East Carolina–NC State rivalry

The East Carolina–NC State rivalry is a rivalry between East Carolina University and North Carolina State University. Both teams 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 fourth largest).

East Carolina–NC State rivalry

East Carolina Pirates NC State Wolfpack
Sport	Football, baseball, others
First meeting	1970

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Locations of East Carolina and NC State

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 football rivalry

East Carolina Pirates NC State Wolfpack
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 10, 1970 NC State 23, East Carolina 6
Latest meeting	August 31, 2019 NC State 34, East Carolina 6
Next meeting	September 3, 2022 in Greenville
Trophy	Victory Barrel
Statistics
Meetings total	31
All-time series	NC State leads, 18–13 (.581)
Largest victory	NC State, 58–3 (2018)
Longest win streak	NC State, 5 (1978–1982)
Current win streak	NC State, 2 (2018–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 31 times, with 24 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 18 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

No. 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 #17 NC State 57–8 5 October 5, 1974 Raleigh, NC #8 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 16 September 7, 1985 Raleigh, NC East Carolina 33–14 No. Date Location Winner Score 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 #12 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 #23 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 30 December 1, 2018 Raleigh, NC NC State 58–3 31 August 31, 2019 Raleigh, NC NC State 34–6 Series: NC State leads 18–13

Men's basketball

East Carolina–N.C. State men's basketball rivalry

East Carolina Pirates NC State Wolfpack
First meeting	January 20, 1968 NC State 83, East Carolina 67
Latest meeting	December 21, 2013 NC State 90, East Carolina 79
Statistics
Meetings total	21
All-time series	NC State leads, 20–1 (.952)
Largest victory	NC State, 117–81 (1975)
Longest win streak	NC State, 17 (1968–2006)
Current win streak	NC State, 3 (2008–present)

NC State currently leads the series 20–1. NC State won the most recent matchup between the two teams 90–79 on December 21, 2013 at PNC Arena. There are currently no scheduled games between the two teams.

Basketball game results

East Carolina victories

NC State victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 January 1, 1968 Raleigh, NC NC State 83–67 2 January 15, 1970 Raleigh, NC NC State 100–81 3 February 26, 1972 Raleigh, NC NC State 92–57 4 February 13, 1973 Raleigh, NC NC State 105–70 5 December 5, 1973 Raleigh, NC NC State 79–47 6 November 30, 1974 Raleigh, NC NC State 98–81 7 December 3, 1975 Raleigh, NC NC State 117–81 8 December 30, 1976 Raleigh, NC NC State 92–69 9 December 17, 1977 Raleigh, NC NC State 106–80 10 January 23, 1979 Raleigh, NC NC State 104–86 11 January 2, 1980 Raleigh, NC NC State 83–68 No. Date Location Winner Score 12 January 24, 1981 Raleigh, NC NC State 77–52 13 January 23, 1982 Raleigh, NC NC State 63–53 14 December 8, 1982 Raleigh, NC NC State 57–49 15 November 16, 2001 Raleigh, NC NC State 71–47 16 November 19, 2004 Raleigh, NC NC State 100–66 17 December 28, 2006 Raleigh, NC NC State 64–57 18 December 8, 2007 Greenville, NC East Carolina 75–69 19 December 17, 2008 Raleigh, NC NC State 87–67 20 November 18, 2010 Raleigh, NC NC State 85–65 21 December 21, 2013 Raleigh, NC NC State 90–79 Series: NC State leads 20–1

Baseball

East Carolina–N.C. State baseball rivalry

East Carolina Pirates NC State Wolfpack
First meeting	1957 East Carolina 5, NC State 4
Latest meeting	June 2, 2019 East Carolina 9, NC State 2
Statistics
Meetings total	109
All-time series	NC State leads, 68–41 (.624)
Current win streak	East Carolina, 1 (2019–present)

Baseball is the second most prominent sport in the rivalry, with the two teams having played 109 times. NC State leads the series 68–41.[4] The two teams last met on June 2, 2019 in the 2019 NCAA Tournament in Greenville, where the Pirates won 9–2. There are currently no scheduled games between the two teams.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. WRAL.com (1997-11-19). "New Law Allows State-ECU Rivalry to Go On". Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
2. Bethany Bradsher. "Family Feud". East Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
3. "Holland Issues Scheduling Statement". East Carolina University. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
4. "NEW_BSB_HANDBOOK_100919" (PDF). GoPack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2019.