1997 East Carolina Pirates football team

1997 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Conference USA
1997 record	5–6 (4–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Steve Logan
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 38,000)

1997 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#19 Southern Miss $		6	–	0		9	–	3
Tulane		5	–	1		7	–	4
East Carolina		4	–	2		5	–	6
Cincinnati		2	–	4		8	–	4
Memphis		2	–	4		4	–	7
Houston		2	–	4		3	–	8
Louisville		0	–	6		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 1997 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	12:30 PM	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 17–24	51,143
September 13	3:30 PM	Wake Forest*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	W 25–24	38,031
September 20	3:00 PM	South Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 0–26	38,902
October 4	12:30 PM	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		L 0–56	44,054
October 11	3:30 PM	Southern Miss	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 13–23	33,904
October 18	8:00 PM	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	WNCT	L 16–33	23,340
October 25	3:30 PM	Memphis	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	W 32–10	28,029
November 1	3:00 PM	at Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	WNCT	W 45–31	12,850
November 8	3:30 PM	at Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	WNCT	W 28–27	17,051
November 13	8:00 PM	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN	W 14–7	25,509
November 22	1:00 PM	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC		L 24–37	51,500
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

East Carolina Pirates football

Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (?–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State Victory Barrel UCF

Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate The Marching Pirates

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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