1951 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1951 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference North State Conference
Record4–6 (1–4 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadium College Stadium
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 North State Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 0 010 1 0
Elon 4 2 06 3 0
Catawba 3 2 05 5 0
Appalachian State 3 3 06 3 0
East Carolina 1 4 04 6 0
Western Carolina 1 4 03 6 0
Guilford 1 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1951 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina College (now known as East Carolina University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled a 4–6 record and as conference champions.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Mississippi Southern *L 0–40 [1]
September 21at The Apprentice School *
W 32–6 [2]
September 29at Norfolk NAS * Norfolk, VA W 7–6 [3]
October 6 Elon L 20–34 [4]
October 13at Western Carolina
L 20–34 [5]
October 20 Guilford
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 19–14 [6]
October 278:00 p.m. Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 14–413,000 [7] [8]
November 3 Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 20–24 [9]
November 10at Cherry Point Marines * Havelock, NC W 45–0 [10]
November 24at The Citadel *L 7–213,500 [11]

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References

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  2. "East Carolina wallops Apprentice, 32–6". Daily Press. September 22, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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  4. "Elon takes win over ECC, 34–20". The News and Observer. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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  9. "Apps defeat E. Carolina, 24 to 20". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "East Carolina routs Marine eleven, 45–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 11, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Citadel rips over East Carolina, 21–7". The Greenville News. November 25, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.