East Carolina University's Pirates triumphs and tragedies are captured
in this collection of striking images.
East Carolina University played its first intercollegiate football game
on October 29, 1932, against the Scots of Presbyterian Junior College.
In the more than eight decades that have followed, the ECU Pirates have
experienced triumph and tragedy while creating a premier game-day
experience. From the team's early days playing on farmland through the
decade-long quest to join the Southern Conference, ECU's rise is
recounted through these pages. Players are featured alongside legendary
and colorful coaches in this history of Pirate football.