1970 East Carolina Pirates football team

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1970 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–8 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumFicklen Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
William & Mary $ 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Furman 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
East Carolina 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Richmond 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Davidson 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
VMI 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1970 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike McGee, the team compiled a 3–8 record.[1] The team's game against the Marshall Thundering Herd preceded the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, in which 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team were killed that night.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Toledo*
L 2–3514,106[2]
September 19East Tennessee State*
L 0–1013,042[3]
September 26at The Citadel
L 0–3117,420[4]
October 3at
Buffalo Bowl
  • Canyon, TX
    		• L 30–4211,000[5]
    October 10at NC State*
    		L 6–2328,350[6]
    October 17Southern Illinois*
    • Ficklen Memorial Stadium
    • Greenville, NC
    		L 12–1416,271[7]
    October 24at Richmond
    		L 12–3814,500[8]
    October 31at Furman
    		W 7–05,000[9]
    November 7West Virginia*
    • Ficklen Memorial Stadium
    • Greenville, NC
    		L 14–2810,240[10]
    November 14Marshall*
    • Ficklen Memorial Stadium
    • Greenville, NC (rivalry)
    		W 17–148,711[11]
    November 28at Davidson
    		W 36–182,500[12]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "1970 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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