1951 East Carolina Pirates football team

1951 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record4–6 (1–4 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 North State Conference football standings
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Mississippi Southern*
L 0–40[1]
September 21at The Apprentice School*
W 32–6[2]
September 29at Norfolk NAS*Norfolk, VAW 7–6[3]
October 6Elon
L 20–34[4]
October 13at Western Carolina
L 20–34[5]
October 20Guilford
  • 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 3Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 20–24[9]
November 10at Cherry Point Marines*Havelock, NCW 45–0[10]
November 24at The Citadel*
L 7–213,500[11]

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 Open access icon.
  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.


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