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1975 East Carolina

8–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Pat Dye.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1975, game by game: lost at No. 13 NC State 3–26; lost at App State 25–41; won vs. William & Mary 20–0; won at Southern Illinois 41–7; lost vs. Richmond 14–17; won at The Citadel 3–0; won vs. Western Carolina 42–14; won at North Carolina 38–17; won vs. Furman 21–10; won at Virginia 61–10; won vs. VMI 28–12+51−23Lost 3–26 at No. 13 NC State-23No. 13 NC StateLost 25–41 at App State-16App StateWon 20–0 vs. William & Mary+20William & MaryWon 41–7 at Southern Illinois+34Southern Illino…Lost 14–17 vs. Richmond-3RichmondWon 3–0 at The Citadel+3The CitadelWon 42–14 vs. Western Carolina+28Western CarolinaWon 38–17 at North Carolina+21North CarolinaWon 21–10 vs. Furman+11FurmanWon 61–10 at Virginia+51VirginiaWon 28–12 vs. VMI+16VMI
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6at13NC StateL 3–⁠2631%
Sep 13atApp StateL 25–⁠4163%
Sep 20vsWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠066%
Sep 27atSouthern IllinoisW 41–⁠776%
Oct 4vsRichmondL 14–⁠1772%
Oct 11atThe CitadelW 3–⁠054%
Oct 18vsWestern CarolinaW 42–⁠1489%
Oct 25atNorth CarolinaW 38–⁠1746%
Nov 1vsFurmanW 21–⁠1078%
Nov 8atVirginiaW 61–⁠1077%
Nov 22vsVMIW 28–⁠1281%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat VMI 28–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
296–⁠154
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1575 +47 this season
SP+ rating
-3.8 No. 83 of 132; offense No. 79, defense No. 84
SRS
−1.2 No. 72 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1975 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Richmond5–⁠15–⁠6
East Carolina4–⁠28–⁠3
App State3–⁠28–⁠3
The Citadel4–⁠36–⁠5
William & Mary2–⁠32–⁠9
Furman2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
VMI2–⁠43–⁠8
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

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