1956 East Carolina Pirates football team

1956 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	North State Conference
Record	2–7–1 (2–3 NSC)
Head coach	Jack Boone (5th season)
Home stadium	College Stadium
Seasons ←  1955 1957  →

1956 North State Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lenoir Rhyne $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Catawba	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Elon	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Appalachian State	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
East Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Guilford	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Western Carolina	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Norfolk NAS *	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 19–20	6,000	[1]
September 15	vs. VPI *	Mitchell Stadium Bluefield, WV	L 2–37	6,000	[2]
September 22	Stetson *	College Stadium Greenville, NC	T 7–7		[3]
September 29	Catawba	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 13–23		[4]
October 6	at Elon	Burlington Memorial Stadium Burlington, NC	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 0–28	3,500	[7]
October 27	at Appalachian State	College Field Boone, NC	L 19–22	4,000	[8]
November 3	at Lenoir Rhyne	College Field Hickory, NC	L 12–57	4,100	[9] [10]
November 17	Richmond *	College Stadium Greenville, NC	L 7–45	5,500	[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.