1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

1996 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 8
1996 record	10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Cavan (5th season)
Home stadium	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center

1996 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Marshall $^		8	–	0		15	–	0
#7 East Tennessee State ^		7	–	1		10	–	3
#9 Furman ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#22 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 ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA 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

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
August 29	Liberty*		ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	W 55–27
September 7	East Carolina*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	L 21–45
September 14	Glenville State*		ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	W 49–17
September 21	VMI		ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	W 38–0
September 28	Western Carolina		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, N.C.	W 49–10
October 5	No. 4 Appalachian State		ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	W 31–10
October 12	The Citadel	No. 16	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, S.C.	W 41–21
October 26	No. 8 Furman	No. 14	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	W 21–19
November 2	Georgia Southern	No. 9	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	W 17–14
November 9	No. 1 Marshall	No. 7	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN	L 10–34
November 16	Chattanooga	No. 11	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24
November 30	No. 11 Villanova*	No. 8	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center • Johnson City, TN (I–AA Playoffs First Round)	W 35–29
December 7	No. 2 Montana*	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (I–AA Playoffs Quarterfinals)	L 14–44
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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

East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Venues	Memorial Center (1977–2003) Kermit Tipton Stadium (2015–2016) ETSU Football Stadium (2017–future)
People	Head coaches
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1996 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Delaware East Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Florida A&M Furman Jackson State Marshall Montana Murray State Nicholls State Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Troy State Villanova Western Illinois William & Mary
Champion – Marshall Thundering Herd

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