2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State Buccaneers logo.svg 175 Southern Conference SoCon 5–6 2–6 Carl Torbush 2nd Mike O'Cain 2nd Billy Taylor 2nd Kermit Tipton Stadium The 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were 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 were led by second-year head coach Carl Torbush and played all but one of their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium. The other home game, the Buccaneers' first SoCon game since 2003, was held at the nearby Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17. The game was played on a temporary grass surface that will be laid down from 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 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 3 7:00 pm w y y Kennesaw State Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA WPCH 20–17 2OT 8,574 September 17 1:30 pm w y Western Carolina Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN ESPN3 34–31 13,863 September 24 1:30 pm l y Wofford Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 0–31 7,316 October 1 12:00 pm l Chattanooga 5 Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN SDN SoCon Digital Network 7–37 7,411 October 8 1:30 pm l y VMI Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 7–37 5,638 October 15 12:00 pm l Furman Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN SDN 7–52 6,052 October 20 7:30 pm w y 2016 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats West Virginia Wesleyan Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN SDN 38–7 6,196 October 29 2:00 pm l y The Citadel 5 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 10–45 12,978 November 5 3:00 pm l y Mercer Moye Complex Macon, GA FSN 13–21 10,913 November 12 1:00 pm w y y 2016 Cumberland Phoenix Cumberland (TN) Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN SDN 23–16 6,735 November 19 3:30 pm w Samford 18 Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN SDN 15–14 5,752 East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2193/season/2016 ESPN December 23, 2023 2016 Football https://etsubucs.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 East Tennessee State University December 23, 2023 Game summaries At Kennesaw State Buccaneers 0 3 7 0 7 3 Owls 0 7 0 3 7 0 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team Vs. Western Carolina Catamounts 7 14 0 10 Buccaneers 0 10 14 10 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team At Wofford Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 Terriers 14 0 7 10 2016 Wofford Terriers football team Chattanooga #5 Mocs 3 14 14 6 Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team At VMI Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 Keydets 14 13 3 7 2016 VMI Keydets football team Furman Paladins 21 14 14 3 Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 2016 Furman Paladins football team West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats 0 7 0 0 Buccaneers 7 14 17 0 At The Citadel Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 #5 Bulldogs 14 17 0 14 2016 The Citadel Bulldogs football team At Mercer Buccaneers 0 0 13 0 Bears 0 7 0 14 2016 Mercer Bears football team Cumberland Phoenix 7 9 0 0 Buccaneers 7 16 0 0 Samford #18 Bulldogs 7 0 7 0 Buccaneers 0 3 6 6 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team References East Tennessee State Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers football seasons East Tennessee State Buccaneers football