1990 East Carolina Pirates football team

1990 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Bill Lewis (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ficklen Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)

1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Louisville			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. 3 Miami (FL)			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Penn State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					8	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	2
Army			–					6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana			–					5	–	6	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	7	–	0
Tulane			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Akron			–					3	–	7	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa			–					3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 27–17	30,690
September 8	7:00 pm	at No. 3 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	WITN	L 45–24	61,983
September 15	7:00 pm	Virginia Tech*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		L 24–23	33,810
September 22	8:00 pm	at Southwestern Louisiana*	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		W 20–10	19,524
September 29	1:00 pm	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia		L 19–15	77,019
October 6	1:30 pm	Southern Miss*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		L 16–7	31,305
October 13	12:00 pm	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 37–7	62,000
October 20	2:00 pm	Cincinnati*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 56–32	27,380
October 27	1:00 pm	at Temple*	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia		L 30–27	24,612
November 3	2:30 pm	Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee		W 24–17	16,291
November 10	1:30 pm	Northern Illinois*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 24–20	20,100
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time