1995 East Carolina Pirates football team

American college football season

The 1995 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as an independent during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Steve Logan, the team compiled a 9–3 record and won the 1995 Liberty Bowl.^[1] The Pirates offense scored 274 points while the defense allowed 226 points.

Schedule

Game summaries

Tennessee

Syracuse

East Carolina Pirates at #22 Syracuse Orangemen

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: September 9, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 39,547
• Box Score

Central Michigan

Illinois

East Carolina Pirates at Illinois Fighting Illini

at Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois

• Date: September 16, 1995
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
• Game attendance: 60,545
• Box Score

West Virginia

West Virginia Mountaineers at East Carolina Pirates

at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina

• Date: September 30, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 34,108
• Box score

Cincinnati

Temple

Temple Owls at East Carolina Pirates

at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina

• Date: October 21, 1995
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 31,225
• Box score

SMU

Army

Tulsa

Memphis

Stanford–Liberty Bowl

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

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References

1. "1995 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
2. "Vols keep it basic and like the result". The Tennessean. September 3, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Syracuse can't hang on". Hartford Courant. September 10, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "East Carolina dumps CMU". Lansing State Journal. September 17, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Illini ride to victory behind 1-Hoss team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Pirates lose a big lead, but grab win". The Charlotte Observer. October 1, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Late field goal gives UC victory". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 8, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Temple's offense arrives too late in loss to E. Carolina". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "USM left stunned in defeat". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Army coughs up the football in loss to East Carolina". The Record. November 5, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "East Carolina bowls over TU". The Daily Oklahoman. November 12, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Pirates topple Tigers". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 19, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Pirates' Liberty Bowl win makes strong statement". The News and Observer. January 1, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "1996 NFL Draft listing". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2021.