1950 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1950 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Appalachian State $ 7 0 1 9 2 1
Elon 6 1 1 7 2 1
Lenoir Rhyne 6 2 0 8 2 0
East Carolina 5 2 0 7 3 0
Catawba 2 3 0 4 6 0
Guilford 2 5 0 4 5 0
Western Carolina 1 4 0 3 6 0
Atlantic Christian 0 5 0 2 7 0
High Point 0 7 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 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 1950 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled a 7–3 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at The Apprentice School*Newport News, VAW 21–71,500[1]
September 23at Lenoir RhyneW 27–19[2]
September 30Hampden–Sydney*L 26–38[3]
October 7at ElonElon, NCL 16–26[4]
October 14Western Carolina
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 36–6[5]
October 20at GuilfordW 26–7[6]
October 28Cherry Point Marines*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 20–12[7]
November 4at Appalachian StateL 0–20[8]
November 11High Point
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 26–0[9]
November 17Atlantic Christian
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 54–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Apprentice falls before 4th quarter surge, 21–7". Daily Press. September 16, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Eastern Carolina surprises Bears". The Charlotte Observer. September 24, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gruver tops H–S offense in 38–26 win". The Times Dispatch. October 1, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pirates lose to Christians". The News and Observer. October 8, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "East Carolina routs Catamounts by 36–6". The Charlotte Observer. October 15, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Thrift and Bucs defeat Guilford". The News and Observer. October 21, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "ECTC Bucs beat Marines, 20–12". The News and Observer. October 29, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Appalachian blanks East Carolina, 20–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 5, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Panthers beaten down after early uprising as ECTC wins by 26 to 0". The High Point Enterprise. November 12, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Thrift and Maennle spark ECTC to victory over ACC". The News and Observer. November 18, 1950. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.