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61
at its 5-year level▼ Down 4 this season
Career60since 1936
Peak791976
Last 564seasons
#80 nationally · 3-2 (1-0 conf)
Résumé #84
Schedule so far #95
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
East Carolina Pirates
American Athletic · Greenville, NC · Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Head coach Blake Harrell
12-10 all time (22 meetings since 1982)
East Carolina leads
Last: won 45-14 (2025) · East Carolina has won 5 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
1AP top-10
3All-Americans
45NFL picks
51.0%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1962. Every season →
Chemistry
45
37Foundation
57Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▼ Below its norm -9
early · #118 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-2 | American Athletic | — | #80 | 61 | Blake Harrell |
| 2025 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #46 | 71 | Blake Harrell |
| 2024 | 8-5 | American Athletic | — | #88 | 58 | Mike Houston; Blake Harrell |
| 2023 | 2-10 | American Athletic | — | #105 | 54 | Mike Houston |
| 2022 | 8-5 | American Athletic | — | #54 | 69 | Mike Houston |
| 2021 | 7-5 | American Athletic | — | #59 | 68 | Mike Houston |
| 2020 | 3-6 | American Athletic | — | — | — | Mike Houston |
| 2019 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #116 | 51 | Mike Houston |
| 2018 | 3-9 | American Athletic | — | #114 | 51 | Scottie Montgomery; David Blackwell |
| 2017 | 3-9 | American Athletic | — | #112 | 52 | Scottie Montgomery |
| 2016 | 3-9 | American Athletic | — | #109 | 52 | Scottie Montgomery |
| 2015 | 5-7 | American Athletic | — | #62 | 66 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2014 | 8-5 | American Athletic | — | #57 | 65 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2013 | 10-3 | Conference USA | — | #48 | 69 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2012 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #91 | 56 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2011 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #92 | 56 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2010 | 6-7 | Conference USA | — | #84 | 57 | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2009 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #44 | 70 | Skip Holtz |
| 2008 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #65 | 64 | Skip Holtz |
| 2007 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #66 | 62 | Skip Holtz |
| 2006 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #64 | 62 | Skip Holtz |
| 2005 | 5-6 | Conference USA | — | #92 | 56 | Skip Holtz |
| 2004 | 2-9 | Conference USA | — | #107 | 46 | John Thompson |
| 2003 | 1-11 | Conference USA | — | #108 | 42 | John Thompson |
| 2002 | 4-8 | Conference USA | — | #77 | 57 | Steve Logan |
| 2001 | 6-6 | Conference USA | — | #42 | 71 | Steve Logan |
| 2000 | 8-4 | Conference USA | — | #34 | 72 | Steve Logan |
| 1999 | 9-3 | Conference USA | — | #27 | 74 | Steve Logan |
| 1998 | 6-5 | Conference USA | — | #83 | 56 | Steve Logan |
| 1997 | 5-6 | Conference USA | — | #74 | 59 | Steve Logan |
| 1996 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #33 | 72 | Steve Logan |
| 1995 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | — | #33 | 71 | Steve Logan |
| 1994 | 7-5 | FBS Independents | — | #38 | 70 | Steve Logan |
| 1993 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #94 | 50 | Steve Logan |
| 1992 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #86 | 55 | Steve Logan |
| 1991 | 11-1 | FBS Independents | #9 | #26 | 73 | Bill Lewis |
| 1990 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #52 | 64 | Bill Lewis |
| 1989 | 5-5-1 | FBS Independents | — | #61 | 61 | Bill Lewis |
| 1988 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #59 | 63 | Art Baker |
| 1987 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #55 | 64 | Art Baker |
| 1986 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #78 | 55 | Art Baker |
| 1985 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #75 | 56 | Art Baker |
| 1984 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #82 | 53 | Ed Emory |
| 1983 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | #20 | #18 | 77 | Ed Emory |
| 1982 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #73 | 56 | Ed Emory |
| 1981 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #78 | 60 | Ed Emory |
| 1980 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #81 | 59 | Ed Emory |
| 1979 | 7-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #29 | 75 | Pat Dye |
| 1978 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | — | #39 | 71 | Pat Dye |
| 1977 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #45 | 69 | Pat Dye |
| 1976 | 9-2 | Southern | — | #18 | 79 | Pat Dye |
| 1975 | 8-3 | Southern | — | #71 | 61 | Pat Dye |
| 1974 | 7-4 | Southern | — | #69 | 61 | Pat Dye |
| 1973 | 9-2 | Southern | — | #24 | 73 | Sonny Randle |
| 1972 | 9-2 | Southern | — | #62 | 61 | Sonny Randle |
| 1971 | 4-6 | Southern | — | #99 | 44 | Sonny Randle |
| 1970 | 3-8 | Southern | — | #101 | 35 | Mike McGee |
| 1969 | 2-7 | Southern | — | #107 | 19 | Clarence Stasavich |
| 1968 | 4-6 | Southern | — | #96 | 43 | Clarence Stasavich |
| 1967 | 8-2 | Southern | — | #82 | 57 | Clarence Stasavich |
| 1966 | 4-5-1 | Southern | — | #96 | 44 | Clarence Stasavich |
| 1965 | 9-1 | Southern | — | #87 | 54 | Clarence Stasavich |
| 1964 | 3-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1963 | 2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1962 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.