1996 East Carolina Pirates football team

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

1996 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#25 Army			–						10	–	2
Navy			–						9	–	3
#19 Notre Dame			–						9	–	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 college 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 Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.