1939 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 1939 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their only season under head coach O. A. Hankner, the team compiled a 0–8 record.

1939 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–8
Head coach
Home stadiumGuy Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     7 0 1
Catholic University     8 1 1
Hardin–Simmons     7 1 1
George Washington     5 3 0
Virginia     5 4 0
Georgia Teachers     5 5 0
Oklahoma City     4 4 2
Roanoke     4 4 0
Delaware State     2 2 0
William & Mary Norfolk     4 5 0
Oglethorpe     3 4 1
Navy     3 5 1
West Virginia     2 6 1
Western Maryland     1 6 0
Delaware     1 7 0
East Carolina     0 8 0

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Kutztown
L 6–20[1]
October 7Campbell
L 0–13[2]
October 14at Naval Station NorfolkNorfolk, VAL 6–7[3]
October 21Western Carolina
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 6–12[4]
October 282:00 p.m.William & Mary Norfolk Division
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–7[5][6]
November 11at GuilfordGreensboro, NCL 0–20[7]
November 18High Point
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–25[8]
November 25at Appalachian StateMorganton, NCL 0–64[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Kutztown trims East Carolina Teachers 20–6". The Morning Call. October 1, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Buie's Creek boys defeat Teachers". The News and Observer. October 8, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Naval base wins". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Murray scores on 96-yard run to win for Cats, 12–6". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 22, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Greenville Teachers Play Norfolk Braves". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 28, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Home runs ruin Greenville boys". The News and Observer. October 29, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Quakers defeat Greenville boys". The News and Observer. November 12, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Panthers nip ECTC, 25–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 19, 1939. Retrieved March 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Appalachian hangs up 64–0 victory". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 26, 1939. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.