1957 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1957 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference North State Conference
Record1–8 (0–5 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadium College Stadium
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 North State Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 5 1 08 2 1
Elon 4 0 06 0 0
Catawba 3 2 04 3 0
Western Carolina 2 2 12 5 1
Appalachian State 2 4 04 6 0
Guilford 1 3 11 6 1
East Carolina 0 5 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1957 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 1957 NAIA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 1–8 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Richmond * Portsmouth, VA L 7–408,000 [1]
September 28 Davidson *L 6–195,500 [2]
October 5at Catawba L 14–36 [3]
October 12 Elon
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 12–21 [4]
October 19at Western Carolina
L 7–203,500 [5]
October 26 Newberry *
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–202,000 [6]
November 2 Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 6–7 [7]
November 9 Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–55 [8]
November 16at Presbyterian *W 6–0 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Spiders roll over ECC by 40 to 7". The Times Dispatch. September 15, 1957. Retrieved March 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "ECC toppled by Davidson eleven, 19–6". The Charlotte Observer. September 29, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Catawba's rally rips ECC, 36–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 6, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Elon Christians beat E. Carolina". The Greenville News. October 13, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Catamounts win homecoming game, 20–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Newberry Indians drop East Carolina, 20–7". The Times and Democrat. October 27, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "ECC loses 7th straight". The News and Observer. November 3, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lenoir Rhyne downs East Carolina, 55–7". Florence Morning News. November 10, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "East Carolina gets 6–0 win in season's finale". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 17, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.