| East Carolina–NC State rivalry | |
| East Carolina Pirates | NC State Wolfpack |
The East Carolina–NC State rivalry, also known as the State–ECU rivalry and other similar variations is an ongoing series of athletic competitions between East Carolina University and North Carolina State University, both of which are located in North Carolina. The intensity of the rivalry is driven by the proximity of the two schools, both are UNC system schools and are only 83 miles apart via U.S. Highway 264. The size of the two schools, NC State is the largest university in the state and East Carolina is the third largest, and the fact that both schools are competing for many of the same students and athletes also add to the rivalry.
East Carolina was founded in 1907 as a normal school. It became a four year institution in 1920 and was renamed East Carolina Teachers College. It then became East Carolina College in 1951 and East Carolina University in 1967. East Carolina joined the UNC System in 1972.
North Carolina State was founded in 1887 as a land-grant college. Its original name was North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1918, it changed its name to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. In 1931, the school moved to under the Consolidated University of North Carolina and was renamed North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina. It once again was renamed North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh in 1963 and received its current name in 1965.
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| Football | |
| Originated | 1970 |
| Series | NC State leads 16-11-0 |
| Highest Margin of Victory | NC State 57, ECU 8 September 8, 1973 |
| Highest Scoring Game | ECU 50, NC State 29 November 20, 1996 |
| Most Recent Game | ECU 33, NC State 27OT October 16, 2010 |
The most prominent sport in the rivalry is football. The two teams began competing against each other in 1970. The football series between the two teams was suspended in 1987. Jim Valvano terminated NC State’s scheduling of East Carolina after Pirate fans tore down goal posts and the playing surface at Carter-Finley in 1987. NC State’s athletics administration had publicly warned ECU and Pirate fans after two consecutive years of minor vandalisms to the stadium.The schools would not meet again until the 1992 Peach Bowl. In 1996, the two schools met in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium rather than on either school's home field. In 1997, the North Carolina Legislature proposed a bill demanding that the UNC-CH and N.C. State must play East Carolina on an annual basis. This would officially revive the series between East Carolina and N.C. State.[1][2]
East Carolina and NC State have met on the football field 26 times, with 20 of those games played in Carter-Finley Stadium, 3 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and 3 in neutral venues. The highest profile game was played in the 1992 Peach Bowl, with 59,322 fans in attendance, this game would officially go on record as the largest attendance at the time for a game between two North Carolina college football teams.[3]
NC State leads the all-time series, with 16 wins to East Carolina's 11 wins.[4]
The next games that occur in the rivalry will be in 2013 in Raleigh and 2016 in Greenville.
In 2007 the Student Government Associations of both North Carolina State University and East Carolina University in a cooperative agreement began awarding the ‘Victory Barrel’ to the game winner. The outer face of the barrel is affixed with engraved colored plates denoting the year, final score, and winner of each contest dating back to 1970.
East Carolina victories are shaded in purple and gold. NC State victories are shaded red and white . [5]
| Date | Year | Location | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10 | 1970 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 23-6 |
| October 23 | 1971 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 31-15 |
| October 21 | 1972 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 38-16 |
| September 8 | 1973 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 57-8 |
| October 5 | 1974 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 24-20 |
| September 6 | 1975 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 26-3 |
| September 18 | 1976 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 23-14 |
| September 3 | 1977 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 28-23 |
| September 9 | 1978 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 29-13 |
| September 8 | 1979 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 34-20 |
| November 11 | 1980 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 36-14 |
| September 19 | 1981 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 31-10 |
| September 11 | 1982 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 33-26 |
| September 10 | 1983 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 22-16 |
| September 29 | 1984 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 31-22 |
| September 7 | 1985 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 33-14 |
| September 6 | 1986 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 38-10 |
| September 5 | 1987 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 32-14 |
| January 1 | 1992 | Fulton County Stadium (Peach Bowl) Atlanta, GA |
ECU | 37-34 |
| November 30 | 1996 | Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC |
ECU | 50-29 |
| November 22 | 1997 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 37-13 |
| November 20 | 1999 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC |
ECU | 23-6 |
| November 27 | 2004 | Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC |
NC State | 52-14 |
| November 25 | 2006 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
ECU | 21-16 |
| October 20 | 2007 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC |
NC State | 34-20 |
| September 20 | 2008 | Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC |
NC State | 30-24OT |
| October 16 | 2010 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC |
ECU | 33-27OT |
| Baseball | |
| East Carolina | NC State |
|---|---|
| Originated | 1966 |
| Series | NC State leads 64-38-0 |
| Highest Margin of Victory | NC State 17, ECU 1 (16) March 15, 1987 |
| Highest Scoring Game | ECU 16, NC State 9 (25) April 18, 1967 NC State 17, ECU 8 (25) May 6, 1987 |
| Most Recent Game | NC State 4, ECU 2 April 5, 2011 |
Since 1966, the two teams have met a total of 102 times. N.C. State leads the record 64-38-0. The two teams regularly qualify for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and games often have implications on the national rankings, as both teams are consistently in the top 30.
1968: NCAA District 3 Playoffs
East Carolina entered the NCAA Playoff with an opening win against Florida State and advanced to the next round to face N.C. State where they lost 7-5, giving N.C. State a sweep of the Pirates. This would be the first time that the two schools would meet in the tournament, and the two schools would not meet again in the tournament until 1990.[6] East Carolina was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Florida State. N.C. State would advance to the semi-final round of the 1968 College World Series, only to be eliminated by the eventual national champion USC Trojans.[7]
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