31	32,022
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNews	W 41–3	41,370
November 5	8:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNews	L 24–45	17,557
November 12	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNews	L 31–55	42,908
November 19‡	4:00 p.m.	Navy	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNews	L 31–66	39,480
November 26	7:30 p.m.	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	L 10–37	28,373
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Note: ‡ Game vs. Navy was originally schedule for Oct. 13 (Thursday) but was postponed due to flooding from Hurricane Matthew; it was rescheduled to Saturday, Nov. 19.

Game summaries

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	0	7	0	0	7
Pirates	10	21	21	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–13	1981	ECU, 42–6

NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack	0	20	3	7	30
Pirates	9	10	7	7	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–16	2013	ECU, 42–28

at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	3	0	9	15
Gamecocks	17	0	0	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–13	2014	SC, 33–23

at Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	14	3	17
Hokies	14	24	9	7	54

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–13	2015	ECU, 35–28

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	0	16	7	24	47
Pirates	0	7	14	8	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2015	ECU, 44–7

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	3	7	9	22
Bulls	7	10	7	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2014	ECU, 28–17

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	0	10	6	19
Bearcats	7	7	10	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–7	2015	CIN, 19–16

Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	3	0	0	3
Pirates	7	7	17	10	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	UCONN, 31–13

at Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	0	10	7	24
Golden Hurricane	14	10	14	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2015	ECU, 30–17

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	10	28	10	7	55
Pirates	7	17	0	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2015	ECU, 49–23

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	7	24	21	14	66
Pirates	14	3	14	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	NAVY, 45–21

at Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	0	0	3	10
Owls	7	14	6	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–5	2015	TEM, 24–14

References

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

East Carolina Pirates football

Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (?–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State Victory Barrel UCF

Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate The Marching Pirates

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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