1951 East Carolina Pirates football team

1951 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	North State Conference
Record	4–6 (1–4 NSC)
Head coach	Bill Dole (3rd season)
Home stadium	College Stadium
Seasons ←  1950 1952  →

1951 North State Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lenoir Rhyne $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Elon	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Catawba	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Appalachian State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
East Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Guilford	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at Mississippi Southern *	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 0–40		[1]
September 21		at The Apprentice School *	Apprentice Field Newport News, VA	W 32–6		[2]
September 29		at Norfolk NAS *	Norfolk, VA	W 7–6		[3]
October 6		Elon	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 20–34		[4]
October 13		at Western Carolina	Memorial Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 20–34		[5]
October 20		Guilford	College Stadium Greenville, NC	W 19–14		[6]
October 27	8:00 p.m.	Lenoir Rhyne	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 14–41	3,000	[7] [8]
November 3		Appalachian State	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 20–24		[9]
November 10		at Cherry Point Marines *	Havelock, NC	W 45–0		[10]
November 24		at The Citadel *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 7–21	3,500	[11]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Southerners rip Carolinians 40–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 16, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "East Carolina wallops Apprentice, 32–6". Daily Press. September 22, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "East Carolina takes 7–6 win". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 30, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Elon takes win over ECC, 34–20". The News and Observer. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Catamounts trim ECC eleven, 34–20". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bucs romp on Quakers". The Charlotte Observer. October 21, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Bears AT East Carolina". Hickory Daily Record . Hickory, North Carolina. October 27, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved March 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Lenoir–Rhyne defeats ECTC". The News and Observer. October 28, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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.