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American college football season
1991 East Carolina Pirates football Conference Independent Coaches No. 9 AP No. 9 1991 record 11–1 Head coach Offensive coordinator Steve Logan (2nd season)Home stadium Ficklen Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)Seasons
The 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Pirates offense scored 409 points while the defense allowed 277 points. Led by head coach Bill Lewis , the Pirates won the Peach Bowl defeating in-state rival NC State .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 4:00 pm at Illinois * ESPN L 31–3846,313 [1]
September 14 7:00 pm Memphis State * W 20–1332,382 [2]
September 21 7:00 pm at Central Florida * W 47–2520,049 [3]
September 28 1:30 pm South Carolina * Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC W 31–2033,100 [4]
October 5 1:30 pm Akron * Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC W 56–2027,500 [5]
October 12 1:30 pm at No. 15 Syracuse * W 23–2037,767 [6]
October 26 1:30 pm No. 23 Pittsburgh * No. 20 Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC W 24–2336,000 [7]
November 2 1:30 pm Tulane * No. 17 Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC W 38–2831,126 [8]
November 9 1:00 pm at Southern Miss * No. 16 W 48–2018,117 [9]
November 16 1:00 pm at Virginia Tech * No. 14 W 24–1748,317 [10]
November 23 1:00 pm at Cincinnati * No. 13 W 30–198,574 [11]
January 1 11:30 am vs. No. 21 NC State * No. 12 ESPN W 37–3459,322 [12]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1991 East Carolina Pirates football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
23
20
17
16
14
13
12
12
9
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
24
20
19
17
15
15
13
9
Game summaries [ ]
at Illinois [ ]
at Syracuse [ ]
Pittsburgh [ ]
vs. NC State (Peach Bowl) [ ]
NC State vs. East Carolina
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack
7
7 13 7
34
• Pirates
7
10 0 20
37
[13]
Team players drafted into the NFL [ ]
[14]
Awards and honors [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Illini get a late scare from East Carolina" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . September 1, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "ECU tops Memphis St. by 20–13" . The News and Observer . September 15, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pirates, Blake rip Knights" . The Orlando Sentinel . September 22, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "USC falls hard" . The Charlotte Observer . September 29, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Zips get very rude welcome" . The Akron Beacon Journal . October 6, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "E. Carolina numbs SU" . Democrat and Chronicle . October 13, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "E. Carolina overcomes Pitt, 24–23" . The Pittsburgh Press . October 27, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Blake leads E. Carolina over Tulane" . The Palm Beach Post . November 3, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "ECU ruins USM's homecoming" . Hattiesburg American . November 10, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pirates rally past Hokies, 24–17" . Rocky Mount Telegram . November 17, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "UC rises, falls, 30–19" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . November 24, 1991. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Blake, Pirates come back on Wolfpack" . The Charlotte Observer . January 2, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Comeback Makes It All Peachy for East Carolina, 37-34" . Los Angeles Times . January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
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