2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

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2015 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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. 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

September 56:00 p.m.Towson*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPN3W 28–2040,712 September 127:00 p.m.at Florida*

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

ESPN2L 24–3188,034 September 193:30 p.m.at Navy

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, MD

CBSSNL 21–45 34,717 September 263:30 p.m.Virginia Tech*

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ABC/ESPN2W 35–28 50,514 October 34:00 p.m.at SMU

• Gerald J. Ford Stadium
• University Park, TX

ESPNewsW 49–23 17,136 October 107:30 p.m.at BYU*

• LaVell Edwards Stadium
• Provo, UT

ESPNUL 38–45 60,186 October 17NoonTulsa

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPNewsW 30–17 43,065 October 227:00 p.m.No. 22 Temple

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

ESPN2L 14–24 39,417 October 307:00 p.m.at Connecticut

• Rentschler Field
• East Hartford, CT

ESPNUL 13–31 23,116 November 77:30 p.m.South Florida

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

CBSSNL 17–22 45,194 November 197:00 p.m.at UCF

• Bright House Networks Stadium
• Orlando, FL (Rivalry)

ESPNW 44–7 23,734 November 28NoonCincinnati

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

CBSSNL 16–19 40,743

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

Towson

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

See also: 2015 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

at Florida

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

See also: 2015 Florida Gators football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	01/03/2015	UF, 28–20

at Navy

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

See also: 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2012	NAVY, 56–28

Virginia Tech

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

See also: 2015 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–13	2014	ECU, 28–21

at SMU

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

See also: 2015 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2014	ECU, 45–24

at BYU

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

See also: 2015 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Tulsa

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

See also: 2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2014	ECU, 49–32

Temple

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

See also: 2015 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–4	2014	TEM, 20–10

at Connecticut

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

See also: 2015 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	ECU, 31–21

South Florida

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

See also: 2015 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2014	ECU, 28–17

at UCF

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

See also: 2015 UCF Knights football team and East Carolina–UCF football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2014	UCF, 32–30

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats					0
Pirates					0

See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–6	2014	CIN, 54–46