East Carolina Pirates

Team History

SEASON	NAME	W	L	T	W%	CONFERENCE	POSTSEASON
2026	East Carolina Pirates	2	2	0	.500	8th
2025	East Carolina Pirates	8	4	0	.667	5th	Won Military Bowl
2024	East Carolina Pirates	7	5	0	.583	5th	Won Military Bowl
2023	East Carolina Pirates	2	10	0	.167	14th
2022	East Carolina Pirates	7	5	0	.583	5th	Won Birmingham Bowl
2021	East Carolina Pirates	7	5	0	.583	5th
2020	East Carolina Pirates	3	6	0	.333	8th
2019	East Carolina Pirates	4	8	0	.333	11th
2018	East Carolina Pirates	3	9	0	.250	9th
2017	East Carolina Pirates	3	9	0	.250	10th
2016	East Carolina Pirates	3	9	0	.250	11th
2015	East Carolina Pirates	5	7	0	.417	9th
2014	East Carolina Pirates	8	4	0	.667	4th	Lost Birmingham Bowl
2013	East Carolina Pirates	9	3	0	.750	1st	Won Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
2012	East Carolina Pirates	8	4	0	.667		Lost New Orleans Bowl
2011	East Carolina Pirates	5	7	0	.417
2010	East Carolina Pirates	6	6	0	.500		Lost Military Bowl
2009	East Carolina Pirates	9	4	0	.692	1st	Lost Liberty Bowl
2008	East Carolina Pirates	9	4	0	.692	1st	Lost Liberty Bowl
2007	East Carolina Pirates	7	5	0	.583		Won Hawai'i Bowl
2006	East Carolina Pirates	7	5	0	.583		Lost PapaJohns.com Bowl
2005	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
2004	East Carolina Pirates	2	9	0	.182
2003	East Carolina Pirates	1	11	0	.083
2002	East Carolina Pirates	4	8	0	.333
2001	East Carolina Pirates	6	5	0	.545		Lost GMAC Bowl
2000	East Carolina Pirates	7	4	0	.636		Won Gallery Furniture Bowl
1999	East Carolina Pirates	9	2	0	.818		Lost Mobile Alabama Bowl
1998	East Carolina Pirates	6	5	0	.545
1997	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
1996	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727
1995	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727		Won Liberty Bowl
1994	East Carolina Pirates	7	4	0	.636		Lost Liberty Bowl
1993	East Carolina Pirates	2	9	0	.182
1992	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
1991	East Carolina Pirates	10	1	0	.909		Won Peach Bowl
1990	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
1989	East Carolina Pirates	5	5	1	.500
1988	East Carolina Pirates	3	8	0	.273
1987	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
1986	East Carolina Pirates	2	9	0	.182
1985	East Carolina Pirates	2	9	0	.182
1984	East Carolina Pirates	2	9	0	.182
1983	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727
1982	East Carolina Pirates	7	4	0	.636
1981	East Carolina Pirates	5	6	0	.455
1980	East Carolina Pirates	4	7	0	.364
1979	East Carolina Pirates	7	3	1	.682
1978	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727		Won Independence Bowl
1977	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727
1976	East Carolina Pirates	9	2	0	.818	1st
1975	East Carolina Pirates	8	3	0	.727
1974	East Carolina Pirates	7	4	0	.636
1973	East Carolina Pirates	9	2	0	.818	1st
1972	East Carolina Pirates	9	2	0	.818	1st
1971	East Carolina Pirates	4	6	0	.400
1970	East Carolina Pirates	3	8	0	.273
1969	East Carolina Pirates	2	7	0	.222
1968	East Carolina Pirates	4	6	0	.400
1967	East Carolina Pirates	8	2	0	.800
1966	East Carolina Pirates	4	5	1	.450	1st
1965	East Carolina Pirates	8	1	0	.889		Won Tangerine Bowl
1964	East Carolina Pirates	2	1	0	.667		Won Tangerine Bowl
1963	East Carolina Pirates	2	1	0	.667
1962	East Carolina Pirates	0	1	0	.000
1961	East Carolina Pirates	0	1	0	.000
1960	East Carolina Pirates	1	0	0	1.000
1957	East Carolina Pirates	0	2	0	.000
1956	East Carolina Pirates	0	2	0	.000
1951	East Carolina Pirates	0	1	0	.000

History


Seasons	70 (1951 to present)
Conference	American Athletic
Regular Season	358-341-3 (.512)
Postseason	11-9 (.550)
National Championships	0

Franchise Leaders

PASS YDS

13,636

Holton Ahlers

RUSH YDS

3,745

Junior Smith

REC YDS

4,256

Justin Hardy

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM