1956 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1956 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented 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.
| 1956 East Carolina Pirates football | |
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| Conference | North State Conference |
| 1956 record | 2–7–1 (2–3 North State) |
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| Home stadium | College Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | Norfolk NAS* | L 19–20 | 6,000 | [1] | |
| September 15 | at VPI* | L 2–37 | 6,000 | [2] | |
| September 22 | Stetson* |
| T 7–7 | [3] | |
| September 29 | Catawba |
| L 13–23 | [4] | |
| October 6 | at Elon |
| W 18–7 | [5] | |
| October 13 | Western Carolina |
| W 20–19 | [6] | |
| October 20 | Morris Harvey* |
| L 0–28 | 3,500 | [7] |
| October 27 | at Appalachian State | L 19–22 | 4,000 | [8] | |
| November 3 | at Lenoir–Rhyne | L 12–57 | [9] | ||
| November 17 | Richmond* |
| L 7–45 | 5,500 | [10] |
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References
- "East Carolina beaten, 20–19". The Times Dispatch. September 9, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "East Carolina routed by Tech in opener, 37–2". The Progress-Index. September 16, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Stetson gains 7–7 tie with East Carolina". Tampa Bay Times. September 23, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tribe rally nets victory over Pirates". The Charlotte Observer. September 30, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "ECC beats Elon for 1st victory". The News and Observer. October 7, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "East Carolina edges WCC by 20 to 19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 14, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "W. Virginia team blanks E. Carolina". The Charlotte Observer. October 21, 1956. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Appalachian downs East Carolina, 22–19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 28, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lenoir Rhyne wins, 57–12, against ECC". The News and Observer. November 4, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Richmond rolls over Pirates, 45–7". The Times Dispatch. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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