East Carolina Pirates football, 2000–2009

Contents: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009

2000

2000 East Carolina Pirates football
Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, Win, 40–27, vs. Texas Tech
Conference Conference USA
2000 record 8–4 (5–2 C-USA)
Head coach Steve Logan
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 1999 2001 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 at Duke* Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 38–0   30,224
September 7 #9 Virginia Tech* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN L 28–45   45,123
September 16 Tulane Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN W 37–17   38,517
September 23 Syracuse* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN2 W 34–17   33,026
October 7 at Memphis Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN FSN L 10–17   23,496
October 14 Army Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN W 42–21   39,200
October 19 at Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY FSN W 28–25   38,024
October 28 UAB Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 13–16   28,537
November 11 Houston Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN W 62–20   33,339
November 18 at West Virginia* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN L 24–42   40,389
November 24 at Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS FSN W 14–9   25,152
December 27 vs. Texas Tech Astrodome • Houston, TX (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl) ESPN W 40–27   33,899
All times are in Eastern.

2001

2001 East Carolina Pirates football
GMAC Bowl, Lost, 61–64, vs. Marshall
Conference Conference USA
2001 record 6–6 (5–2 C-USA)
Head coach Steve Logan
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2000 2002 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 Wake Forest* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 19–21   36,764
September 8 at Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 51–24   19,027
September 22 William & Mary* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 38–23   40,179
September 29 at Syracuse* Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY L 30–44   36,347
October 6 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 21–24   58,500
October 13 at Army Mitchie Stadium • West Point, NY FSN W 49–26   33,072
October 20 Memphis Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 32–11   38,120
October 30 at Texas Christian Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN2 W 37–30   25,134
November 10 at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPN W 28–26   19,504
November 15 #19 Louisville Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN L 24–42   39,775
November 23 Southern Miss Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN2 L 21–28   30,127
December 19 vs. Marshall* Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl) ESPN2 L 61–64 2OT  40,139
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

2002

2002 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference Conference USA
2002 record 4–8 (4–5 C-USA)
Head coach Steve Logan
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2001 2003 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 at Duke* Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC L 16–23   23,276
September 7 at Wake Forest Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 22–27   28,486
September 14 Tulane Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 24–20   35,300
September 28 at West Virginia* Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV L 17–37   54,497
October 5 Army Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 59–24   38,111
October 19 South Florida Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN L 30–46   33,419
October 26 at Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY L 20–44   32,428
November 9 at Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX W 54–48   13,669
November 16 at UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 29–36   13,687
November 23 TCU Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 31–28   23,189
November 30 at Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS L 7–24   19,888
December 6 Cincinnati Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 26–42   18,125
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

2003

2003 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference Conference USA
2003 record 1–11 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach John Thompson
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2002 2004 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPN L 3–40   28,011
September 6 West Virginia* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 7–48   36,088
September 13 at Miami* Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ESPN2 L 3–38   65,825
September 20 at Wake Forest* Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 16–34   28,074
September 30 Houston Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 13–27   33,250
October 11 North Carolina* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 17–28   44,040
October 18 at Army Mitchie Stadium • West Point, NY W 38–32   35,032
October 25 Louisville Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 20–36   33,420
November 1 at Memphis Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN L 24–41   40,131
November 8 South Florida Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 37–38   27,100
November 22 at Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA L 18–28   19,226
November 29 Southern Miss Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 21–38   24,175
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

2004

2004 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference Conference USA
2004 record 2–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach John Thompson
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2003 2005 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 at West Virginia* Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV L 23–56   59,172
September 11 Wake Forest* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 17–31   33,458
September 25 Cincinnati Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 19–24   29,332
October 2 at Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ESPN+ L 7–59   40,220
October 9 Tulane Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 27–25   29,584
October 23 at Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS L 10–51   32,422
October 30 Army Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN+ W 38–28   29,111
November 6 at Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX L 24–34   13,069
November 13 at South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL L 17–41   25,408
November 20 Memphis Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 35–38   27,250
November 27 vs. NC State* Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (ECU-NC State Rivalry) L 14–52   41,244
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

2005

2005 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference Conference USA East
2005 record 5–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach Skip Holtz
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2004 2006 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 Duke* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CSTV W 24–21   35,107
September 17 at Wake Forest* Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 34–44   29,563
September 24 at West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN+ L 15–20   57,295
October 2 Southern Miss Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 7–33   35,510
October 8 Rice Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 41–28   33,213
October 15 at SMU Gerald Ford Stadium • University Park, TX W 24–17   11,715
October 22 at Memphis Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN CSTV L 24–27   31,710
October 29 UCF Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 20–30   34,410
November 12 at Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 13–45   21,996
November 19 at Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV W 34–29   22,408
November 26 UAB Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC W 31–23   26,990
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

2006

2006 East Carolina Pirates football
PapaJohns.com Bowl, L 7-24 V. South Florida Bulls
Conference Conference USA East
2006 record 7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach Skip Holtz
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2005 2007 »

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 5:30pm at Navy* Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CSTV L 23-28   33,809
September 9 7:00pm at UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama L 12-17   23,116
September 16 7:00pm Memphis Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 35-20   37,431
September 23 4:30pm #4 West Virginia* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ESPN2 L 10-27   40,510
October 7 6:00pm Virginia* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSTV W 31-21   35,541
October 14 3:00pm Tulsa Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina L 10-31   34,011
October 21 3:00pm [[{{{school}}}|SMU]] Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 38-21   34,141
October 28 7:30pm at [[{{{school}}}|Southern Miss]] M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSTV W 20-17 OT  25,155
November 4 4:00pm at UCF Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida W 23-10   31,414
November 11 1:00pm [[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 33-20   41,372
November 18 3:00pm at [[{{{school}}}|Rice]] Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas L 17-18   12,669
November 25 7:00pm at NC State* Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina (ECU-NC State Rivalry) ESPNU W 21-16   54,264
December 23 12:00pm vs. [[{{{school}}}|South Florida]] Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl) ESPN2 L 7-24   32,023
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

2007

2007 East Carolina Pirates football
Hawai'i Bowl, W 41-38 V. Boise State
Conference Conference USA East
2007 record 8–5 (6–3 C-USA)
Head coach Skip Holtz
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 12:00pm at #9 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN L 17-7   66,233
September 8 6:00pm North Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSTV W 34-31   43,387
September 15 6:00pm Southern Miss Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN L 28-21   43,041
September 22 12:00pm at #5 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN L 48-7   60,021
September 29 7:00pm at [[{{{school}}}|Houston]] Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas MASN W 37-35   20,719
October 6 7:30pm UCF Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSTV W 52-38   42,777
October 13 9:05pm at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas MASN W 45-42 OT  41,365
October 20 4:30pm NC State Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina (ECU-NC State Rivalry) CSTV L 34-20   43,527
October 27 3:30pm UAB Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN W 41-6   41,125
November 3 2:00pm at [[{{{school}}}|Memphis]] Liberty Bowl • Memphis, Tennessee MASN W 56-40   27,186
November 10 4:30pm at [[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MASN L 26-7   26,718
November 24 1:00pm [[{{{school}}}|Tulane]] Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN W 35-12   35,362
December 23 8:00pm vs. #22 Boise State Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawai'i Bowl) ESPN W 41-38   30,467
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

2008

2008 East Carolina Pirates football
C-USA East Champions

C-USA Conference Champions
Liberty Bowl, L 19-25V. Kentucky
Conference Conference USA East
2008 record 9–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach Skip Holtz
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2007 2009 »
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 12:00pm vs. #17 Virginia Tech* Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN W 27-22   72,169
September 6 4:30pm #8 West Virginia* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN W 24-3   43,610
September 13 3:00pm at Tulane #14 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA WITN-TV W 28-24   27,189
September 20 12:00pm at NC State* #15 Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (ECU – NC State rivalry) ESPN L 30-24 OT  57,583
September 27 3:30pm Houston #23 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSCS L 41-24   43,641
October 11 12:00 pm at Virginia* Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA Raycom Media L 20-35   52,398
October 18 12:00pm Memphis Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC WITN-TV/CSS W 30-10   41,216
November 2 8:00pm at UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN W 13-10 OT  40,202
November 8 3:30pm Marshall Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSCS W 19-16 OT  43,515
November 15 3:00pm at [[{{{school}}}|Southern Miss]] M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS WITN-TV L 21-3   30,658
November 22 4:00pm at UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL WITN-TV/CSS W 17-13   11,453
November 29 1:00pm UTEP Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSCS W 53-21   38,098
December 6 12:00pm at Tulsa Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK (C-USA Championship) ESPN2 W 27-24   22,740
January 2 4:00pm vs. Kentucky* #29 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) ESPN L 25-19   56,125
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

2009

2009 East Carolina Pirates football
C-USA East Champions

C-USA Conference Champions
Liberty Bowl, L 17-20 (OT) V. Arkansas
Conference Conference USA East
2009 record 9–5 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coach Skip Holtz
Home stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Seasons
« 2008 2010 »
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 12:00pm #1 FCS Appalachian State* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC MASN/WITN-TV W 29–24   43,279[1]
September 12 3:30pm at West Virginia* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN360 L 20–35   59,216[2]
September 19 12:00pm at #19 North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN2 L 17–31   58,000[3]
September 26 3:30pm UCF Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC BHSN/WITN-TV W 19–14   43,210[4]
October 3 12:00pm at Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV CBSCS W 21–17   26,814[5]
October 10 8:00pm at SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX MASN/WITN-TV L 21–28   13,626[6]
October 17 3:30pm Rice Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC MASN W 49–13   43,023[7]
October 27 8:00pm at Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN2 W 38–19   4,117[8]
November 5 7:30pm #24 Virginia Tech* Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN L 3–16   43,569[9]
November 15 8:15pm at Tulsa Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK ESPN W 44–17   17,453[10]
November 21 3:30pm UAB Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC MASN/WITN-TV W 37–21   43,056[11]
November 28 1:30pm Southern Miss Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC CBSCS W 25–20   43,006[12]
December 5 12:00pm #18 Houston Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (C-USA Championship) ESPN2 W 38–32   33,048[13]
January 2 5:30pm vs. Arkansas Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (AutoZone Liberty Bowl) ESPN L 17–20 OT  62,742[14]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
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  2. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292550277. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  3. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292620153. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  4. ^ "UCF Knights vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292690151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  5. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. Marshall Thundering Herd Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292760276. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  6. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. Southern Methodist Mustangs Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292832567. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  7. ^ "Rice Owls vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292900151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  8. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. Memphis Tigers Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293000235. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  9. ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293090151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  10. ^ "East Carolina Pirates vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293190202. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  11. ^ "UAB Blazers vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293250151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  12. ^ "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293320151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  13. ^ "Houston Cougars vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293390151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
  14. ^ "Arkansas Razorbacks vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=300020151. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
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