East Carolina at Richmond

Saturday, November 17, 1956

Richmond beat East Carolina 45–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Richmond led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayEast Carolina0–⁠2 in 1956
7
HomeRichmond4–⁠5 in 1956
45

FinalHigh 71°F, low 38°F, 0.86 in. of rainAttendance 5,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Richmond Romps To 45-7 Triumph

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 79

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    Richmond Romps To 45–⁠7 Triumph GREENVILLE. N. c., Nov. II R.-Richmond’s Spiders cashed in on three costly East Carolina fumbles and otherwise powered their way to a Asst victory over the Pirates today. The Southern Conference team warmed up in the first period after giving up a score in the first three minutes and never was in trouble as they rolled to at least two touchdowns in each Of the first three quartiers. Richmond failed to score in the final period with its lineup heavily sailed with subs. East Carolina threatened in this quarter, managing one good drive that finally begged down on the Spiders “a.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Richmond 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

East Carolina leads 13–⁠11 in 24 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
1982East Carolina 35, Richmond 14
1981East Carolina 17, Richmond 13
1980East Carolina 24, Richmond 22
1979East Carolina 52, Richmond 10
1978East Carolina 21, Richmond 14
1977East Carolina 35, Richmond 14

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