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.
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Conference | North State Conference |
Record | 4–6 (1–4 NSC) |
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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 | – | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 15 | at Mississippi Southern* | L 0–40 | [1] | |||
September 21 | at The Apprentice School* |
| W 32–6 | [2] | ||
September 29 | at Norfolk NAS* | Norfolk, VA | W 7–6 | [3] | ||
October 6 | Elon | L 20–34 | [4] | |||
October 13 | at Western Carolina |
| L 20–34 | [5] | ||
October 20 | Guilford |
| W 19–14 | [6] | ||
October 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Lenoir Rhyne |
| L 14–41 | 3,000 | [7][8] |
November 3 | Appalachian State |
| L 20–24 | [9] | ||
November 10 | at Cherry Point Marines* | Havelock, NC | W 45–0 | [10] | ||
November 24 | at The Citadel* | L 7–21 | 3,500 | [11] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Southerners rip Carolinians 40–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 16, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina wallops Apprentice, 32–6". Daily Press. September 22, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina takes 7–6 win". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 30, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Elon takes win over ECC, 34–20". The News and Observer. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Catamounts trim ECC eleven, 34–20". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bucs romp on Quakers". The Charlotte Observer. October 21, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bears AT East Carolina". Hickory Daily Record. Hickory, North Carolina. October 27, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Lenoir–Rhyne defeats ECTC". The News and Observer. October 28, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Apps defeat E. Carolina, 24 to 20". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina routs Marine eleven, 45–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 11, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Citadel rips over East Carolina, 21–7". The Greenville News. November 25, 1951. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.