2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference	Southern Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Carl Torbush (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike O'Cain (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Billy Taylor (2nd year)
Home stadium	Kermit Tipton Stadium (Capacity: 6,600)

2016 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Chattanooga		0	–	0					0	–	0
The Citadel		0	–	0					0	–	0
East Tennessee State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Furman		0	–	0					0	–	0
Mercer		0	–	0					0	–	0
Samford		0	–	0					0	–	0
VMI		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Carolina		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wofford		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		at Kennesaw State*		Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 17		vs. Western Carolina		Bristol Motor Speedway • Bristol, TN (Bucs at Bristol)
September 24		at Wofford		Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC
October 1		Chattanooga		Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN
October 8		at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA
October 15		Furman		Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN
October 20		West Virginia Wesleyan*		Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN
October 29		at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC
November 5		at Mercer		Moye Complex • Macon, GA
November 12		Cumberland*		Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN
November 19		Samford		Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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Game summaries

at Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
0–1	2015	KSU, 56–16

vs. Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts					0
Buccaneers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
21–23–1	2003	WCU, 28–21

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
Terriers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
13–11	2003	WOF, 28–14

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs					0
Buccaneers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
18–20–1	2003	CHAT, 28–14

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
Keydets					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
13–8	2002	ETSU, 35–21

at Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
Paladins					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
7–23	2003	FUR, 30–10

West Virginia Wesleyan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats					0
Buccaneers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
First meeting

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
The Citadel Bulldogs					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
15–9	2003	ETSU, 16–13

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers					0
Bears					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
0–1	2015	MER, 52–0

Cumberland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix					0
Buccaneers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
6–1	1947	ETSU, 38–0

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Samford Bulldogs					0
Buccaneers					0

Overall record	Previous meeting	Result
0–3	1991	SAM, 31–6

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