# 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 6 (FCS) Appalachian State* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 35–13 | 49,023 |
| September 8 | 12:00 pm | at No. 9 South Carolina* | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN/WITN | L 10–48 | 77,006 |
| September 15 | 3:30 pm | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | CBSSN | W 24–14 | 34,140 |
| September 22 | 3:30 pm | at North Carolina* | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ESPNU | L 6–27 | 59,500 |
| September 29 | 7:00 pm | UTEP | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | WITN | W 28–18 | 47,817 |
| October 4 | 8:00 pm | at UCF | Bright House Networks StadiumOrlando, FL | CBSSN | L 20–40 | 32,181 |
| October 13 | 4:30 pm | Memphis | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | CSS/CSNH/WITN | W 41–7 | 45,137 |
| October 20 | 7:00 pm | at UAB | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | FCS | W 42–35 | 12,403 |
| October 27 | 7:00 pm | Navy* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | L 28–56 | 48,327 |
| November 3 | 12:00 pm | Houston | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 48–28 | 45,455 |
| November 17 | 3:30 pm | at Tulane | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA | CST/WITN | W 28–23 | 14,041 |
| November 23 | 2:00 pm | Marshall | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC (rivalry) | CBSSN | W 65–59 $^{2OT}$ | 46,317 |
| December 22 | 12:00 pm | vs. Louisiana–Lafayette* | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl) | ESPN | L 34–43 | 48,828 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### @ South Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| #9 Gamecocks | 14 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 48 |

### @ Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### @ North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tar Heels | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Pirates | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### @ UCF

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Knights | 7 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 40 |

### Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pirates | 14 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 41 |

### @ UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
| Blazers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Midshipmen | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### Houston

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Pirates | 14 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 48 |

### @ Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Green Wave | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Thundering Herd | 7 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Pirates | 14 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 65 |

### Louisiana–Lafayette–New Orleans Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 43 |