American college football season
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 Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 8:00 pm North Carolina Central * ESPNews W 52–742,758 September 6 7:00 pm at No. 21 South Carolina * ESPNU L 23–3380,899 September 13 12:00 pm at No. 17 Virginia Tech * ESPN W 28–2163,267 September 20 3:30 pm North Carolina * Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNU W 70–4151,082 October 4 12:00 pm SMU No. 22 Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNU W 45–2445,029 October 11 7:00 pm at South Florida No. 19 ESPNU W 28–1731,567 October 23 7:00 pm UConn No. 18 Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPNU W 31–2140,152 November 1 12:00 pm at Temple No. 23 ESPNews L 10–2022,130 November 13 7:00 pm at Cincinnati ESPN2 L 46–5419,113 November 22 3:30 pm Tulane Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPN3 W 34–648,433 November 28 8:30 pm at Tulsa ESPNU W 49–3215,126 December 4 7:30 pm UCF Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC ESPN L 30–3241,259 January 3, 2015 12:00 pm vs. Florida * ESPN2 L 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 
