1955 East Carolina Pirates football team
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.
| 1955 East Carolina Pirates football | |
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| Conference | North State Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (3–2 North State) |
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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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | Norfolk NAS* | W 6–0 | 4,500 | [1] | |
| September 17 | at West Chester* |
| L 0–9 | 4,000 | [2] |
| September 24 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| L 6–7 | [3] | |
| October 1 | at Catawba | L 7–13 | [4] | ||
| October 8 | Elon |
| W 13–0 | 8,000 | [5] |
| October 15 | at Western Carolina |
| W 14–6 | [6] | |
| October 22 | at East Tennessee State* |
| L 20–34 | 3,000 | [7] |
| October 29 | Appalachian State |
| W 13–0 | [8] | |
| November 5 | Tampa* |
| L 14–33 | [9] | |
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References
- "ECC defeats Norfolk Navy". The News and Observer. September 11, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "West Chester wins opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 18, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lenoir–Rhyne wins 7–6 over East Carolina". The Times and Democrat. September 25, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Catawba's Indians master ECC, 13–7". The Charlotte Observer. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "East Carolina whips Elon, 13–0". Johnson City Press. October 9, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pirates upset Catamounts". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 16, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "East Tennessee State Bucs roll over Pirates, 35–20". Kingsport Times-News. October 23, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Appalachian upset, 13–0, in NS scrap". The Charlotte Observer. October 30, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tampa beats Pirates by 33–14 score". The Tampa Tribune. November 6, 1955. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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