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. Connecticutdagger 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. daggerHomecoming. #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

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