The 1947 East Carolina Pirates football team was an

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team that represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with s ...

) as a member of the

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during the

1947 college football season The 1947 college football season finished with 1947 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame, 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team, Michigan, and 1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but th ...

. In their second season under head coach Jim Johnson, the team compiled a 3–6 record.

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East Carolina East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with s ...

East Carolina Pirates football seasons

East Carolina Pirates football The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU"). The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference, which is in NCAA Division I, Division I Football Bowl ...

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