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
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
Western Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
0
7
0
0
7
Pirates
10
21
21
0
52
NC State
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
0
20
3
7
30
Pirates
9
10
7
7
33
At South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
3
3
0
9
15
Gamecocks
17
0
0
3
20
At Virginia Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
0
0
14
3
17
Hokies
14
24
9
7
54
UCF
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
3
3
7
9
22
Bulls
7
10
7
14
38
At Cincinnati
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
3
0
10
6
19
Bearcats
7
7
10
7
31
UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
0
3
0
0
3
Pirates
7
7
17
10
41
At Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
7
0
10
7
24
Golden Hurricane
14
10
14
7
45
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
10
28
10
7
55
Pirates
7
17
0
7
31
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
7
24
21
14
66
Pirates
14
3
14
0
31
At Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
7
0
0
3
10
Owls
7
14
6
10
37
