1996 East Carolina Pirates football team

1996 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Steve Logan
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)

1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 25 Army			–						10	–	2
Navy			–						9	–	3
No. 19 Notre Dame			–						8	–	3
East Carolina			–						8	–	3
Louisiana Tech			–						6	–	5
UAB			–						5	–	6
UCF			–						5	–	6
Southwestern Louisiana			–						5	–	6
Northeast Louisiana			–						5	–	6
Arkansas State			–						4	–	7
Northern Illinois			–						1	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	4:00 PM	East Tennessee State*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 45–21	25,512
September 14	12:00 PM	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 9–10	50,129
September 21	7:00 PM	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	WNCT	W 23–7	79,806
September 28	4:00 PM	UCF*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 28–7	34,121
October 10	8:00 PM	Southern Miss*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN2	L 7–28	34,480
October 19	7:00 PM	at No. 12 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 31–6	31,909
November 2	2:00 PM	Arkansas State*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WNCT	W 34–16	24,890
November 9	7:00 PM	at No. 25 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	L 14–35	49,128
November 16	2:00 PM	Ohio*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WNCT	W 55–45	27,321
November 23	2:00 PM	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN	WNCT	W 20–10	25,059
November 30	3:30 PM	vs. NC State*	Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 50–29	66,347
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 East Carolina Pirates football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 5 Marcus Crandell Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 14 Brian Bentley So LB 53 Carlos Brown Sr LB 51 Marvin Burke Sr DE 58 Freddie Claybrooks Fr DL 91 Devone Claybrooks Fr LB 57 Roderick Coleman So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Steve Logan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster