2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Greenville. This was East Carolina's second season as members of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

2015 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record5–7 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach
  • Ruffin McNeill (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorDave Nichol (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorRick Smith (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Temple x  7 1   10 4  
South Florida  6 2   8 5  
Cincinnati  4 4   7 6  
UConn  4 4   6 7  
East Carolina  3 5   5 7  
UCF  0 8   0 12  
West Division
No. 8 Houston xy$  7 1   13 1  
No. 18 Navy x  7 1   11 2  
Memphis  5 3   9 4  
Tulsa  3 5   6 7  
Tulane  1 7   3 9  
SMU  1 7   2 10  
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of December 31, 2015
Rankings from AP Poll

McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six-year record of 42–24.

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