American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 p.m. Western Carolina * ESPN3 W 52–744,161 September 10 Noon NC State * ESPNU W 33–3050,719 September 17 4:00 p.m. at South Carolina * SECN L 15–2080,384 September 24 12:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech * ACCN L 17–5463,712 October 1 12:00 p.m. UCF Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC CBSSN L 29–4746,042 October 8 12:00 p.m. at South Florida ESPNews L 22–3830,397 October 22 7:00 p.m. at Cincinnati CBSSN L 19–3132,022 October 29 12:00 p.m. UConn Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNews W 41–341,370 November 5 8:00 p.m. at Tulsa ESPNews L 24–4517,557 November 12 12:00 p.m. SMU Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNews L 31–5542,908 November 19‡ 4:00 p.m. Navy Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNews L 31–6639,480 November 26 7:30 p.m. at Temple ESPNews L 10–3728,373
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
NC State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wolfpack 0 20 3 7 30 Pirates 9 10 7 7 33
At South Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 3 3 0 9 15 Gamecocks 17 0 0 3 20
At Virginia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 0 0 14 3 17 Hokies 14 24 9 7 54
1 2 3 4 Total Knights 0 16 7 24 47 Pirates 0 7 14 8 29
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
At Cincinnati [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 3 0 10 6 19 Bearcats 7 7 10 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 3 0 0 3 Pirates 7 7 17 10 41
At Tulsa [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 7 0 10 7 24 Golden Hurricane 14 10 14 7 45
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 10 28 10 7 55 Pirates 7 17 0 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 7 24 21 14 66 Pirates 14 3 14 0 31
At Temple [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 7 0 0 3 10 Owls 7 14 6 10 37
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