1960 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 1960 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 1960 NAIA football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 7–3 record.

1960 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1/2 Lenoir Rhyne $^ 6 0 0 12 0 0
Appalachian State 5 1 0 8 2 0
East Carolina 4 2 0 7 3 0
Western Carolina 2 4 0 6 5 0
Elon 2 4 0 4 6 0
Catawba 2 4 0 2 9 0
Guilford 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at The Apprentice School*Newport News, VAW 21–62,000[1]
September 24GuilfordW 7–0[2]
October 1Catawba
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 28–0[3]
October 8at Elon
W 14–8[4]
October 15Western Carolina
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 7–6[5]
October 22Newberry
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 21–05,000[6]
October 29at Appalachian StateL 17–21[7]
November 5at No. 3 Lenoir RhyneL 0–17[8]
November 12Presbyterian*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 7–27[9]
November 19Richmond*
  • College Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 22–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References edit

  1. ^ "Apprentice stages game battle but East Carolina wins, 21–6". Daily Press. September 18, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "East Carolina edges past Guilford 7–0". Florence Morning News. September 25, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "ECC rips Catawba by 28–0". The High Point Enterprise. October 2, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "ECC wins". The News and Observer. October 9, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Catamounts bow to Pirates, 7–6". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 16, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pirates shut out Newberry". The High Point Enterprise. October 23, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Appalachian edges East Carolina, 21–17". Daily Press. October 30, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lenoir–Rhyne rips East Carolina". The Times and Democrat. November 6, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "EC's Pirates bow before Presbyterian". The News and Observer. November 13, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Spiders are upset by 22 to 7". The Times Dispatch. November 20, 1960. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.