East Carolina Pirates

The East Carolina Pirates were 5-6 in 1997.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 11/22	@	NCST	L 24-37
Thu 11/13	vs	CIN	W 14-7
Sat 11/8	@	HOU	W 28-27
Sat 11/1	@	LOU	W 45-31
Sat 10/25	vs	MEM	W 32-10

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,510

Gonzalez

RUSH YDS

457

Harley

REC YDS

795

Smith

1997 C-USA Standings

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
Cincinnati	2-4	8-4
Tulane	5-1	7-4
East Carolina	4-2	5-6
Memphis	2-4	4-7
Houston	2-4	3-8

Latest East Carolina Pirates News

Engleman's 43-yard TD run in 4th helps East Carolina beat Rice 28-12

Oct 10, 2026

1997 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	214	3,377	741	4.6	742	297	2.5	2,635	444	5.9
Team Rank		93rd	97th	82nd	95th	110th	111th	105th	35th	10th	102nd
Opponent	11	298	4,052		5.1	1,952	510	3.8	2,100	279	7.5
Opponent Rank		68th	56th		53rd	73rd	96th	57th	32nd	20th	73rd
Net		-84	-675	+741	-0.6	-1,210	-213	-1.3	+535	+165	-1.6
Net Rank		80th	84th	82nd	78th	102nd	110th	95th	24th	3rd	94th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

1,868

Jackson

1,772

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

743

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

17

Taylor

17

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

202.0

Stockton

200.5

Hoover

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

44.8

44.0

43.6

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

547.8

533.8

531.6

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

254.0

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	1	.800
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	5	1	.833
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
14	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	2	4	.333
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Toledo	4	2	.667
3	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Ohio	4	2	.667
5	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	4	.333
9	Buffalo	3	3	.500
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	5	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	5	1	.833
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	2	.600
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	3	3	.500
15	Maryland	2	4	.333
16	Michigan State	2	4	.333
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	1	.800
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
11	California	3	3	.500
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	4	.333
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	5	1	.833
4	North Texas	4	2	.667
5	UAB	3	3	.500
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	4	.333
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	3	2	.600
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	3	.500
12	Rice	1	5	.167
13	Charlotte	0	6	.000
14	Navy	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	3	.500
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	4	2	.667
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
8	Nevada	2	3	.400
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200