1949 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1949 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–4–1 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Carolina $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Appalachian State 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Elon 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Catawba 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Lenoir Rhyne 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Guilford 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
East Carolina 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Atlantic Christian 0 – 5 – 2 1 – 7 – 2
High Point 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Cherry Point Marines*
W 24–0[1]
September 24Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 20–21[2]
October 1at Hampden–Sydney*Hampden Sydney, VAL 7–20[3]
October 8Elon
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–33[4]
October 15vs. Western Carolina
L 6–194,500[5][6]
October 21at The Apprentice School*
W 26–21[7]
October 28MCAS Edenton*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 67–0[8]
November 5Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 18–35[9]
November 12at High PointHigh Point, NCT 26–26[10]
November 19at Atlantic ChristianWilson, NCW 6–2[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ECTC gridders defeat Marines". The News and Observer. September 16, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lenoir Rhyne defeats Eastern Carolina club". The News and Observer. September 25, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tigers beat ECTC, 20–7; Holland stars". The Times Dispatch. October 2, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Elon defeats ECTC, 33–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 9, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Cats Depend On Line In ECT Battle". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. October 14, 1949. p. 18. Retrieved March 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Cats down ECTC, 19–6". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 16, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "ECTC tops A's in thriller, 26–21". Daily Press. October 22, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "ECTC wins, 67–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 29, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Apps win". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 6, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "ECTC Pirates tie High Point team". The News and Observer. November 13, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "East Carolina nips Christians, 6 to 2". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 20, 1949. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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