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1976 East Carolina

9–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Pat Dye.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1976, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 48–0; won at NC State 23–14; won at William & Mary 20–19; won vs. The Citadel 22–3; won vs. Southern Illinois 49–14; won at VMI 17–3; lost at North Carolina 10–12; won at Western Carolina 24–17; won at Richmond 20–10; lost at Furman 10–17; won vs. App State 35–7+48−7Won 48–0 vs. Southern Miss+48Southern MissWon 23–14 at NC State+9NC StateWon 20–19 at William & Mary+1William & MaryWon 22–3 vs. The Citadel+19The CitadelWon 49–14 vs. Southern Illinois+35Southern Illino…Won 17–3 at VMI+14VMILost 10–12 at North Carolina-2North CarolinaWon 24–17 at Western Carolina+7Western CarolinaWon 20–10 at Richmond+10RichmondLost 10–17 at Furman-7FurmanWon 35–7 vs. App State+28App State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsSouthern MissW 48–⁠057%
Sep 18atNC StateW 23–⁠1451%
Sep 25atWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠1967%
Oct 2vsThe CitadelW 22–⁠381%
Oct 9vsSouthern IllinoisW 49–⁠1487%
Oct 16atVMIW 17–⁠378%
Oct 23atNorth CarolinaL 10–⁠1267%
Oct 30atWestern CarolinaW 24–⁠1792%
Nov 6atRichmondW 20–⁠1073%
Nov 13atFurmanL 10–⁠1772%
Nov 20vsApp StateW 35–⁠773%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat App State 35–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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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 1976.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
278–⁠116
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1623 +73 this season
SP+ rating
20.8 No. 13 of 132; offense No. 29, defense No. 8
SRS
15.4 No. 18 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 6Reggie Pinkney DBDetroit Lions

1976 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
East Carolina4–⁠19–⁠2
William & Mary3–⁠27–⁠4
App State2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Furman2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
VMI2–⁠35–⁠5
The Citadel2–⁠46–⁠5
Davidson0–⁠10–⁠2

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