1970 East Carolina Pirates football team

1970 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–8 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumFicklen Memorial Stadium
1970 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
William & Mary $ 3 1 05 7 0
The Citadel 4 2 05 6 0
Furman 3 2 08 3 0
East Carolina 2 2 03 8 0
Richmond 3 3 04 6 0
Davidson 2 4 02 8 0
VMI 1 4 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1970 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike McGee, the team compiled a 3–8 record. The team's game against the Marshall Thundering Herd preceded the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, in which 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team were killed that night.