2007 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2007 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and played their home games in Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Holtz, who was in his fourth year with the program.

2007 East Carolina Pirates football
Hawaii Bowl champion
Hawaii Bowl, W 41–38 vs. Boise State
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast
Record8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Skip Holtz (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorSteve Shankweiler (3rd in succession, 13th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTodd Fitch (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorGreg Hudson (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 43,000)
2007 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
UCF x$  7 1   10 4  
East Carolina  6 2   8 5  
Memphis  6 2   7 6  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 6  
Marshall  3 5   3 9  
UAB  1 7   2 10  
West Division
Tulsa xy  6 2   10 4  
Houston x  6 2   8 5  
Tulane  3 5   4 8  
Rice  3 5   3 9  
UTEP  2 6   4 8  
SMU  0 8   1 11  
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The Pirates have a local television contract with WITN-TV, an NBC affiliate located in Washington, NC who elects to pick up games that are not picked up by national or regional networks, and all games are broadcast over the radio on the Pirate-ISP Sports Network. The flagship radio stations of the Pirates are Pirate Radio 1250 and 930 AM and Oldies 107.9 WNCT, both located in Greenville, NC. The games are called by the "Voice of the Pirates," Jeff Charles.

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