2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Greenville. This was East Carolina's second season as members of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

2015 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Nichol (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Rick Smith (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium

2015 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple x		7	–	1					10	–	4
South Florida		6	–	2					8	–	5
Cincinnati		4	–	4					7	–	6
UConn		4	–	4					6	–	7
East Carolina		3	–	5					5	–	7
UCF		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
No. 8 Houston xy$		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 18 Navy x		7	–	1					11	–	2
Memphis		5	–	3					9	–	4
Tulsa		3	–	5					6	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					3	–	9
SMU		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 31, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six-year record of 42–24.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Towson*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN3	W 28–20	40,712
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	L 24–31	88,034
September 19	3:30 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 21–45	34,717
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ABC/ESPN2	W 35–28	50,514
October 3	4:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX	ESPNews	W 49–23	17,136
October 10	7:30 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPNU	L 38–45	60,186
October 17	Noon	Tulsa	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNews	W 30–17	43,065
October 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Temple	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN2	L 14–24	39,417
October 30	7:00 p.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	L 13–31	23,116
November 7	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 17–22	45,194
November 19	7:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN	W 44–7	23,734
November 28	Noon	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 16–19	40,743
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	3	3	7	20
Pirates	14	0	7	7	28

See also: 2015 Towson Tigers football team

At Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	0	7	10	24
Gators	10	0	14	7	31

See also: 2015 Florida Gators football team

At Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	7	0	7	21
Midshipmen	7	21	0	17	45

See also: 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	14	0	7	7	28
Pirates	14	7	14	0	35

See also: 2015 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

At SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	14	14	14	49
Mustangs	13	10	0	0	23

See also: 2015 SMU Mustangs football team

At BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	14	7	0	17	38
Cougars	7	21	14	3	45

See also: 2015 BYU Cougars football team

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	13	3	7	30
Golden Hurricane	0	0	0	17	17

See also: 2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	7	0	14	24
Pirates	0	14	0	0	14

See also: 2015 Temple Owls football team

At UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	6	0	0	7	13
Huskies	3	7	14	7	31

See also: 2015 UConn Huskies football team

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	2	10	0	10	22
Pirates	0	7	7	3	17

See also: 2015 South Florida Bulls football team

At UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	14	17	13	0	44
Knights	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2015 UCF Knights football team

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	6	10	3	19
Pirates	10	0	0	6	16

See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team