2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

American college football season

2015 East Carolina Pirates football

Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Nichol (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Rick Smith (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
Seasons← 2014 2016 →

2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
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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

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	Tulsa	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNews	W 30–17	43,065
October 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Temple	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN2	L 14–24	39,417
October 30	7:00 p.m.	at UConn	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	ESPN	W 44–7	23,734
November 28	Noon	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 16–19	40,743
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	3	3	7	20
Pirates	14	0	7	7	28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	6	10	3	19
Pirates	10	0	0	6	16

v t e East Carolina Pirates football
Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (1939–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State
Culture & lore	Marshall football plane crash
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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