# 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in C-USA before joining the American Athletic Conference in 2014.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 pm | Old Dominion* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FCS Atlantic | W 52–38 | 44,597 |
| September 5 | 7:30 pm | Florida Atlantic | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FS1 | W 31–13 | 37,533 |
| September 14 | 12:00 pm | Virginia Tech* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FS1 | L 10–15 | 50,096 |
| September 28 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina* | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ACCN | W 55–31 | 60,000 |
| October 5 | 3:30 pm | at Middle Tennessee | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | FSN | W 24–17 | 20,109 |
| October 12 | 3:30 pm | at Tulane | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | WITN | L 33–36 $^{3OT}$ | 15,157 |
| October 19 | 12:00 pm | Southern Miss | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 55–14 | 45,005 |
| November 2 | 6:00 pm | at FIU | FIU StadiumMiami, FL | WITN | W 34–13 | 16,961 |
| November 9 | 3:45 pm | Tulsa | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 58–24 | 44,076 |
| November 16 | 1:00 pm | UAB | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | WITN | W 63–14 | 42,603 |
| November 23 | 12:30 pm | at NC State* | Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC (Victory Barrel) | ACCN | W 42–28 | 49,106 |
| November 29 | 12:00 pm | at Marshall | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV (rivalry) | CBSSN | L 28–59 | 25,117 |
| December 23 | 2:00 pm | vs. Ohio* | Tropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl) | ESPN | W 37–20 | 20,053 |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Pirates | 7 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 52 |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Pirates | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| Pirates | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### At North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 55 |
| Tar Heels | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### At Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Blue Raiders | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Pirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| • Green Wave | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 36 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Pirates | 14 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 55 |

### At FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 34 |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Hurricane | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Pirates | 7 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 58 |

### UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Pirates | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |

### At NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Wolfpack | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |

### At Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| Thundering Herd | 17 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 59 |
This was the fifteenth time these two teams have faced each other. East Carolina leads the overall win–loss record 10–5.

### Ohio–Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Pirates | 14 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 37 |