East Carolina–NC State rivalry

East Carolina–NC State rivalry

Sports	Football, baseball, others
Originated	1970

The East Carolina–NC State rivalry is a rivalry 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 (both are UNC system schools and are only 83 miles apart via U.S. Highway 264) and the size of the two schools (NC State is the largest university in the state and East Carolina is the second largest).

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.

Football

East Carolina–N.C. State rivalry

East Carolina Pirates

NC State Wolfpack

Sport

Football

First meeting

October 10, 1970
NC State 23, East Carolina 6

Latest meeting

September 10, 2016
East Carolina 33, NC State 30

Next meeting

2019

Trophy

Victory Barrel

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

NC State leads, 16–13 (.551)

Largest victory

NC State, 57–8 (September 8, 1973)

Longest win streak

NC State, 5 (1978–1982)

Current win streak

East Carolina, 3 (2010–present)

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 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]

East Carolina and NC State have met on the football field 29 times, with 22 of those games played in Carter–Finley Stadium, 4 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.^[2]

NC State leads the all-time series, with 16 wins to East Carolina's 13 wins.^[3]

Victory Barrel

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.

Football game results

East Carolina victories	NC State victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 10, 1970	Raleigh, NC	NC State	23–6
2	October 23, 1971	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	31–15
3	October 21, 1972	Raleigh, NC	NC State	38–16
4	September 8, 1973	Raleigh, NC	NC State	57–8
5	October 5, 1974	Raleigh, NC	NC State	24–20
6	September 6, 1975	Raleigh, NC	NC State	26–3
7	September 18, 1976	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	23–14
8	September 3, 1977	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	28–23
9	September 9, 1978	Raleigh, NC	NC State	29–13
10	September 8, 1979	Raleigh, NC	NC State	34–20
11	November 11, 1980	Raleigh, NC	NC State	36–14
12	September 19, 1981	Raleigh, NC	NC State	31–10
13	September 11, 1982	Raleigh, NC	NC State	33–26
14	September 10, 1983	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	22–16
15	September 29, 1984	Raleigh, NC	NC State	31–22

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
16	September 7, 1985	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	33–14
17	September 6, 1986	Raleigh, NC	NC State	38–10
18	September 5, 1987	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	32–14
19	January 1, 1992	Atlanta, GA	East Carolina	37–34
20	November 30, 1996	Charlotte, NC	East Carolina	50–29
21	November 22, 1997	Raleigh, NC	NC State	37–24
22	November 20, 1999	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	23–6
23	November 27, 2004	Charlotte, NC	NC State	52–14
24	November 25, 2006	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	21–16
25	October 20, 2007	Greenville, NC	NC State	34–20
26	September 20, 2008	Raleigh, NC	NC State	30–24^OT
27	October 16, 2010	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	33–27^OT
28	November 23, 2013	Raleigh, NC	East Carolina	42–28
29	September 10, 2016	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	33–30
Series: NC State leads 16–13

Baseball

East Carolina–N.C. State rivalry

East Carolina

NC State

Sport

Baseball

First meeting

1966

Latest meeting

April 29, 2016
ECU 15, NC State 3

Statistics

All-time series

NC State leads 68–42–0

Largest victory

NC State 17, ECU 1
March 15, 1987

Since 1966, the two teams have met a total of 109 times. N.C. State leads the record 68–41–0. 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.

Notable games

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

References

↑ WRAL.com (1997-11-19). "New Law Allows State-ECU Rivalry to Go On". Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
↑ Bethany Bradsher. "Family Feud". East Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
↑ "Holland Issues Scheduling Statement". East Carolina University. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
↑ "1990 Men's Division I Baseball Atlantic Regional Game 8 – 1990-05-28". NCAA. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ "NCAA Championship Archive". NCAA. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

East Carolina Pirates football

Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (?–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State Victory Barrel UCF

Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate The Marching Pirates

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NC State Wolfpack football

Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl (Textile Bowl Trophy) East Carolina (Victory Barrel) North Carolina South Carolina

Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

American Athletic Conference football rivalries

Conference	Civil Conflict (Connecticut–UCF) East Carolina–UCF Houston–SMU Houston–Tulsa Gansz Trophy (SMU–Navy) War on I-4 (USF-UCF)

Non-conference	Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) Connecticut–Massachusetts Ramnapping Trophy (Connecticut–Rhode Island) East Carolina–Marshall East Carolina–NC State Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Louisville–Memphis Paint Bucket Bowl (Memphis–Arkansas State) Memphis–Ole Miss Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) Army–Navy Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Navy–Air Force–Army) Crab Bowl Classic (Navy–Maryland) Navy–Notre Dame Rice–SMU Safeway Bowl (SMU–North Texas) SMU–TCU Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova) Tulane–Auburn Georgia Tech–Tulane Ole Miss–Tulane Battle for the Bell (Tulane–Southern Miss) Battle for the Rag (Tulane–LSU) Oklahoma State–Tulsa

Rivalries of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Notre Dame Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Florida State–Virginia Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall North Carolina–NC State North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) Pittsburgh–Syracuse Virginia–Virginia Tech Commonwealth Cup (Virginia–Virginia Tech football)

Non-conference	Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Beanpot (Boston College–Boston U–Harvard–Northeastern ice hockey) Boston College–Holy Cross Boston College–Harvard (basketball) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Connecticut–Notre Dame (women's basketball) Duke–Maryland (basketball) Duke–Michigan (basketball) Florida–Florida State Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Louisville–Memphis Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Tulane Maryland–Virginia Florida–Miami Miami–Nebraska NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina NC State–East Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA basketball River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) City Game (Pittsburgh–Duquesne) Penn State–Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Georgetown–Syracuse Penn State–Syracuse Syracuse–West Virginia Virginia Tech–West Virginia VMI–Virginia Tech

Notre Dame football rivalries	Georgia Tech–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh

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