1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

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1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 14–44 vs. Montana
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. T–8
1996 record10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Center
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Southern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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 quartefinals.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 29Liberty*
W 55–27
September 74:00 pmEast Carolina*
L 21–4525,512[2]
September 14Glenville State*
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 49–17
September 21VMI
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 38–0
September 28Western Carolina
W 49–10
October 5No. 4 Appalachian State
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 31–1010,416[3]
October 12The CitadelNo. 16
W 41–2116,212
October 26No. 8 FurmanNo. 14
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 21–19
November 2Georgia SouthernNo. 9
W 17–1412,611
November 92:00 pmNo. 1 MarshallNo. 7
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN
WSAZL 10–3413,131
November 16ChattanoogaNo. 11
W 28–246,190
November 30No. 11 Villanova*No. 8
  • Memorial Center
  • Johnson City, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)
W 35–29
December 7No. 2 Montana*No. 8
L 14–4415,025
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References[]

  1. ^ White, Michael (October 18, 2016). "Bucs' 1996 playoff team to be honored Thursday". ETSU Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Bucs give ECU a game". Johnson City Press. September 8, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The streak is over". Johnson City Press. October 6, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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