2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

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.

2014 East Carolina Pirates football
Birmingham Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Florida
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2014 record8–5 (5–3 The American)
Head coachRuffin McNeill (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorLincoln Riley (5th season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorRick Smith (2nd season)
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 PMNorth Carolina Central*
ESPNewsW 52–742,758
September 67:00 PMat No. 21 South Carolina*
ESPNUL 23–3380,899
September 1312:00 PMat No. 17 Virginia Tech*
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
ESPNUW 28–1731,567
October 237:00 PMUConnNo. 18
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNUW 31–2140,152
November 112:00 PMat TempleNo. 21
ESPNewsL 10–2022,130
November 137:00 PMat Cincinnati
ESPN2L 46–5419,113
November 223:30 PMTulane
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPN3W 34–648,433
November 288:30 PMat Tulsa
ESPNUW 49–3215,126
December 47:30 PMUCF
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPNL 30–3241,259
January 3, 201512:00 PMvs. Florida*
ESPN2L 20–2830,083
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[1]

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

UConn
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 0 14 0 21
#18 Pirates 14 0 7 10 31
See also: 2014 UConn 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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP NR NR NR RV 23 22 19 18 18 21 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches NR NR NR RV 24 21 19 16 17 19 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR 
CFP Not released 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released
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References
  1. "2014 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2014.


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