1951 East Carolina Pirates football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1951

| team = East Carolina Pirates

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = North State Conference

| short_conf = NSC

| record = 4–6

| conf_record = 1–4

| head_coach = Bill Dole

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain =

| stadium = College Stadium

}}

The 1951 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 1951 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled a 4–6 record and as conference champions.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| w/l = l

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Mississippi Southern

| site_stadium = Faulkner Field

| site_cityst = Hattiesburg, MS

| score = 0–40

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72806458/southerners-rip-carolinians-400/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=Southerners rip Carolinians 40–0|date=September 16, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 21|Friday}}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=The Apprentice Builders|title=The Apprentice School}}

| site_stadium = Apprentice Field

| site_cityst = Newport News, VA

| score = 32–6

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72807114/east-carolina-wallops-apprentice-326/|work=Daily Press|title=East Carolina wallops Apprentice, 32–6|date=September 22, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = w

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Norfolk NAS

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 7–6

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72807496/east-carolina-takes-76-win/|work=Rocky Mount Telegram|title=East Carolina takes 7–6 win|date=September 30, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = l

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Elon Fightin' Christians|title=Elon}}

| site_stadium = College Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, NC

| score = 20–34

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72807767/elon-takes-win-over-ecc-3420/|work=The News and Observer|title=Elon takes win over ECC, 34–20|date=October 7, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC

| score = 20–34

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72807997/catamounts-trim-ecc-eleven-3420/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Catamounts trim ECC eleven, 34–20|date=October 14, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}

| site_stadium = College Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, NC

| score = 19–14

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72808201/bucs-romp-on-quakers/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Bucs romp on Quakers|date=October 21, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Lenoir Rhyne

| site_stadium = College Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, NC

| score = 14–41

| attend = 3,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Bears AT East Carolina |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hickory-daily-record/142527496/ |newspaper=Hickory Daily Record |location=Hickory, North Carolina |date=October 27, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72808488/lenoirrhyne-defeats-ectc/|work=The News and Observer|title=Lenoir–Rhyne defeats ECTC|date=October 28, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| opponent = Appalachian State

| site_stadium = College Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, NC

| score = 20–24

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72808745/apps-defeat-e-carolina-24-to-20/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Apps defeat E. Carolina, 24 to 20|date=November 4, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = w

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Cherry Point Marines|title=Cherry Point Marines}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Havelock, NC

| score = 45–0

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72809164/east-carolina-routs-marine-eleven/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=East Carolina routs Marine eleven, 45–0|date=November 11, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 24

| w/l = l

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = The Citadel

| site_stadium = Johnson Hagood Stadium

| site_cityst = Charleston, SC

| score = 7–21

| attend = 3,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72809480/citadel-rips-over-east-carolina-217/|work=The Greenville News|title=Citadel rips over East Carolina, 21–7|date=November 25, 1951|accessdate=March 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

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