Rivalry leaderboard
East Carolina-NC State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 51/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 34
- Series record
- East Carolina 14-20 NC State
- Tracked years
- 1970-2025
- Trophy
- Victory Barrel
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
8 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1991PostseasonNeutral site
NC State vs. East Carolina
NC State 34, East Carolina 37
Winner: East Carolina
No. 21 NC State vs. No. 12 East Carolina · 3-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1974Week 5
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 20, NC State 24
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. No. 8 NC State · 4-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1977Week 1
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 28, NC State 23
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1983Week 3
NC State at East Carolina
NC State 16, East Carolina 22
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked East Carolina · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1979Week 2
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 20, NC State 34
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. No. 19 NC State · 14-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1982Week 2
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 26, NC State 33
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1984Week 6
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 22, NC State 31
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 1976Week 3
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 23, NC State 14
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 1975Week 1
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 3, NC State 26
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. No. 13 NC State · 23-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 12/35 · Overtime 0/15
25
Game score
- 1997Week 14
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 24, NC State 37
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 13-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
22
Game score
- 1999Week 13
NC State at East Carolina
NC State 6, East Carolina 23
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. No. 23 East Carolina · 17-point margin
Ranking 3/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
21
Game score
- 1978Week 2
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 13, NC State 29
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 16-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
19
Game score
- 1971Week 7
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 31, NC State 15
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 16-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
19
Game score
- 1970Week 7
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 6, NC State 23
Winner: NC State
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 17-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
18
Game score
- 1987Week 2
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 32, NC State 14
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 18-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
17
Game score
- 1985Week 2
East Carolina at NC State
East Carolina 33, NC State 14
Winner: East Carolina
Unranked East Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 19-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
16
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.