2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

2013 East Carolina Pirates football
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Champions
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl vs. Ohio, W 37–20
Conference	Conference USA East Division
2013 record	10–3 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Lincoln Riley (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Air Raid
Defensive coordinator	Rick Smith (1st year)
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

2013 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Marshall x		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2					10	–	3
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2					8	–	5
Florida Atlantic		4	–	4					6	–	6
UAB		1	–	7					2	–	10
Southern Miss		1	–	7					1	–	11
FIU		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
Rice x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
UTSA		6	–	2					7	–	5
North Texas		6	–	2					9	–	4
Tulane		5	–	3					7	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
Tulsa		2	–	6					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	Old Dominion*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FCS Atlantic	W 52–38	44,597
September 5	7:30 PM	Florida Atlantic		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FS1	W 31–13	37,533
September 14	12:00 PM	Virginia Tech*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FS1	L 10–15	50,096
September 28	12:30 PM	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 55–31	60,000
October 5	3:30 PM	at Middle Tennessee		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	FSN	W 24–17	20,109
October 12	3:30 PM	at Tulane		Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	WITN	L 33–36 3OT	15,157
October 19	12:00 PM	Southern Miss		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	W 55–14	45,005
November 2	6:00 PM	at FIU		FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	WITN	W 34–13	16,961
November 9	3:45 PM	Tulsa		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	W 58–24	44,076
November 16	1:00 PM	UAB		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	WITN	W 63–14	42,603
November 23	12:30 PM	at NC State*		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 42–28	49,106
November 29	12:00 PM	at Marshall		Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV (Rivalry)	CBSSN	L 28–59	25,117
December 23	2:00 PM	vs. Ohio*		Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)	ESPN	W 37–20	20,053
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

Old Dominion

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

See also: 2013 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3–1	1940	ECU, 18–0

Florida Atlantic

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

See also: 2013 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Virginia Tech

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

See also: 2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–12	2013	VT, 17–10

at North Carolina

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

See also: 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–12–1	2012	UNC, 27–6

at Middle Tennessee

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

See also: 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:54 Game attendance: 15,157 Game weather: Indoors Referee: James Jone Television network: WHNO

See also: 2013 Tulane Green Wave football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–2	2012	ECU, 28–23

Southern Miss

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

See also: 2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–27	2012	ECU, 24–14

at FIU

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

See also: 2013 FIU Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Tulsa

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

See also: 2013 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2010	ECU, 51–49

UAB

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

See also: 2013 UAB Blazers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–4	2012	ECU, 42–35

at NC State

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

See also: 2013 NC State Wolfpack football team and East Carolina–NC State rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–16	2010	ECU, 33–27

at Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	10	10	8	28
Thundering Herd	17	7	21	14	59

See also: 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2012	ECU, 65–59

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

See also: 2013 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1998	ECU, 21–14

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV
Coaches'	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV
Harris	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released								NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released