1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team finished the season 10–3 overall and 7–1 in the Southern Conference. The team's head coach was Mike Cavan.[1]

1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 8
1996 record10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coachMike Cavan (5th season)
Home stadiumETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
1996 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Marshall $^  8 0     15 0  
No. 8t 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
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
August 29Liberty*W 55–27
September 7East Carolina*L 21–45
September 14Glenville State*
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 49–17
September 21VMI
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 38–0
September 28Western CarolinaW 49–10
October 5No. 4 Appalachian State
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 31–10
October 12The CitadelNo. 16W 41–21
October 26No. 8 FurmanNo. 14
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 21–19
November 2Georgia SouthernNo. 9W 17–14
November 9No. 1 MarshallNo. 7
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
L 10–34
November 16ChattanoogaNo. 11
W 28–24
November 30No. 11 Villanova*No. 8
W 35–29
December 7No. 2 Montana*No. 8L 14–44
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. White, Michael (October 18, 2016). "Bucs' 1996 playoff team to be honored Thursday". ETSU Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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