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1978 East Carolina

9–⁠3, coached by Pat Dye.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1978, game by game: won at Western Carolina 14–6; lost at NC State 13–29; lost at North Carolina 10–14; won at Louisiana 38–9; won at Texas–Arlington 23–17; won at VMI 19–6; lost at Southern Miss 16–17; won vs. Richmond 21–14; won at App State 33–8; won vs. William & Mary 20–3; won vs. Marshall 45–0; won vs. Louisiana Tech 35–13+45−16Won 14–6 at Western Carolina+8Western CarolinaLost 13–29 at NC State-16NC StateLost 10–14 at North Carolina-4North CarolinaWon 38–9 at Louisiana+29LouisianaWon 23–17 at Texas–Arlington+6Texas–ArlingtonWon 19–6 at VMI+13VMILost 16–17 at Southern Miss-1Southern MissWon 21–14 vs. Richmond+7RichmondWon 33–8 at App State+25App StateWon 20–3 vs. William & Mary+17William & MaryWon 45–0 vs. Marshall+45MarshallWon 35–13 vs. Louisiana Tech+22Louisiana Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atWestern CarolinaW 14–⁠672%
Sep 9atNC StateL 13–⁠2948%
Sep 16atNorth CarolinaL 10–⁠1437%
Sep 23atLouisianaW 38–⁠958%
Sep 30atTexas–ArlingtonW 23–⁠1766%
Oct 7atVMIW 19–⁠660%
Oct 14atSouthern MissL 16–⁠1757%
Oct 28vsRichmondW 21–⁠1478%
Nov 4atApp StateW 33–⁠872%
Nov 11vsWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠374%
Nov 18vsMarshallW 45–⁠094%
Dec 16Bowls & playoffvsLouisiana TechIndependence BowlW 35–⁠1364%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Louisiana Tech 35–⁠13 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 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 1978.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
287–⁠136
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1663 +91 this season
SP+ rating
16.3 No. 20 of 133; offense No. 42, defense No. 10
SRS
7.4 No. 39 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 2Zack Valentine LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Eddie Hicks RBNew York Giants