2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are 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 are led by second-year head coach Carl Torbush and will play all but one of their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium. The other home game, the Buccaneers' first SoCon game since 2003, will be held at the nearby Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17. The game will be played on a temporary grass surface that will be laid down for 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
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 3 |
7:00 PM |
at Kennesaw State* |
Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA |
WPCH |
W 20–17 2OT |
8,574 |
September 17 |
1:30 PM |
vs. Western Carolina |
Bristol Motor Speedway • Bristol, TN (Bucs at Bristol) |
ESPN3 |
W 34–31 |
13,863 |
September 24 |
1:30 PM |
at Wofford |
Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC |
ESPN3 |
L 0–31 |
7,316 |
October 1 |
12:00 PM |
No. 5 Chattanooga |
Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN |
SDN |
L 7–37 |
7,411 |
October 8 |
1:30 PM |
at VMI |
Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA |
ESPN3 |
L 7–37 |
5,638 |
October 15 |
12:00 PM |
Furman |
Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN |
SDN |
L 7–52 |
6,052 |
October 20 |
7:30 PM |
West Virginia Wesleyan* |
Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN |
SDN |
W 38–7 |
6,196 |
October 29 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 5 The Citadel |
Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC |
ESPN3 |
L 10–45 |
12,978 |
November 5 |
3:00 PM |
at Mercer |
Moye Complex • Macon, GA |
FSN |
L 13–21 |
10,913 |
November 12 |
1:00 PM |
Cumberland* |
Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN |
SDN |
W 23–16 |
6,735 |
November 19 |
3:30 PM |
No. 18 Samford |
Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN |
SDN |
W 15–14 |
5,752 |
Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. |
Game summaries
at Kennesaw State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Buccaneers |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 | 7 | 3 |
20 |
Owls |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3 | 7 | 0 |
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 |
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