1991 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Pirates offense scored 409 points while the defense allowed 277 points. Led by head coach Bill Lewis, the Pirates won the Peach Bowl defeating in-state rival NC State.

1991 East Carolina Pirates football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 37–34 vs. NC State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
1991 record	11–1
Head coach	Bill Lewis (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ficklen Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)

1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 East Carolina			–					11	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					11	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Penn State			–					11	–	2	–	0
No. 21 Tulsa			–					10	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Notre Dame			–					10	–	3	–	0
Akron			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State			–					5	–	6	–	0
Army			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati			–					4	–	7	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina			–					3	–	6	–	2
Southwestern Louisiana			–					2	–	8	–	1
Louisville			–					2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					2	–	9	–	0
Tulane			–					1	–	10	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:00 pm	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	L 31–38	46,313
September 14	7:00 pm	Memphis State*		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 20–13	32,382
September 21	7:00 pm	at Central Florida*		Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida		W 47–25	20,049
September 28	1:30 pm	South Carolina*		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 31–20	33,100
October 5	1:30 pm	Akron*		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 56–20	27,500
October 12	1:30 pm	at No. 15 Syracuse*		Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		W 23–20	37,767
October 26	1:30 pm	No. 23 Pittsburgh*	No. 20	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 24–23	36,000
November 2	1:30 pm	Tulane*	No. 17	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 38–28	31,126
November 9	1:00 pm	at Southern Miss*	No. 16	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi		W 48–20	18,117
November 16	1:00 pm	at Virginia Tech*	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia		W 24–17	48,317
November 23	1:00 pm	at Cincinnati*	No. 13	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati		W 30–19	8,574
January 1	11:30 am	vs. No. 21 NC State*	No. 12	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	W 37–34	59,322
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1991 East Carolina Pirates football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Jeff Blake Sr TE 88 Carlester Crumpler So TE 91 Luke Fisher Sr WR 82 Hunter Gallimore Sr WR Dion Johnson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 40 Chris Hall Sr LB 44 Robert Jones Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 19 John Jett Sr	Head coach Bill Lewis Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	20	17	16	14	13	12	12	9
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	20	19	17	15	15	13	9

Game summaries

at Illinois

at Syracuse

Pittsburgh

vs. NC State (Peach Bowl)

NC State vs. East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total Wolfpack 7 7 13 7 34 • Pirates 7 10 0 20 37 Date: January 1 Location: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 59,322 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried

[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Robert Jones	Linebacker	1	24	Dallas Cowboys
Jeff Blake	Quarterback	6	166	New York Jets
Luke Fisher	Tight end	8	210	Minnesota Vikings
Chris Hall	Defensive back	9	250	Dallas Cowboys
Dion Johnson	Wide receiver	10	274	Houston Oilers

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Awards and honors

• Bill Lewis, AFCA Coach of the Year

References

1. "Comeback Makes It All Peachy for East Carolina, 37-34". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1992.htm