2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

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.

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
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Conference USA football standings

v t e	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

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:^[1]

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 p.m. 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