1956 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1956 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference North State Conference
Record2–7–1 (2–3 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadium College Stadium
Seasons
←  1955
1957  →
1956 North State Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
Catawba 4 –2 –05 –4 –1
Elon 4 –2 –05 –5 –0
Appalachian State 3 –3 –03 –6 –0
East Carolina 2 –3 –02 –7 –1
Guilford 0 –4 –01 –7 –0
Western Carolina 0 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 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 1956 NAIA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8 Norfolk NAS *
L 19–206,000 [1]
September 15vs. VPI *
L 2–376,000 [2]
September 22 Stetson *
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
T 7–7 [3]
September 29 Catawba
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 13–23 [4]
October 6at Elon
W 18–7 [5]
October 13 Western Carolina
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 20–19 [6]
October 20 Morris Harvey *
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–283,500 [7]
October 27at Appalachian State
L 19–224,000 [8]
November 3at Lenoir Rhyne
L 12–574,100 [9] [10]
November 17 Richmond *
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–455,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "East Carolina beaten, 20–19". The Times Dispatch. September 9, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "East Carolina routed by Tech in opener, 37–2". The Progress-Index. September 16, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Stetson gains 7–7 tie with East Carolina". Tampa Bay Times. September 23, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tribe rally nets victory over Pirates". The Charlotte Observer. September 30, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "ECC beats Elon for 1st victory". The News and Observer. October 7, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "East Carolina edges WCC by 20 to 19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 14, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "W. Virginia team blanks E. Carolina". The Charlotte Observer. October 21, 1956. Retrieved March 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Appalachian downs East Carolina, 22–19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 28, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Tom Einstein Jr. (November 5, 1956). "Bullard Leads Bears To 57-12 Win Over ECC Squad: Big Fullback Scores 4 TD's in League Win". Hickory Daily Record. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Lenoir Rhyne wins, 57–12, against ECC". The News and Observer. November 4, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Richmond rolls over Pirates, 45–7". The Times Dispatch. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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