1957 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record1–8 (0–5 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Elon 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Catawba 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Appalachian State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Guilford 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
East Carolina 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 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 1957 NAIA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 1–8 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Richmond*Portsmouth, VAL 7–408,000[1]
September 28Davidson*
L 6–195,500[2]
October 5at Catawba
L 14–36[3]
October 12Elon
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 12–21[4]
October 19at Western Carolina
L 7–203,500[5]
October 26Newberry*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–202,000[6]
November 2Appalachian State
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 6–7[7]
November 9Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–55[8]
November 16at Presbyterian*
W 6–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Spiders roll over ECC by 40 to 7". The Times Dispatch. September 15, 1957. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "ECC toppled by Davidson eleven, 19–6". The Charlotte Observer. September 29, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Catawba's rally rips ECC, 36–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 6, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Elon Christians beat E. Carolina". The Greenville News. October 13, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Catamounts win homecoming game, 20–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Newberry Indians drop East Carolina, 20–7". The Times and Democrat. October 27, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "ECC loses 7th straight". The News and Observer. November 3, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lenoir Rhyne downs East Carolina, 55–7". Florence Morning News. November 10, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "East Carolina gets 6–0 win in season's finale". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 17, 1957. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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