2015 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record5–7 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Nichol (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorRick Smith (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Temple x  7 –1   10 –4  
South Florida  6 –2   8 –5  
Cincinnati  4 –4   7 –6  
UConn  4 –4   6 –7  
East Carolina  3 –5   5 –7  
UCF  0 –8   0 –12  
West Division
No. 8 Houston xy$  7 –1   13 –1  
No. 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 represented East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Greenville. 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.

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 p.m.Towson*
ESPN3W 28–2040,712
September 127:00 p.m.at Florida*
ESPN2L 24–3188,034
September 193:30 p.m.at Navy
CBSSNL 21–4534,717
September 263:30 p.m.Virginia Tech*
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ABC/ESPN2W 35–2850,514
October 34:00 p.m.at SMU
ESPNewsW 49–2317,136
October 107:30 p.m.at BYU*
ESPNUL 38–4560,186
October 17NoonTulsadagger
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNewsW 30–1743,065
October 227:00 p.m.No. 22 Temple
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPN2L 14–2439,417
October 307:00 p.m.at UConn
ESPNUL 13–3123,116
November 77:30 p.m.South Florida
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
CBSSNL 17–2245,194
November 197:00 p.m.at UCF
ESPNW 44–723,734
November 28NoonCincinnati
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
CBSSNL 16–1940,743
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the 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

At Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 7 10 24
Gators 10 0 14 7 31

At Navy

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 0 7 21
Midshipmen 7 21 0 17 45

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 14 0 7 7 28
Pirates 14 7 14 0 35

At SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 14 14 14 49
Mustangs 13 10 0 0 23

At BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 7 0 17 38
Cougars 7 21 14 3 45

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 13 3 7 30
Golden Hurricane 0 0 0 17 17

Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 7 0 14 24
Pirates 0 14 0 0 14

At UConn

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 0 0 7 13
Huskies 3 7 14 7 31

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 2 10 0 10 22
Pirates 0 7 7 3 17

At UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 17 13 0 44
Knights 7 0 0 0 7

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 0
Pirates 0

References

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


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