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
Team W   L   T W   L   T
William & Mary $ 3 1 0 5 7 0
The Citadel 4 2 0 5 6 0
Furman 3 2 0 8 3 0
East Carolina 2 2 0 3 8 0
Richmond 3 3 0 4 6 0
Davidson 2 4 0 2 8 0
VMI 1 4 0 1 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.