The 2016 season's largest margin: East Carolina 52, Western Carolina 7. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for East Carolina. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Philip NelsonQB2,603 passing yards
- Gardner MinshewQB1,347 passing yards
- James SummersRB868 rushing yards
- Anthony ScottRB384 rushing yards
- Devin AndersonRB258 rushing yards
- Zay JonesWR1,731 receiving yards
- Jimmy WilliamsWR818 receiving yards
- Quay JohnsonWR560 receiving yards
- Jordan WilliamsILB77 tackles
- Terrell RichardsonDB63 tackles
- Cam WhiteILB63 tackles
- Dayon PrattOLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: East Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 54. A 37-point margin the season is remembered by.
"ECU Pirate Nation"
2016 sits in East Carolina's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.