1970 East Carolina Pirates football team
| 1970 East Carolina Pirates football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (2–2 SoCon) |
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| Home stadium | Ficklen Memorial Stadium |
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| William & Mary $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1970 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike McGee, the team compiled a 3–8 record.[1] The team's game against the Marshall Thundering Herd preceded the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, in which 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team were killed that night.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | at Toledo* | L 2–35 | 14,106 | [2] | |
| September 19 | East Tennessee State* | L 0–10 | 13,042 | [3] | |
| September 26 | at The Citadel | L 0–31 | 17,420 | [4] | |
| October 3 | at West Texas State* | L 30–42 | 11,000 | [5] | |
| October 10 | at NC State* | L 6–23 | 28,350 | [6] | |
| October 17 | Southern Illinois* |
| L 12–14 | 16,271 | [7] |
| October 24 | at Richmond | L 12–38 | 14,500 | [8] | |
| October 31 | at Furman | W 7–0 | 5,000 | [9] | |
| November 7 | West Virginia* |
| L 14–28 | 10,240 | [10] |
| November 14 | Marshall* |
| W 17–14 | 8,711 | [11] |
| November 28 | at Davidson | W 36–18 | 2,500 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1970 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Toledo cracks Pirates". The News and Observer. September 13, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "For openers Bucs clip ECU, 10–0". Johnson City Press. September 20, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Citadel ends 2-game drought, defeats ECU". The Times and Democrat. September 27, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Buffaloes take second home stand win, 42–30". The Canyon News. October 4, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State downs Pirates". The News and Observer. October 11, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Perfect SIU wins fourth". Southern Illinoisan. October 18, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Spiders bomb East Carolina". The Palm Beach Post. October 25, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina shuts out Furman, 7–0". The Greenville News. November 1, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sherwood tosses four TD passes in 28–14 victory". Beckley Post-Herald and Register. November 8, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marshall beaten by Pirates, 17–14". The News and Observer. November 15, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina rolls past Davidson, 36–18". The Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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