2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

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2014 East Carolina Pirates football
East Carolina Pirates wordmark.svg
Birmingham Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Florida
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2014 record8–5 (5–3 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLincoln Riley (5th season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorRick Smith (2nd season)
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 25 Memphis +   7 1     10 3  
Cincinnati +   7 1     9 4  
UCF +   7 1     9 4  
East Carolina   5 3     8 5  
Houston   5 3     8 5  
Temple   4 4     6 6  
South Florida   3 5     4 8  
Tulane   2 6     3 9  
Tulsa   2 6     2 10  
UConn   1 7     2 10  
SMU   1 7     1 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. This was East Carolina's first season as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to Florida.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 pmNorth Carolina Central*ESPNewsW 52–742,758
September 67:00 pmat No. 21 South Carolina*
ESPNUL 23–3380,899
September 1312:00 pmat No. 17 Virginia Tech*ESPNW 28–2163,267
September 203:30 pmNorth Carolina*
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNUW 70–4151,082
October 412:00 pmSMUdaggerNo. 22
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNUW 45–2445,029
October 117:00 pmat South FloridaNo. 19ESPNUW 28–1731,567
October 237:00 pmUConnNo. 18
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNUW 31–2140,152
November 112:00 pmat TempleNo. 23ESPNewsL 10–2022,130
November 137:00 pmat CincinnatiESPN2L 46–5419,113
November 223:30 pmTulane
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPN3W 34–648,433
November 288:30 pmat TulsaESPNUW 49–3215,126
December 47:30 pmUCF
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNL 30–3241,259
January 3, 201512:00 pmvs. Florida*ESPN2L 20–2830,083
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after October 28) - Released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries[]

North Carolina Central[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7
Pirates 10 21 7 14 52

South Carolina[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 10 0 7 23
#21 Gamecocks 7 13 10 3 33

Virginia Tech[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 21 0 0 7 28
#17 Hokies 0 7 0 14 21

North Carolina[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 13 7 7 14 41
Pirates 14 21 21 14 70

SMU[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 7 17 0 24
#22 Pirates 14 14 7 10 45

South Florida[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Pirates 7 0 7 14 28
Bulls 7 10 0 0 17

UConn[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 0 14 0 21
#18 Pirates 14 0 7 10 31

Temple[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Pirates 0 3 0 7 10
Owls 14 0 6 0 20

Cincinnati[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 14 7 19 46
Bearcats 14 17 7 16 54

Tulane[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 3 0 0 3
Pirates 10 7 3 14 34

Tulsa[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 7 14 14 49
Golden Hurricane 14 0 11 7 32

Central Florida[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 6 17 3 6 32
Pirates 6 3 0 21 30

Birmingham Bowl[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 10 3 20
Gators 7 14 7 0 28

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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 RV 23 22 19 18 18 21 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches NR NR NR RV 24 21 19 16 17 19 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR 
CFP Not released 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
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