East Carolina vs. Richmond

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. East Carolina’s biggest win1979: East Carolina 52, Richmond 10by 42 points
2. Richmond’s biggest win1956: Richmond 45, East Carolina 7by 38 points
3. Upset1960: East Carolina 22, Richmond 7East Carolina had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1975: Richmond 17, East Carolina 14Richmond had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from East Carolina’s side (Stasavich 1–⁠3 against Merrick). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 18, 1956

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• East Carolina vs. Southern Miss38 meetings, East Carolina 12–⁠26
• East Carolina vs. NC State34 meetings, East Carolina 14–⁠20
• East Carolina vs. Cincinnati26 meetings, East Carolina 13–⁠13
• East Carolina vs. Memphis26 meetings, East Carolina 18–⁠8
• Richmond vs. William & Mary81 meetings, Richmond 39–⁠40–⁠2
• Richmond vs. VMI70 meetings, Richmond 33–⁠32–⁠5
• Richmond vs. Virginia Tech51 meetings, Richmond 10–⁠37–⁠4
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1