2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

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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

August 317:00 PMOld Dominion*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

FCS AtlanticW 52–38 44,597 September 57:30 PMFlorida Atlantic

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

FS1W 31–13 37,533 September 1412:00 PMVirginia Tech*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

FS1L 10–15 50,096 September 2812:30 PMat North Carolina*

• Kenan Memorial Stadium
• Chapel Hill, NC

ACCNW 55–31 60,000 October 53:30 PMat Middle Tennessee

• Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
• Murfreesboro, TN

FSNW 24–17 20,109 October 123:30 PMat Tulane

• Mercedes-Benz Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

WITNL 33–36 ^3OT15,157 October 1912:00 PMSouthern Miss

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

FSNW 55–14 45,005 November 26:00 PMat FIU

• FIU Stadium
• Miami, FL

WITNW 34–13 16,961 November 93:45 PMTulsa

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

FSNW 58–24 44,076 November 161:00 PMUAB

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

WITNW 63–14 42,603 November 2312:30 PMat NC State*

• Carter–Finley Stadium
• Raleigh, NC (Victory Barrel)

ACCNW 42–28 49,106 November 2912:00 PMat Marshall

• Joan C. Edwards Stadium
• Huntington, WV (Rivalry)

CBSSNL 28–59 25,117 December 232:00 PMvs. Ohio*

• Tropicana Field
• St. Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)

ESPNW 37–20 20,053

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	3	14	14	7	38
Pirates	7	14	14	17	52

See also: 2013 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

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

See also: 2013 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

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

See also: 2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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

See also: 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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

See also: 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Tulane

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total Pirates 3 3 0 13 7 7 0 33 • Green Wave 3 3 10 3 7 7 3 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

See also: 2013 Tulane Green Wave football team

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

See also: 2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

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

See also: 2013 FIU Panthers football team

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

See also: 2013 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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

See also: 2013 UAB Blazers football team

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

See also: 2013 NC State Wolfpack football team and East Carolina–NC State rivalry

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

See also: 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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

See also: 2013 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1998	ECU, 21–14