<P> East Carolina was founded in 1907 as a normal school . It became a four - year institution in 1920 and was renamed East Carolina Teachers College . It then became East Carolina College in 1951 and East Carolina University in 1967 . East Carolina joined the UNC System in 1972 . </P> <P> North Carolina State was founded in 1887 as a land - grant college . Its original name was North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts . In 1918, it changed its name to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering . In 1931, the school moved to under the Consolidated University of North Carolina and was renamed North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina . It once again was renamed North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh in 1963 and received its current name in 1965 . </P> <Table> East Carolina--N.C. State rivalry <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> East Carolina Pirates </Td> <Td> NC State Wolfpack </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sport </Th> <Td> Football </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First meeting </Th> <Td> October 10, 1970 NC State 23, East Carolina 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest meeting </Th> <Td> September 10, 2016 East Carolina 33, NC State 30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Next meeting </Th> <Td> 2019 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Trophy </Th> <Td> Victory Barrel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Statistics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Meetings total </Th> <Td> 28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> All - time series </Th> <Td> NC State leads, 16--13 (. 551) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Largest victory </Th> <Td> NC State, 57--8 (1973) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Longest win streak </Th> <Td> NC State, 5 (1978--1982) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Current win streak </Th> <Td> East Carolina, 3 (2010--present) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> East Carolina Pirates </Td> <Td> NC State Wolfpack </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

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