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The East Carolina Pirates are a

Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). Mike Houston is the head coach.

The

All-Americans
over their history. Four players have their jerseys retired. Numerous Pirates have played in the NFL, including ten current players.

The team played its inaugural season in 1932. The team played home games at College Stadium on the main campus from the 1949 to the 1962 season. With the exception of the 1999 Miami football game, they have played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium every year since 1963. The stadium is located south of East Carolina's main campus near the intersection of South Charles Boulevard and 14th Street. Dowdy-Ficklen underwent an expansion in 2010, raising the capacity of the stadium to 50,000. The Pirates announced a $55 million renovation project to Dowdy-Ficklen in 2016, which added a new tower above the south side stands, among other things.

The coaches and administrative support is located in the Ward Sports Medicine Building, which is located adjacent to the stadium. Strength and conditioning for the players occurs in the Murphy Center, a $13 million indoor training facility which was completed in June 2002 and which is located in the west end zone of Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates also practice and train at the Cliff Moore Practice Facility, which was fully renovated in 2005 and which has two full-length NFL-caliber fields.

History

See also: List of East Carolina Pirates football seasons

Early history (1932–1973)

1933 East Carolina football team

East Carolina began organized football in the fall of 1932. The first football coach in school history was

Presbyterian Junior College and tied Old Dominion.[4] The 1935 season included three wins, which was the largest total so far in history. Coach Mathis left after the season.[6]

North State Conference
, their first conference affiliation. In the first year of conference play, the team had three wins compared to six losses. The next year was even more disastrous; as his team did not win once. Coach Johnson left after the 1948 season.

Clarion College, losing 13–6. Coach Boone led the school to another first the next season, as the football team won the North State Conference championship. During the 1953 regular season, the team won eight while losing one en route to this championship. For the second time ever, East Carolina went to a bowl game. The team competed in the Elks Bowl, against Morris Harvey College, losing 12–0.[8] The 1954 season would be the last winning season for four years. Over the four-year span the team won 12, losing 23 and tying twice. Coach Boone stayed at East Carolina for four more years, finally leaving after the 1961 season.[7]
He, at the time, was the longest tenured coach. He helped usher the Pirates into a conference and post-season play.

The tenth head coach for the Pirates was

Massachusetts, 14–13, in 1964 and Maine, 31–0 in 1965. Also in 1964, Coach Stasavich was named the NAIA Coach of the Year. The 1965 season also marked entering their first conference, the Southern Conference, since the North State/Carolinas Conference. Despite going 4–5–1, Coach Stasavich guided the Pirates to their first conference championship in 13 years. Even though East Carolina won eight games in 1967, they were not invited to a bowl game. The last two seasons for Coach Stasavich were losing seasons. The teams went 4–6 and 2–7.[10][11] Stasavich departed East Carolina with a 50–27–1 record and was the winningest head coach in ECU football history until Steve Logan surpassed him in 1999.[12]

North Carolina State. The 1972 season accumulated the most wins in a season for the Pirates, since the 1965 season.[15] The team won the Southern Conference Championship, which was the first time since the 1966 season. The only two losses of the season came against North Carolina State and North Carolina.[15] The 1973 season was much like the 1972 season. The team again won nine games, while only losing to North Carolina State and North Carolina.[16] They also won the conference championship. After the 1973 season, Randle left to become the head coach at his alma mater, Virginia.[14] His record at ECU was 22–10.[17]

Pat Dye era (1974–1979)

East Carolina brought in Alabama linebackers coach Pat Dye as their new head coach in 1974.[18] In his first season, the Pirates won seven games, while losing four.[19] The next year, Coach Dye won even more games.[20] The team started the season with opening losses to North Carolina State and Appalachian State. On October 24, 1975, longtime coach and administrator, Clarence Stasavich died.[21] This was one day before the Pirates beat the UNC Tar Heels for the first time ever, 38–17, with Coach Dye preemptively ending the game and taunting the Tar Heels by downing the ball just yards from goal line late in the game. Two games later, on November 8, East Carolina and Dye faced former ECU coach Sonny Randle, who commented on leaving to the ACC program, that the difference between the Virginia program and the ECU program "was like comparing Apples and Oranges." ECU pelted Virginia 61-10 as ECU fans, including then Chancellor Leo Warren Jenkins, threw tons of apples and oranges onto the field late in the fourth quarter and chanted "We Can Handle, Sonny Randle".[22]

Coach Dye brought the team to the nine win plateau again in 1976.

Wyoming for a season, before moving again to Auburn.[28] Dye left ECU after compiling a 48–18–1 record.[29]

Ed Emory era (1980–1984)

AP Poll, the first time East Carolina finished ranked in the polls. The next season the team won two games while losing nine.[35] Coach Emory was fired after the season.[36] He left with a 26–29 record.[37]

Art Baker era (1985–1988)

Art Baker, a former ECU assistant, became the next head coach.[38] He had been the head coach at Furman and The Citadel.[38] Coach Baker led the Pirates to records of 2–9 in 1985,[39] 2–9 in 1986,[40] 5–6 in 1987[41] and 3–8 in 1988.[42] Baker never had a winning record as head coach at East Carolina. His teams went 12–32 over four years[43] and he was fired after the 1988 season.[44]

Bill Lewis era (1989–1991)

East Carolina tapped

Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech. For their accomplishment, the Peach Bowl invited them to play in their 1992 contest.[49] The team played NC State and came from behind to win 37–34.[49] The Pirates finished the season ranked number No. 9 in the AP and Coaches Poll.[48] After the season, Lewis won the 1991 Coach-of-the-Year Award. Lewis left East Carolina with a 21–12–1 record to become the new head coach at Georgia Tech.[37][45]

Steve Logan era (1992–2002)

Coach Logan

The Pirates chose their

Steve Logan to succeed Lewis, promoting him to serve as their 17th head football coach.[50] He led East Carolina for eleven seasons, from 1992 to 2002. The 1992 and 1993 seasons were both losing efforts.[51][52]

In 1994 Coach Logan logged his first winning season as a head coach, with ECU winning seven games and losing four in the regular season.[53] The team was rewarded by being invited to the Liberty Bowl to face Illinois.[54] The Fighting Illini shut out the Pirates 30–0.[55] This was their first bowl game shutout since the Elks Bowl against Morris Harvey in 1954. The Pirates took the momentum from the 1994 season and increased their win count to nine, while losing three in the 1995 season.[56] The only losses were to Tennessee, Illinois and Cincinnati. For their victories, the Pirates were invited again to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they played Stanford and won 19–13.[57] After the bowl game victory, East Carolina was ranked number 23 in the final Coaches Poll of the year.

The 1996 season was another winning year, where they went 8–3 with wins over South Carolina, Miami and NC State.[58] Because they were still Independent, with no bowl tie-ins, the Pirates were left out of post-season play. For the 1997 season, the university was invited to Conference USA.[59] This would be the football team's first year of conference play since they left the Southern Conference in 1976. The team struggled to shake mediocrity for their first two Conference USA seasons, going 5–6 and 6–5, respectively.[60][61]

The next three years were more fruitful for the Pirates with quarterback David Garrard.[62] Garrard would go on to a successful NFL career with the Jacksonville Jaguars as well as one season with the New York Jets.[63][64] The team enjoyed three straight bowls, losing two while winning one. After going 4–8 in 2002,[65] the administration and Logan agreed to part ways.[66][67] Logan left ECU as the winningest head coach in school history, surpassing Clarence Stasavich during the 1999 season.[12] Logan's record at ECU was 69–58.[68]

John Thompson era (2003–2004)

Replacing Logan as the Pirates head coach was Florida defensive coordinator John Thompson.[69] Thompson came to ECU with a great resume as an assistant coach and a reputation as a brilliant defensive mind, working under Lou Holtz at Arkansas, Joe Raymond Peace at Louisiana Tech, Curley Hallman and Jeff Bower at Southern Miss, Houston Nutt at Arkansas and Ron Zook at Florida.[70]

Coach Thompson's tenure set the Pirates back several years, accumulating only three wins over two years, with records of 1–11 in 2003[71] and 2–9 in 2004.[72] His teams beat only Army both years and Tulane his second year. Amid much fan and administration impatience and frustration with the struggles of the football program, athletics director Terry Holland fired Thompson after the 2004 season.[73] Thompson left with an abysmal 3–20 record.[74]

Skip Holtz era (2005–2009)

Coach Holtz

In December 2004, Holland brought in former UConn head coach Skip Holtz, son of legendary coach Lou Holtz,[75] to become the Pirates nineteenth head football coach.[76]

In his first season, Coach Holtz helped turn the team around winning five games, two more wins than the John Thompson had accomplished in his entire tenure.

Papajohns.com Bowl invited the team to play in their contest, where East Carolina lost to former C-USA rival South Florida, 24–7.[79]

In 2007, Holtz' Pirates continued their winning ways. The team won eight regular season games, earning the team their second bowl game in two years.

Galleryfurniture.com Bowl win against Texas Tech in 2000.[81]

On August 30, 2008, the Pirates pulled off a stunning upset against then 17th ranked

T.J. Lee.[82] The following week they pulled off an even stronger upset of then 8th ranked West Virginia by the score of 24–3, not allowing a touchdown for the entire game.[83] This was the Pirates third straight victory against a top-25 ranked opponent, counting Boise State from the year before. As a result, East Carolina was awarded with the number 14 ranking in the Associated Press poll and 20th in the USA Today poll, the highest since January 1992 when the Pirates were ranked ninth. The Pirates finished the 2008 regular season at 9–5, winning the Eastern Division of Conference USA and defeating Tulsa in the Championship game.[84] This was the first Conference Championship for ECU since 1976. ECU was then invited to the Auto Zone Liberty bowl to face Kentucky, where the Pirates controlled the first half, but fell to UK 25–19.[85] The next season, East Carolina produced a second Conference USA title with a 38–32 win over Houston, and finished the season at 9–5 after an overtime loss to the Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl.[86][87]

On January 14, 2010, it was announced[88] that Holtz was leaving his position at East Carolina to take the head football coach position at the South Florida, replacing the recently fired Jim Leavitt.[89][90] Holtz left ECU with a 38–27 record.[91]

Ruffin McNeill era (2010–2015)

Dominique Davis drops back to pass during the 2010 Military Bowl

On January 21, 2010, it was announced that

African American head coach in ECU football history.[93]

In his first season, the Pirates went 6–6 beating in state rival NC State.

Louisiana-Lafayette in the New Orleans Bowl by a score of 43–34.[98]

In 2013, McNeill took the Pirates to a 10–3 season; the second time in school history.

Beef O' Brady's Bowl.[101] The 2014 campaign started off promising with a 28–21 win at Virginia Tech[102] and a 70–41 win over North Carolina.[103] The momentum would slow down as the Pirates finished 8–4 before losing to Florida in the Birmingham Bowl.[104]

After a 2015 campaign where the Pirates regressed to 5–7 overall and 3–5 in American Athletic Conference play,[105] East Carolina athletics director Jeff Compher announced on December 4, 2015, that the university had fired McNeill.[106] McNeill finished his 6-year tenure at East Carolina with a 42–34 overall record, 30–18 combined Conference USA and American Athletic Conference records, and a 1–3 bowl record.[107][108]

Scottie Montgomery era (2016–2018)

On December 13, 2015, athletics director Jeff Compher announced Scottie Montgomery as the 21st head football coach at East Carolina University.[109] Montgomery came to Greenville after a stint as associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Duke under head coach David Cutcliffe. Montgomery had served as wide receivers coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers under head coach Mike Tomlin, and in that same role at Duke.[110]

In Montgomery's first season, the Pirates compiled a record of 3–9.

FCS opponent Western Carolina by a margin of 52–7[112] and archrival NC State by a score of 33–30.[113] However, Montgomery's squad dropped their next five, beginning with a 20–15 loss to South Carolina.[114] On September 24, East Carolina lost to Virginia Tech by a score of 54–17.[115] That was followed by a 47–29 loss to UCF.[116] On October 8, Montgomery's Pirates lost to South Florida by a score of 38–22.[117] The Pirates were scheduled to host Navy on October 13, but due to Hurricane Matthew battering the North Carolina coast that weekend, the game was rescheduled for November 19.[118] After a 31–19 loss to Cincinnati,[119] the Pirates snapped their five-game skid by dominating UConn to the tune of 41–3.[120] East Carolina lost their last four games to finish the season; falling to Tulsa by a score of 45–24,[121] SMU by a margin of 55–31,[122] Navy by a score of 66–31[123] and Temple by a score of 37–10.[124]

Montgomery was terminated before the 2018 season finale after three seasons.[125]

Mike Houston era (2019–present)

On December 3, 2018, ECU announced the hiring of

Lenoir-Rhyne University
.

Conference affiliations

Championships

Conference championships

East Carolina has been in a total of four conferences: North State, Southern, Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference. The team were the champions in the North State Conference in 1953. The Pirates won the Southern Conference three times outright, and shared the championship once. On December 5, 2008, East Carolina Defeated Tulsa 27–24 to capture the 2008 Conference USA championship, their first conference title in 32 years. On December 5, 2009, they defeated Houston 38–32 to win their 2nd straight C-USA title.

Season Coach Conference Overall record Conference record
1953 Jack Boone
North State Conference
 8–2 6–0
1966† Clarence Stasavich Southern Conference 4–5–1 4–1–1
1972 Sonny Randle 9–2 6–0
1973 9–2 6–0
1976 Pat Dye 9–2 4–1
2008 Skip Holtz Conference USA 9–5 6–2
2009 9–5 7–1

† Co-champion

Division championships

Year Division Coach Opponent CG result
2008 Conference USA - East Skip Holtz Tulsa W 27–24
2009 Houston W 38–32
2012†
Ruffin McNeil
 N/A lost tiebreaker to UCF

† Co-champion

Bowl games

The Pirates have participated in 21 bowl games compiling a record of 10–11. The team went to one bowl game twice, the Tangerine Bowl and have been to the Liberty Bowl four times.[127]

Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
December 13, 1952 Jack Boone
Lions Bowl
 Clarion L 6–13
January 2, 1954[8] Elks Bowl Morris Harvey L 0–12
December 14, 1963 Clarence Stasavich Eastern Bowl Northeastern W 27–6
December 12, 1964 Tangerine Bowl UMass W 14–13
December 11, 1965 Tangerine Bowl Maine W 31–0
December 16, 1978 Pat Dye Independence Bowl Louisiana Tech W 35–13
January 1, 1992 Bill Lewis † Peach Bowl NC State W 37–34
December 31, 1994 Steve Logan Liberty Bowl Illinois L 0–30
December 30, 1995 Liberty Bowl Stanford W 19–13
December 22, 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl TCU L 14–28
December 27, 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl Texas Tech W 40–27
December 19, 2001 GMAC Bowl Marshall L 61–64 2OT
December 23, 2006 Skip Holtz PapaJohns.com Bowl South Florida L 7–24
December 23, 2007
Hawaiʻi Bowl
 Boise State W 41–38
January 2, 2009 Liberty Bowl Kentucky L 19–25
January 2, 2010 Liberty Bowl Arkansas L 17–20 OT
December 29, 2010 Ruffin McNeill Military Bowl Maryland L 20–51
December 22, 2012 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana L 34–43
December 23, 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Ohio W 37–20
January 3, 2015 Birmingham Bowl Florida L 20–28
December 27, 2021 Mike Houston Military Bowl Boston College Cancelled
December 27, 2022 Birmingham Bowl Coastal Carolina W 53–29

† New Year Six Bowl

Head coaches

Main article: List of East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

There have been 22 head coaches of the Pirates. Steve Logan is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached, and wins, while John Christenbury leads all coaches in winning percentage with 0.867. O. A. Hankner is statistically the worst coach the Pirates have had in terms of winning percentage, with .000.

Facilities

Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium

Main article: Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium

The Pirates play their home games at Bagwell Field at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. The stadium is located at the intersection of 14th Street and Charles Avenue. It has a maximum capacity of 50,000. Bagwell Field has been recognized as having the second best field design in the nation.[128]

Dr. Leo Jenkins, President of East Carolina, announced his plans to build a new stadium for the Pirates on October 7, 1961. It took a year for Dr. Jenkins to raise $283,387, even though only $200,000 was requested. The James Skinner Ficklen Memorial Stadium was dedicated on September 21, 1963. The stadium included stands on the south side, a press box and a lighting system.

James S. Ficklen, a Greenville tobacco company executive, established the Ficklen Foundation, which is a financial aid foundation. Ronald and Mary Ellen Dowdy, a real estate developer in Orlando, Florida, donated $1 million to the school. For his donation, Ficklen Stadium was renamed the Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in 1994. Al and Debbie Bagwell of Lake Gaston, Virginia, donated a large gift to the school and the field was named Bagwell Field in their honor in 1995.

Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium has gone through many enhancements over the years. The north side stands were built in 1968, increasing capacity to 20,000. During 1977–1978, seating was increased by 15,000. In 1994, the stadium was renamed Dowdy-Ficklen and roads were improved around the stadium. For the 1996–1998 seasons, the upper deck on the north side was built and improvements were made to the press box on the south side. A new scoreboard was introduced in 1999 and a 12-foot (3.7 m), three ton sculpture of the Pirate was unveiled.

The east end zone has been enclosed, bringing the stadium's capacity to 50,000. An 88 ft x 28 ft HD scoreboard was added to the top of the section, which stands as one of the largest and most advanced scoreboards in the nation.

In May 2016, East Carolina revealed a $55 million renovation project for Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, which is a portion of its athletic facilities master plan. The project includes a four-story tower above the south side stands with over 1,000 new premium seats and boxes, a new press box, and a new field-level club section in the north end zone. It began construction after the 2017 football season.[129] The expansion, known as TowneBank Tower, was completed in August 2019.[130]

Cliff Moore Practice Facility

The NFL-caliber Cliff Moore Practice Facility is located between Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium and

natural and one FieldTurf. The natural fields are based on Dowdy-Ficklen field. The fields are Bermuda Tift grass
with gravel and sand-based drainage. The fields are parallel to one another and run north to south. The FieldTurf field is perpendicular to the natural grass fields. The field is 78,120 square feet (7,258 m2).

Murphy Center

The Murphy Center is located in the west endzone at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. It is a 52,475-square-foot (4,875.1 m2) multi-purpose building. The building opened its doors to ECU student-athletes in June 2002 and was dedicated on September 13, 2002. On the ground floor is the Walter and Marie Williams Strength and Conditioning Area where athletes train. Also on the ground floor is the Robert and Virginia Maynard Lobby. On the second story is the C. Felix and Margaret Blount Harvey Banquet Hall, the Dick and Susan Jones Academic Enhancement Center and the Bill and Emily Furr Lobby. Located between Harvey Hall and the Jones Academic Enhancement Center is the sport memorabilia area. The building is named for Pete and Lynn Murphy of Rose Hill, North Carolina. The center was built for approximately $13 million.

Ward Sports Medicine Building

The Ward Sports Medicine Building is located adjacent to the Murphy Center at East Carolina. It is a three-story building that was built in 1989. It is 80,283 square feet (7,458.5 m2) and cost $8 million to build.

On the first floor are football locker rooms, athletic training room, equipment room, and a women's locker room which hosts the ECU softball, women's soccer, and women's tennis teams. Also on the first floor are meeting rooms for the football team. The eight rooms consist of one 107-seat team meeting room, one 55-seat unit room, and six 12 to 15 team positional rooms.

On the second floor are football and basketball offices, the ECU Hall of Fame, and classrooms for students. On the third floor, the Pirate Club, the director of athletics Terry Holland, and other administrative and support officials have offices. The building is named for two alumni, Robert Allen (Bob) and Margaret Ann Cude Ward.

Rivalries

Marshall

Main article: East Carolina–Marshall football rivalry

East Carolina and Marshall have a "friendly" rivalry with one another. They are forever bonded in history by the tragic plane crash on November 14, 1970. The Thundering Herd were coming back from Greenville, North Carolina after a 17–14 loss to the Pirates when their plane crashed near Ceredo, West Virginia. The teams have been bonded ever since. East Carolina has since installed a large Marshall Memorial plaque outside of Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium honoring those that passed in the crash.

One of East Carolina and Marshall's most memorable games was the 2001 GMAC Bowl as they combined for a bowl record 125 points. Marshall overcame a 30-point deficit to beat East Carolina 64–61 in double overtime. East Carolina left for the American Conference in 2014, leaving questions as to the future of the series, but the two teams announced a home-and-home series for 2021 and 2023.

East Carolina leads the all-time record over Marshall 11–6. ECU is 6–3 against the Herd from 2005 to 2013 when both schools were in Conference USA.

NC State

Main article:
ECU–NC State rivalry

ECU has played N.C. State 32 times since their 1st meeting in 1970. The schools are approximately 85 miles (137 km) apart and are the largest (N.C. State) and third largest (East Carolina) universities in the state. The series started as a yearly occurrence, from 1970 to 1987, but was halted after ECU fans rioted and stormed the NC State field in 1987.[131] The next time the two teams played was in the 1992 Peach Bowl, when the Pirates came from behind to win 37–34. The Wolfpack's first trip to Greenville occurred in 1999 when No. 23 East Carolina beat State 23–6. In the 2006 season, the Wolfpack and Pirates agreed to a five-year home-and-home series to revive the rivalry.

2007 brought the creation of the football rivalry trophy, The Victory Barrel, created in a collaborative effort by both schools' Student Governments. East Carolina and N.C. State will extend the series with games added in 2025 and 2028. NC State leads the overall series 19–13 through the 2023 season.[132]

Charlotte

Main article: Charlotte 49ers

The Pirates’ newest rivals are the Charlotte 49ers, With the two teams first meeting in 2023, a 10–7 victory for the 49ers. Charlotte and East Carolina are slated to be annual rivals as members of the American Athletic Conference, unveiled in scheduling plans in November 2023. Charlotte was slated to play ECU when the Pirates were members of Conference USA, but ECU left before Charlotte’s new football team could pass the 2-year transition period from FCS to FBS in 2015. Pirates head coach Mike Houston was offered to be the 49ers head coach in November 2018, before turning around accepting the Pirates Job instead on December 3, with Charlotte hiring Will Healy instead. The 49ers lead the series 1–0. [133]

UCF

Main article:
University of Central Florida Knights

A rivalry that has recently become more intense has been ECU's rivalry with the UCF Knights. Considered one of the more entertaining rivalries in the American Athletic Conference, the teams have met 9 times since 2005 when UCF joined ECU in both teams' former conference, Conference USA. After taking a 1-year hiatus in 2013, the teams will continue to meet annually as members of the East Division of the American Conference. East Carolina leads the series 11–10, with ECU winning the last meeting 34–13.[134]

The most notable matchup of the rivalry was the 2014 iteration, an ESPN primetime Thursday night game that saw East Carolina score 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to take the lead, only to fall to a 51-yard Hail Mary touchdown from Justin Holman to Breshad Perriman with time expiring.[citation needed]

North Carolina

Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels

East Carolina and North Carolina is the 11th-most played series for ECU since 1978. Because both are large state schools, East Carolina being the third largest and North Carolina being the second largest, many fans and alumni live close to one another. The series began in 1972; the two played eight times between 1972 and 1981 (all in Chapel Hill), and ten times since 2001. Overall, UNC officially leads the series 11-5-1 (12-5-1 including the vacated 2009 game). ECU has won the last three contests by large margins (55-31 in 2013, 70–41 in 2014, and 41–19 in 2018).

The ECU-UNC football series is also political in nature. In 1973, then ECU Chancellor

Brody School of Medicine operates alongside its sister school in Chapel Hill as the state's only publicly funded medical schools.[135]

Traditions

Players of note

All-Americans

Every year, several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.[138] Some of these also have levels such as a first team All-American, or second team, or third team. A consensus All-American is determined using a point system; three points if the player was selected for the first team, two points for the second team, and one point for the third team. East Carolina has had 27 All-Americans (three consensus) in its history.

1955 Lou Hallow – Lineman
1964 Bill Cline – QB
1965 Dave Alexander – FB
1974 Danny Kepley – LB
1975 Jim Bolding – DB
1976 Jim Bolding – DB
Cary Godette – DE
1979 Wayne Inman – OL
1981 Tootie Robbins – OL
1982 Jody Schulz – DE
1983 Terry Long – OL
1989
Junior Robinson
– DB, KR
1990 Robert Jones – LB
1991 Jeff Blake – QB
Dion Johnson – WR, KR
Robert Jones – LB
1992 Tom Scott – OL
1993
Carlester Crumpler Jr.
– TE
1999 Andrew Bayes – P
2001 Pernell Griffin – LB
Leonard Henry – FB
2007 Chris Johnson – RB, KR
2009 Matt Dodge – P
2014 Justin Hardy – WR
2016 Zay Jones – WR
2018 Nate Harvey – LB
2021 Ja'Quan McMillian – DB

NCAA records

2016 – Wide receiver Zay Jones became the NCAA Division I football single season leader in receptions with 158 for the 2016 season, breaking the record of 155 set by Freddie Barnes of Bowling Green in 2009.

2016 – Wide receiver Zay Jones became the NCAA Division I football career leader in receptions with 399 receptions from 2013 to 2016, breaking the record of 387 held by his former ECU Pirate teammate Justin Hardy.

2016 – With a 33–30 victory over rival North Carolina State on September 9, 2016, ECU became the first "Non-Power" program to defeat a single "Power Conference" (vs. ACC) six-consecutive times from 2013 to 2016, thereby breaking a four-way tie with TCU (vs. BIG XII), Boise State (vs. PAC-12), and BYU (vs. PAC-12) all of which each had previously established five-game winning streaks against a single "Power Conference." ECU defeated regional rivals Virginia Tech, North Carolina, and North Carolina State two-consecutive times each respectively during the Pirates' six-game winning streak against the ACC.

2014 – Wide receiver Justin Hardy became the NCAA Division I football career leader in receptions with 387 receptions from 2010 to 2014, breaking the record of 349 held by Ryan Broyles of the University of Oklahoma.

2011 – Quarterback Dominique Davis became the NCAA Division I football career leader in consecutive completions in a single game with 26 completions against the Naval Academy on October 22, 2011, breaking the record of 23 straight completions set in 1998 by Tee Martin of Tennessee against South Carolina and tied in 2004 by Aaron Rodgers of California versus Southern California.

2011 – Quarterback Dominique Davis became the NCAA Division I football career leader in consecutive completions in one or more games with 36 completions, last 10 attempts vs. Memphis, Oct. 15, 2011 and first 26 vs. Navy, Oct. 22, 2011, breaking the NCAA mark of 26 set in 2004 by Aaron Rodgers.

2007 – Chris Johnson set an NCAA bowl record with 408 all-purpose yards in a 41–38 victory over No. 24 Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl on December 23, 2007.

Individual honors

2014 – Quarterback Shane Carden was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

2013 – Quarterback Shane Carden was named the Conference USA Most Valuable Player.

2010 – Wide receiver Dwayne Harris was named the Conference USA Most Valuable Player.

1991 – Head Coach Bill Lewis was named the AFCA Division I-A Coach of the Year.

1991 – Quarterback Jeff Blake was named ECAC Division I-A Player-of-the-Year after leading Pirates to No. 9 national ranking (Blake also finished seventh in the 1991 Heisman Trophy balloting).

NFL Draft

2008 NFL Draft
Main article:
List of East Carolina Pirates in the NFL Draft

East Carolina has had 67 players picked in the

2008 NFL Draft, running back Chris Johnson, was picked by the Tennessee Titans
(#24 overall).

Retired numbers

See also: List of NCAA football retired numbers

East Carolina have retired four jerseys for their football team. Two players died while on the team, Robert Farris and Norman Swindell, and the two other players, James Speight and Roger Thrift, set record while playing for the Pirates.

No. Player Position Career Ref.
16 Robert Farris [n1 1] K ?–1967 [140]
18 Norman Swindell [n1 1]
FB
 1963–1965 [140]
29 James Speight RB 1955–1959 [140]
36 Roger Thrift QB 1949–1950 [140]
Notes
  1. ^ a b Posthumous honor.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of November 24, 2022[141]

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031
at Michigan Norfolk State at NC State Appalachian State at South Carolina NC State Old Dominion at Old Dominion Old Dominion
Marshall at Old Dominion at Marshall at Boise State Wake Forest Boise State Liberty
at Appalachian State Appalachian State
BYU
 West Virginia at Old Dominion at Wake Forest
Gardner–Webb at Liberty Georgia State

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