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1991 East Carolina

11–⁠1, coached by Bill Lewis, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 1991, game by game: lost at Illinois 31–38; won vs. Memphis 20–13; won at UCF 47–25; won vs. South Carolina 31–20; won vs. Akron 56–20; won at No. 15 Syracuse 23–20; won vs. No. 23 Pittsburgh 24–23; won vs. Tulane 38–28; won at Southern Miss 48–20; won at Virginia Tech 24–17; won at Cincinnati 30–19; won vs. No. 21 NC State 37–34+36−7Lost 31–38 at Illinois-7IllinoisWon 20–13 vs. Memphis+7MemphisWon 47–25 at UCF+22UCFWon 31–20 vs. South Carolina+11South CarolinaWon 56–20 vs. Akron+36AkronWon 23–20 at No. 15 Syracuse+3No. 15 SyracuseWon 24–23 vs. No. 23 Pittsburgh+1No. 23 PittsburghWon 38–28 vs. Tulane+10TulaneWon 48–20 at Southern Miss+28Southern MissWon 24–17 at Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechWon 30–19 at Cincinnati+11CincinnatiWon 37–34 vs. No. 21 NC State+3No. 21 NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atIllinoisL 31–⁠3833%
Sep 14vsMemphisW 20–⁠1360%
Sep 21atUCFW 47–⁠2581%
Sep 28vsSouth CarolinaW 31–⁠2056%
Oct 5vsAkronW 56–⁠2077%
Oct 12at15SyracuseW 23–⁠2028%
Oct 26vs23PittsburghW 24–⁠2360%
Nov 2vsTulaneW 38–⁠2887%
Nov 9atSouthern MissW 48–⁠2055%
Nov 16atVirginia TechW 24–⁠1748%
Nov 23atCincinnatiW 30–⁠1974%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs21NC StatePeach BowlW 37–⁠3455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 37–⁠34 in the Peach Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 23
  2. Wk 9: 20
  3. Wk 10: 17
  4. Wk 11: 16
  5. Wk 12: 14
  6. Wk 13: 13
  7. Wk 14: 12
  8. Wk 15: 12
  9. Final: 9

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 1991.

Consensus All-AmericanRobert Jones, LB

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 9
Points
409–⁠277
Coach
Bill Lewis
Elo
1655 +158 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 24 of 104; offense No. 17, defense No. 72
SRS
8.5 No. 28 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Logan
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 1Robert Jones LBDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Jeff Blake QBNew York Jets