# 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Greenville. This was East Carolina's second season as members of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.
McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six-year record of 42–24.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Towson* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ESPN3 | W 28–20 | 40,712 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | at Florida* | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | ESPN2 | L 24–31 | 88,034 |
| September 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD | CBSSN | L 21–45 | 34,717 |
| September 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ABC/ESPN2 | W 35–28 | 50,514 |
| October 3 | 4:00 p.m. | at SMU | Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX | ESPNews | W 49–23 | 17,136 |
| October 10 | 7:30 p.m. | at BYU* | LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT | ESPNU | L 38–45 | 60,186 |
| October 17 | Noon | Tulsa | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ESPNews | W 30–17 | 43,065 |
| October 22 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 Temple | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ESPN2 | L 14–24 | 39,417 |
| October 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at UConn | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT | ESPNU | L 13–31 | 23,116 |
| November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | South Florida | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | CBSSN | L 17–22 | 45,194 |
| November 19 | 7:00 p.m. | at UCF | Bright House Networks StadiumOrlando, FL | ESPN | W 44–7 | 23,734 |
| November 28 | Noon | Cincinnati | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | CBSSN | L 16–19 | 40,743 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Pirates | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Gators | 10 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### At Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Midshipmen | 7 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 45 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Pirates | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### At SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Mustangs | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 |

### At BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 38 |
| Cougars | 7 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 45 |

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Golden Hurricane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |

### Temple

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At UConn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Huskies | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### South Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| Pirates | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### At UCF

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 44 |
| Knights | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearcats | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| Pirates | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |