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.
| 1956 East Carolina Pirates football | |
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| Conference | North State Conference |
| Record | 2–7–1 (2–3 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 | – | 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
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | Norfolk NAS* | L 19–20 | 6,000 | [1] | |
| September 15 | vs. 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 | 4,100 | [9][10] | |
| November 17 | Richmond* |
| L 7–45 | 5,500 | [11] |
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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