1940 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1940 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumGuy Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons     9 0 0
No. 13 Georgetown     8 2 0
Navy     6 2 1
Delaware     5 3 0
East Carolina     5 3 0
Western Maryland
    5 3 0
George Washington     5 3 1
Catholic University     4 3 1
West Virginia     4 4 1
Virginia     4 5 0
Georgia Teachers     3 5 0
Roanoke     2 6 0
Oklahoma City
    1 7 3
William & Mary Norfolk     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In their first season under head coach John Christenbury, the team compiled a 5–3 record.

East Carolina was ranked at No. 497 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28
Kutztown
W 14–6[2]
October 6
Presbyterian Junior College
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 40–0[3]
October 12at William & Mary Norfolk DivisionNorfolk, VAW 18–0[4]
October 19at Western CarolinaCullowhee, NCL 14–25[5]
October 25NC State freshmen
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–262,000[6]
November 2at GuilfordGreensboro, NCW 13–0[7]
November 16
High Point
  • Guy Smith Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 0–6[8]
November 22at
The Apprentice School
W 44–7[9]

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