1940 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 1940 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their first season under head coach John Christenbury, the team compiled a 5–3 record.

1940 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumGuy Smith Stadium
1940 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons    9 0 0
No. 13 Georgetown    8 2 0
Navy    6 2 1
Delaware    5 3 0
East Carolina    5 3 0
Western Maryland    5 3 0
George Washington    5 3 1
Catholic University    4 3 1
West Virginia    4 4 1
Virginia    4 5 0
Georgia Teachers    3 5 0
Roanoke    2 6 0
Oklahoma City    1 7 3
William & Mary Norfolk    0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

East Carolina was ranked at No. 497 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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