East Carolina Football Schedule: 2025 Games, Results and Updates

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Welcome to the East Carolina Football Schedule page on NC Football News! The Pirates compete in Division I FBS and play in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Below, you’ll find the team’s 2025 football schedule, along with results from the 2024 season and other content.

Once the season starts, we’ll update this page with game results, win-loss records, and any new TV or streaming details. Bookmark this page and stay tuned for the latest updates throughout the year!

Opponents, Game Dates, Times and TV Coverage for 2025

Date	@	ECU Opponent	Time	TV/Stream	Result	Total	Conf.	Notes
Aug. 28	at	NC State	7 p.m.	ACCN	L, 17-24	0-1	0-0
Sept. 6	vs	Campbell	6 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 56-3	1-1	0-0
Sept. 13	at	Coastal Carolina	7:30 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 38-0	2-1	0-0
Sept. 20	vs	Brigham Young	7:30 p.m.	ESPN2	L, 13-34	2-2	0-0
Sept. 25	vs	Army*	7:30 p.m.	ESPN	W, 28-6	3-2	1-0
Oct. 9	at	Tulane*	7:30 p.m.	ESPN	L, 19-26	3-3	1-1
Oct. 16	vs	Tulsa*	7:30 p.m.	ESPN	W, 41-27	4-3	2-1
Nov. 1	at	Temple*	2 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 45-14	5-3	3-1
Nov. 8	vs	Charlotte*	3:30 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 48-22	6-3	4-1
Nov. 15	vs	Memphis*	4 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 31-27	7-3	5-1
Nov. 22	at	UTSA*	3 p.m.	ESPN+	L, 24-58	7-4	5-2
Nov. 29	at	Florida Atlantic*	12 p.m.	ESPN+	W, 42-3	8-4	6-2
Dec. 27	vs	Pittsburgh	11 a.m.	ESPN				Military Bowl, Annapolis
		* AAC game

2024 East Carolina Football Schedule and Results

Date		Opponent	Result	Score	Overall	Conference
Aug. 31	vs	Norfolk State	W	W	42-3	1-0
Sep. 7	at	Old Dominion	W	W	20-14	2-0
Sep. 14	vs	Appalachian State	W	L	19-21	2-1
Sep. 21	at	Liberty	W	L	24-35	2-2
Sep. 28	vs	UTSA*	W	W	30-20	3-2
Oct. 5	at	Charlotte*	L	L	24-55	3-3
Oct. 12		BYE
Oct. 19	at	Army*	W	L	28-45	3-4
Oct. 26	vs	Temple*	L	W	56-34	4-4
Nov. 2		BYE	L
Nov. 7	vs	Florida Atlantic*	W	W	49-14	5-4
Nov. 14	at	Tulsa*		W	38-31	6-4
Nov. 23	at	North Texas*	W	W	40-28	7-4
Nov. 29	vs	Navy*	W	L	20-34	7-5
Dec. 28	vs	NC State	L	W	26-21	8-5

Future East Carolina Football Opponents

The Pirates recently added Alabama to its 2026 schedule. The contest will be played at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Sept. 5. ECU will receive $1.5 million for the game, per reports. Meanwhile, Wake Forest bought out a game against ECU originally planned for Greenville in 2027.

2026: at Alabama (Sept. 5), Appalachian State (Sept. 12), at Old Dominion (Sept. 19), North Carolina Central (Sept. 26)

2027: Western Carolina (Sept. 4), at Northwestern (Sept. 18) Georgia State (Sept. 25)

2028: NC State (Sept. 2), Coastal Carolina (Sept. 9), Charleston Southern (Sept. 16), at Wake Forest (Sept. 23)

2029: at Clemson (Sept. 1), Old Dominion (Sept. 15), Liberty (Sept. 22)

2030: Norfolk State (Aug. 31), at South Carolina (Sept. 7), at Old Dominion (Sept. 14)

2031: Old Dominion (Sept. 6)

*Source: East Carolina athletics, FBSchedules.com

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The American Conference has already released league pairings for the 2026 season, with each team playing four conference home games and four conference away games. East Carolina is set to host Florida Atlantic, Rice, South Florida and Temple, and will travel to UAB, Army, Charlotte and Memphis. The full American Conference schedule will be released in February 2026, per the league.

Looking for schedules for all North Carolina college football teams? Check out our Master Schedules page.

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