1998 East Carolina Pirates football team
| 1998 East Carolina Pirates football | |
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 6–5 (3–3 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Doug Martin (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Paul Jette (5th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tulane $ | 6 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of Conference USA during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Steve Logan, the team compiled a 6–5 record.[1] The Pirates offense scored 274 points while the defense allowed 297 points.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 4:00 pm | at Virginia Tech* | HTS | L 3–38 | 48,134 | [2] | |
| September 12 | 3:00 pm | Chattanooga* | W 31–0 | 34,028 | [3] | ||
| September 19 | 12:00 pm | at Ohio* | WITN | W 21–14 | 19,186 | [4] | |
| October 3 | 3:30 pm | Army |
| FSN | W 30–25 | 40,607 | [5] |
| October 10 | 3:30 pm | UAB* |
| W 26–7 | 31,002 | [6] | |
| October 17 | 3:00 pm | Alabama* | PPV | L 22–23 | 80,079 | [7] | |
| October 24 | 2:30 pm | at Southern Miss | FSN | L 7–41 | 24,020 | [8] | |
| October 31 | 3:30 pm | Houston |
| FSN | L 31–34 | 26,821 | [9] |
| November 5 | 8:00 pm | at Cincinnati | ESPN | W 24–21 | 19,098 | [10] | |
| November 14 | 2:00 pm | Louisville |
| L 45–63 | 26,258 | [11] | |
| November 21 | 2:00 pm | at Memphis | W 34–31 | 16,052 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1998 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Hokies answer questions". Daily Press. September 6, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pirates open upper deck with shutout of Mocs". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 13, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pirates recover in time". The News and Observer. September 20, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Carolina holds off Army". The Journal News. October 4, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Smith leaves UAB in his dust". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tide survives". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 18, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles clothesline Pirates". Hattiesburg American. October 25, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston keeps ECU sliding". The Charlotte Observer. November 1, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Cats better, but not quite ready for prime time". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 6, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cats, Cards both fly first class". The Courier-Journal. November 16, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bayes' field goal in final seconds lifts Pirates". The News and Observer. November 22, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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