1946 East Carolina Pirates football team

American college football season

1946 East Carolina Pirates football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–3–1
Head coach|

* Jim Johnson (1st season)

Home stadium| Guy Smith Stadium

Seasons

← 1941

1947 →

1946 Southern non-major college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Oklahoma City |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Maryville (TN) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
East Tennessee State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Millsaps |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0
Middle Tennessee |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Mississippi College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Trinity (TX) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Louisville Municipal |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0
Fayetteville State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Mississippi Southern |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
East Carolina |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Princess Anne |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Austin Peay |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Arkansas State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 3
Sewanee |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Livingston State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Tennessee Tech |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Troy State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Grambling |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Texas A&I |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
CCUNC |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0
Centre |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0

The 1946 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Johnson, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 27| Presbyterian Junior College|

* Guy Smith Stadium
* Greenville, NC

| W 20–0|
October 5| Atlantic Christian|

* Guy Smith Stadium
* Greenville, NC

| T 6–6| [1]
October 12| at Elon|

* Kiker Stadium
* Reidsville, NC

| L 6–13| [2]
October 19| Erskine|

* Guy Smith Stadium
* Greenville, NC

| W 21–7| [3]
October 26| at The Apprentice School|

* Apprentice Field
* Newport News, VA

| W 19–6| [4]
November 9| at Atlantic Christian| Wilson, NC| W 26–6| [5]
November 16| Western Carolina|

* Guy Smith Stadium
* Greenville, NC

| L 7–13| [6]
November 22| at Lenoir–Rhyne|

* Moretz Stadium
* Hickory, NC

| L 0–6| [7]
November 28| at Fort Bragg| Fayetteville, NC| W 53–0|

## References

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1. ^ "ACC gains deadlock with ECTC grid club". The News and Observer. October 6, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Christians top ECTC by 13–6 at Reidsville". The Daily Times-News. October 14, 1948. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "East Carolina beats Erskine by 21–7 score". The Charlotte Observer. October 20, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "ECTC Pirates trample Apprentice club, 19–6". The News and Observer. October 27, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "ACC defeated by ECTC in last test of year". The News and Observer. November 10, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Catamounts come from behind to defeat E.C.T.C." Asheville Citizen-Times. November 17, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Sub QB saves Lenoir–Rhyne". The Charlotte News. November 23, 1946. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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East Carolina Pirates football

Venues|

* Guy Smith Stadium (1939–1948)
* College Stadium (1949–1962)
* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)

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* Bowl games
* Marshall
* NC State

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* Marshall football plane crash

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