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1955 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1955 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record4–5 (3–2 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 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 6 – 4 – 0
East Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Appalachian State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Elon 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Western Carolina * 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 1
Guilford 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Western Carolina forfeited a win over Catawba.

The 1955 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 1955 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 4–5 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11Norfolk NAS*
W 6–04,500[1]
September 17at West Chester*
L 0–94,000[2]
September 24Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 6–7[3]
October 1at Catawba
L 7–13[4]
October 8Elon
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 13–08,000[5]
October 15at Western Carolina
W 14–6[6]
October 22at East Tennessee State*
L 20–343,000[7]
October 29Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 13–0[8]
November 5Tampa*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 14–33[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "ECC defeats Norfolk Navy". The News and Observer. September 11, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "West Chester wins opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 18, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lenoir–Rhyne wins 7–6 over East Carolina". The Times and Democrat. September 25, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Catawba's Indians master ECC, 13–7". The Charlotte Observer. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "East Carolina whips Elon, 13–0". Johnson City Press. October 9, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pirates upset Catamounts". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 16, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "East Tennessee State Bucs roll over Pirates, 35–20". Kingsport Times-News. October 23, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Appalachian upset, 13–0, in NS scrap". The Charlotte Observer. October 30, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tampa beats Pirates by 33–14 score". The Tampa Tribune. November 6, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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