1954 Elks Bowl - Morris-Harvey 12, East Carolina 0
December 05, 2010 | Football
Jan. 2, 1954
The 1953 Pirate football team put together one of the most successful seasons in school history up to that point, but ended the campaign on a bitter note with a 12-0 loss to Morris-Harvey in the 1954 Elks Bowl.
East Carolina College won the North State Conference championship in 1953 with a perfect 6-0 conference record, but its lone regular-season loss to Tampa cost the Pirates a bid to the Tangerine Bowl in Florida.
Quarterback Dick Cherry and end Bobby Hodges received honorable mention Little All-America by the Associated Press, and Cherry, Hodges, and Paul Gay were named to the Greensboro Daily News all-state team.
The loss to Morris-Harvey left the Pirates with a final record of 8-2.
| Morris-Harvey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Scoring Summary
MH - Fetty 3 run (run failed)
MH - Spenik 28 pass from Maxwell (kick failed)
| Team Statistics | MH | ECC |
| First Downs | 10 | 13 |
| Rushing Yardage | 118 | 98 |
| Passing Yardage | 63 | 82 |
| Total Offense | 181 | 180 |
| Passes (Comp-Att-Int) | 3-7-4 | 10-24-0 |
| Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1 |
| Punts-Avg | 8-34 | 5-33 |
| Yards Penalized | 25 | 60 |
