2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

2013 East Carolina Pirates football
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Champions
Conference Conference USA
East Division
2013 record 10–3 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach Ruffin McNeill (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley (4th year)
Offensive scheme Air Raid
Defensive coordinator Rick Smith (1st year)
Home stadium Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
2013 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Marshall x   7 – 1         10 – 4  
East Carolina   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Middle Tennessee   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 4         6 – 6  
UAB   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Southern Miss   1 – 7         1 – 11  
FIU   1 – 7         1 – 11  
West Division
Rice x$   7 – 1         10 – 4  
UTSA   6 – 2         7 – 5  
North Texas   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Tulane   5 – 3         7 – 6  
Louisiana Tech   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Tulsa   2 – 6         3 – 9  
UTEP   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in C-USA before joining the American Athletic Conference in 2014.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 PM Old Dominion* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FCS Atlantic W 52–38   44,597
September 5 7:30 PM Florida Atlantic Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FS1 W 31–13   37,533
September 14 12:00 PM Virginia Tech* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FS1 L 10–15   50,096
September 28 12:30 PM at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W 55–31   60,000
October 5 3:30 PM at Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN FSN W 24–17   20,109
October 12 3:30 PM at Tulane Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA WITN L 33–36 3OT  15,157
October 19 12:00 PM Southern Miss Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN W 55–14   45,005
November 2 6:00 PM at FIU FIU Stadium • Miami, FL WITN W 34–13   16,961
November 9 3:45 PM Tulsa Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN W 58–24   44,076
November 16 1:00 PM UAB Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC WITN W 63–14   42,603
November 23 12:30 PM at NC State* Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCN W 42–28   49,106
November 29 12:00 PM at Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV (Rivalry) CBSSN L 28–59   25,117
December 23 2:00 PM vs. Ohio* Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl) ESPN W 37–20   20,053
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 14 14 7 38
Pirates 7 14 14 17 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3–1 1940 ECU, 18–0

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 3 0 7 13
Pirates 7 14 10 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 7 0 6 2 15
Pirates 7 0 3 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–12 2013 VT, 17–10

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 14 14 13 55
Tar Heels 0 10 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–12–1 2012 UNC, 27–6

at Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 3 7 24
Blue Raiders 10 0 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Tulane

1 234OT2OT3OTTotal
Pirates 3 3013770 33
• Green Wave 3 3103773 36
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:54
  • Game attendance: 15,157
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Referee: James Jone
  • Television network: WHNO
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–2 2012 ECU, 28–23

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14
Pirates 14 17 24 0 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–27 2012 ECU, 24–14

at FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 7 0 13 34
Panthers 3 7 3 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Hurricane 7 3 7 7 24
Pirates 7 14 14 23 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–5 2010 ECU, 51–49

UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 7 0 7 14
Pirates 14 21 14 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2012 ECU, 42–35

at NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 14 14 7 42
Wolfpack 7 0 0 21 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–16 2010 ECU, 33–27

at Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 10 10 8 28
Thundering Herd 17 7 21 14 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2012 ECU, 65–59

This was the fifteenth time these two teams have faced each other. East Carolina leads the overall win-loss record 10–5.

Ohio–Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 14 3 3 20
Pirates 14 3 0 20 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 1998 ECU, 21–14

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR RV 
Coaches' RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR RV 
Harris Not released NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References

  1. ↑ "2013 North Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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