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1969 East Carolina

2–⁠7 (1–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Clarence Stasavich.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1969, game by game: lost at East Tennessee State 0–7; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 6–24; lost vs. The Citadel 13–31; lost at Richmond 7–24; won at Southern Illinois 17–3; won vs. Furman 24–21; lost vs. Davidson 27–42; lost at Marshall 7–38; lost vs. Southern Miss 7–14+14−31Lost 0–7 at East Tennessee State-7East Tennessee …Lost 6–24 vs. Louisiana Tech-18Louisiana TechLost 13–31 vs. The Citadel-18The CitadelLost 7–24 at Richmond-17RichmondWon 17–3 at Southern Illinois+14Southern Illino…Won 24–21 vs. Furman+3FurmanLost 27–42 vs. Davidson-15DavidsonLost 7–38 at Marshall-31MarshallLost 7–14 vs. Southern Miss-7Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atEast Tennessee StateL 0–⁠777%
Sep 27vsLouisiana TechL 6–⁠2470%
Oct 4vsThe CitadelL 13–⁠3146%
Oct 18atRichmondL 7–⁠2418%
Oct 25atSouthern IllinoisW 17–⁠361%
Nov 1vsFurmanW 24–⁠2187%
Nov 8vsDavidsonL 27–⁠4238%
Nov 15atMarshallL 7–⁠3841%
Nov 22vsSouthern MissL 7–⁠1442%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Miss 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠3 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
108–⁠204
Coach
Clarence Stasavich
Elo
1235 −157 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−33.1 No. 119 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1969 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Davidson5–⁠17–⁠4
Richmond5–⁠16–⁠4
The Citadel4–⁠27–⁠3
William & Mary2–⁠23–⁠7
East Carolina1–⁠32–⁠7
Furman0–⁠41–⁠8–⁠1
VMI0–⁠40–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.