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2020 East Carolina Pirates football team

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2020 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBlake Harrell (1st season)
Home stadiumDowdy-Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Cincinnati y$   6 0     9 1  
Tulsa y   6 0     6 3  
Memphis   5 3     8 3  
UCF   5 3     6 4  
SMU   4 3     7 3  
Houston   3 3     3 5  
Navy   3 4     3 7  
Tulane   3 5     6 6  
East Carolina   3 5     3 6  
Temple   1 6     1 6  
South Florida   0 7     1 8  
Championship: Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 East Carolina Pirates football team will represent East Carolina University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates, led by second-year head coach Mike Houston, will play their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and are members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the 2019 season 4–8, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Schedule

East Carolina had games scheduled against Norfolk State and South Carolina, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 Marshall* ESPN Network
September 24 UCF
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPN Network
October 3 at Georgia State*
October 10 at South Florida
October 17 Navydagger
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
October 30 at Tulsa ESPN Network
November 7 Tulane
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
November 12 at Cincinnati ESPN Network
November 21 at Temple
November 28 SMU
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC

[3]

References

  1. ^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 East Carolina Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 24, 2020.