2004 East Carolina Pirates football team

2004 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	2–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	John Thompson
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)

2004 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Louisville $		8	–	0					11	–	1
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	4
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	5
Cincinnati		5	–	3					7	–	5
UAB		5	–	3					7	–	5
TCU		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tulane		3	–	5					5	–	6
South Florida		3	–	5					4	–	7
Houston		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Carolina		2	–	6					2	–	9
Army		2	–	6					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 pm	at No. 10 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 23–56	59,172
September 11	7:00 pm	Wake Forest*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 17–31	33,458
September 25	7:00 pm	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 19–24	29,332
October 2	3:30 pm	at No. 22 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN+	L 7–59	40,220
October 9	2:00 pm	Tulane	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 27–25	29,584
October 23	7:05 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPNGP	L 10–51	32,422
October 30	3:00 pm	Army	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 38–28	29,111
November 6	5:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 24–34	13,069
November 13	7:00 pm	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		L 17–41	25,408
November 20	2:00 pm	Memphis	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 35–38	27,250
November 27	1:00 pm	vs. NC State*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (rivalry)		L 14–52	41,244
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time