2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

2015 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference American Athletic Conference
Eastern Division
2015 record 5–7 (3–5 The American)
Head coach Ruffin McNeill (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Dave Nichol (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Rick Smith (3rd year)
Home stadium Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Temple x   7 – 1         10 – 4  
South Florida   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Cincinnati   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Connecticut   4 – 4         6 – 7  
East Carolina   3 – 5         5 – 7  
UCF   0 – 8         0 – 12  
West Division
#8 Houston xy$   7 – 1         13 – 1  
#18 Navy x   7 – 1         11 – 2  
Memphis   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Tulsa   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Tulane   1 – 7         3 – 9  
SMU   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 31, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team represents East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and play their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. This was East Carolina's second season as members of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Head coach Ruffin McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six year record of 42–24.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:00 p.m. Towson* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN3 W 28–20   40,712
September 12 7:00 p.m. at Florida* Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL ESPN2 L 24–31   88,034
September 19 3:30 p.m. at Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD CBSSN L 21–45   34,717
September 26 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ABC/ESPN2 W 35–28   50,514
October 3 4:00 p.m. at SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX ESPNews W 49–23   17,136
October 10 7:30 p.m. at BYU* LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPNU L 38–45   60,186
October 17 Noon Tulsadagger Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPNews W 30–17   43,065
October 22 7:00 p.m. #22 Temple Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN2 L 14–24   39,417
October 30 7:00 p.m. at Connecticut Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPNU L 13–31   23,116
November 7 7:30 p.m. South Florida Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSSN L 17–22   45,194
November 19 7:00 p.m. at UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 44–7   23,734
November 28 Noon Cincinnati Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSSN L 16–19   40,743
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 3 3 7 20
Pirates 14 0 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 7 10 24
Gators 10 0 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 01/03/2015 UF, 28–20

at Navy

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 0 7 21
Midshipmen 7 21 0 17 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2012 NAVY, 56–28

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 14 0 7 7 28
Pirates 14 7 14 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–13 2014 ECU, 28–21

at SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 14 14 14 49
Mustangs 13 10 0 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2014 ECU, 45–24

at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 7 0 17 38
Cougars 7 21 14 3 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 13 3 7 30
Golden Hurricane 0 0 0 17 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5 2014 ECU, 49–32

Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 7 0 14 24
Pirates 0 14 0 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2014 TEM, 20–10

at Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 0 0 7 13
Huskies 3 7 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2014 ECU, 31–21

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 2 10 0 10 22
Pirates 0 7 7 3 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2014 ECU, 28–17

at UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 17 13 0 44
Knights 7 0 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–4 2014 UCF, 32–30

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0
Pirates 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–6 2014 CIN, 54–46

References

  1. ↑ "2015 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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