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1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 8
Record10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Southern Conference football standings
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 finished the season 10–3 overall and 7–1 in the Southern Conference. The team's head coach was Mike Cavan.[1]

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 Carolina
W 49–10
October 5No. 4 Appalachian State
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 31–10
October 12The CitadelNo. 16
W 41–21
October 26No. 8 FurmanNo. 14
  • ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center
  • Johnson City, TN
W 21–19
November 2Georgia SouthernNo. 9
W 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. 8
L 14–44
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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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