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1956 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record2–7–1 (2–3 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons← 19551957 →
1956 North State Conference football standings
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Norfolk NAS*L 19–206,000
September 15vs. VPI*L 2–376,000
September 22Stetson*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
T 7–7
September 29Catawba
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 13–23
October 6at ElonW 18–7
October 13Western Carolina
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 20–19
October 20Morris Harvey*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–283,500
October 27at Appalachian StateL 19–224,000
November 3at Lenoir RhyneL 12–574,100
November 17Richmond*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–455,500
  • *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.
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