2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

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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

August 308:00 PMNorth Carolina Central*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPNewsW 52–742,758 September 67:00 PMat No. 21 South Carolina*

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

ESPNUL 23–3380,899 September 1312:00 PMat No. 17 Virginia Tech*

• Lane Stadium
• Blacksburg, VA

ESPNW 28–2163,267 September 203:30 PMNorth Carolina*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPNUW 70–4151,082 October 412:00 PMSMUNo. 22

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPNUW 45–2445,029 October 117:00 PMat South FloridaNo. 19

• Raymond James Stadium
• Tampa, FL

ESPNUW 28–1731,567 October 237:00 PMConnecticutNo. 18

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPNUW 31–2140,152 November 112:00 PMat TempleNo. 21

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

ESPNewsL 10–2022,130 November 137:00 PMat Cincinnati

• Paul Brown Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH

ESPN2L 46–5419,113 November 223:30 PMTulane

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPN3W 34–648,433 November 288:30 PMat Tulsa

• Chapman Stadium
• Tulsa, OK

ESPNUW 49–3215,126 December 47:30 PMUCF

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC (Rivalry)

ESPNL 30–3241,259 January 3, 201512:00 PMvs. Florida*

• Legion Field
• Birmingham, AL (Birmingham Bowl)

ESPN2L 20–2830,083

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

North Carolina Central

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

See also: 2014 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

South Carolina

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

See also: 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–12	2012	SCAR, 48–10

Virginia Tech

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

See also: 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–13	2013	VT, 15–10

North Carolina

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

See also: 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–12–1	2013	ECU, 55–31

SMU

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

See also: 2014 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2010	SMU, 45–38

South Florida

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

See also: 2014 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2006	USF, 24–7

Connecticut

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

See also: 2014 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Temple

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

See also: 2014 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–3	1995	ECU, 33–22

Cincinnati

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

See also: 2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–5	2004	CIN, 24–19

Tulane

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

See also: 2014 Tulane Green Wave football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–3	2013	TUL, 36–33

Tulsa

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

See also: 2014 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	2013	ECU, 58–24

Central Florida

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

See also: 2014 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–3	2012	UCF, 40–20

Birmingham Bowl

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

See also: 2014 Florida Gators football team and Birmingham Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1983	UF, 24–17

Rankings

Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	RV	23	22	19	18	18	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	RV	24	21	19	16	17	19	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									23	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released