1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Mike Cavan in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the SoCon behind Marshall. East Tennessee State advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Villanova in the first round before falling to Montana in the quarterfinals.[1]
| 1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 14–44 vs. Montana | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. T–8 |
| Record | 10–3 (7–1 SoCon) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Center |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Marshall $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Appalachian State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 29 | Liberty* | W 55–27 | ||||||
| September 7 | 4:00 pm | East Carolina* | L 21–45 | 25,512 | [2] | |||
| September 14 | Glenville State* |
| W 49–17 | |||||
| September 21 | VMI |
| W 38–0 | 4,711 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | Western Carolina | W 49–10 | ||||||
| October 5 | No. 4 Appalachian State |
| W 31–10 | 10,416 | [4] | |||
| October 12 | The Citadel | No. 16 | W 41–21 | 16,212 | ||||
| October 26 | No. 8 Furman | No. 14 |
| W 21–19 | 6,904 | [5] | ||
| November 2 | Georgia Southern | No. 9 | W 17–14 | 12,611 | ||||
| November 9 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Marshall | No. 7 |
| WSAZ | L 10–34 | 13,131 | |
| November 16 | Chattanooga | No. 11 | W 28–24 | 6,190 | ||||
| November 30 | No. 11 Villanova* | No. 8 |
| W 35–29 | 4,939 | [6] | ||
| December 7 | No. 2 Montana* | No. 8 |
| L 14–44 | 15,025 | |||
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References
- White, Michael (October 18, 2016). "Bucs' 1996 playoff team to be honored Thursday". ETSU Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- "Bucs give ECU a game". Johnson City Press. September 8, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Buccaneers spank Virginia Military, 38–0". Johnson City Press. September 22, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "The streak is over". Johnson City Press. October 6, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bucs 21, Paladins 19 - Yet another streak ends". Johnson City Press. October 27, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bucs won't stop here". Johnson City Press. December 1, 1996. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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