2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

2013 East Carolina Pirates football
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl champion
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, W 37–20 vs. Ohio
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	10–3 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lincoln Riley (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Rick Smith (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium

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	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 (Victory Barrel)	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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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