2014 East Carolina Pirates football
Birmingham Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Florida
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLincoln Riley (5th season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorRick Smith (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

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 pmSMUdaggerNo. 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. 23
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
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

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 10 0 7 23
#21 Gamecocks 7 13 10 3 33

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 21 0 0 7 28
#17 Hokies 0 7 0 14 21

North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 13 7 7 14 41
Pirates 14 21 21 14 70

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 7 17 0 24
#22 Pirates 14 14 7 10 45

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Pirates 7 0 7 14 28
Bulls 7 10 0 0 17

UConn

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 0 14 0 21
#18 Pirates 14 0 7 10 31

Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Pirates 0 3 0 7 10
Owls 14 0 6 0 20

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 6 14 7 19 46
Bearcats 14 17 7 16 54

Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 3 0 0 3
Pirates 10 7 3 14 34

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 7 14 14 49
Golden Hurricane 14 0 11 7 32

Central Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 6 17 3 6 32
Pirates 6 3 0 21 30

Birmingham Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 10 3 20
Gators 7 14 7 0 28

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP———RV232219181821———————
Coaches———RV242119161719RVRV—————
CFPNot released23——————Not released

References

  1. ↑ "2014 East Carolina Pirates Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2014.


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