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.
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.
2016, east, carolina, pirates, football, team, represented, east, carolina, university, 2016, ncaa, division, football, season, they, were, first, year, head, coach, scottie, montgomery, played, their, home, games, dowdy, ficklen, stadium, this, east, carolina. 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 2016 East Carolina Pirates footballConferenceAmerican Athletic ConferenceDivisionEast DivisionRecord3 9 1 7 The American Head coachScottie Montgomery 1st season Offensive coordinatorTony Petersen 1st season Defensive coordinatorKenwick Thompson 1st season Home stadiumDowdy Ficklen Stadium Capacity 50 000 Seasons 20152017 2016 American Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionTemple xy 7 1 10 4 No 19 South Florida x 7 1 11 2 UCF 4 4 6 7 Cincinnati 1 7 4 8 UConn 1 7 3 9 East Carolina 1 7 3 9 West DivisionNavy xy 7 1 9 5 Tulsa 6 2 10 3 Memphis 5 3 8 5 Houston 5 3 9 4 SMU 3 5 5 7 Tulane 1 7 4 8 Championship Temple 34 Navy 10 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participantRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2 1 Western Carolina 2 2 NC State 2 3 At South Carolina 2 4 At Virginia Tech 2 5 UCF 2 6 At South Florida 2 7 At Cincinnati 2 8 UConn 2 9 At Tulsa 2 10 SMU 2 11 Navy 2 12 At Temple 3 ReferencesSchedule EditDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 36 00 p m Western Carolina Dowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NCESPN3W 52 744 161September 10NoonNC State Dowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NC Victory Barrel ESPNUW 33 3050 719September 174 00 p m at South Carolina Williams Brice StadiumColumbia SCSECNL 15 2080 384September 2412 30 p m at Virginia Tech Lane StadiumBlacksburg VAACCNL 17 5463 712October 112 00 p m UCFDowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NCCBSSNL 29 4746 042October 812 00 p m at South FloridaRaymond James StadiumTampa FLESPNewsL 22 3830 397October 227 00 p m at CincinnatiNippert StadiumCincinnati OHCBSSNL 19 3132 022October 2912 00 p m UConn nbsp Dowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NCESPNewsW 41 341 370November 58 00 p m at TulsaChapman StadiumTulsa OKESPNewsL 24 4517 557November 1212 00 p m SMUDowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NCESPNewsL 31 5542 908November 19 4 00 p m NavyDowdy Ficklen StadiumGreenville NCESPNewsL 31 6639 480November 267 30 p m at TempleLincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia PAESPNewsL 10 3728 373 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingAll times are in Eastern timeSchedule 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 EditWestern Carolina Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalCatamounts 0 7 0 0 7Pirates 10 21 21 0 52See also 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team NC State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalWolfpack 0 20 3 7 30Pirates 9 10 7 7 33See also 2016 NC State Wolfpack football team and East Carolina NC State rivalry At South Carolina Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 3 3 0 9 15Gamecocks 17 0 0 3 20See also 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team At Virginia Tech Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 0 0 14 3 17Hokies 14 24 9 7 54See also 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team UCF Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalKnights 0 16 7 24 47Pirates 0 7 14 8 29See also 2016 UCF Knights football team 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 Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 3 3 7 9 22Bulls 7 10 7 14 38See also 2016 South Florida Bulls football team At Cincinnati Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 3 0 10 6 19Bearcats 7 7 10 7 31See also 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team UConn Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalHuskies 0 3 0 0 3Pirates 7 7 17 10 41See also 2016 UConn Huskies football team At Tulsa Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 7 0 10 7 24Golden Hurricane 14 10 14 7 45See also 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team SMU Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMustangs 10 28 10 7 55Pirates 7 17 0 7 31See also 2016 SMU Mustangs football team Navy Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMidshipmen 7 24 21 14 66Pirates 14 3 14 0 31See also 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team At Temple Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPirates 7 0 0 3 10Owls 7 14 6 10 37See also 2016 Temple Owls football teamReferences Edit 2016 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule FB Schedules Retrieved February 17 2016 nbsp This college football 2010s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team amp oldid 1171732650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
