East Carolina Football Team History
East Carolina Pirates
 
	
		|  | East Carolina University Greenville, NC
 Founded: 1907
 Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
 Capacity: 45,000
 Colors: Purple & Gold
 Coach: Skip Holtz
 Conference: Conference USA-East
 
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| 2009 Season Highlights |  | Skip Holtz enters his 5th season as Head Coach at East Carolina. |  | The Pirates won the Conference USA Conference Championship. |  | The Pirates won the Conference USA Conference East Championship. |  |  |  |  | | 
| 2009 Season |  | 
| Date | Opponent | Score |  |  | Sat., Sep. 5 | vs.
Appalachian State | 29 | 24 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Sep. 12 | @
West Virginia | 20 | 35 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Sep. 19 | @
North Carolina | 17 | 31 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Sep. 26 | vs.
Central Florida | 19 | 14 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 3 | @
Marshall | 21 | 17 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 10 | @
Southern Methodist | 21 | 28 | L |  |  |  | Sat., Oct. 17 | vs.
Rice | 49 | 13 | W |  |  |  | Tue., Oct. 27 | @
Memphis | 38 | 19 | W |  |  |  | Thu., Nov. 5 | vs.
Virginia Tech | 3 | 16 | L |  |  |  | Sun., Nov. 15 | @
Tulsa | 44 | 17 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Nov. 21 | vs.
Alabama Birmingham | 37 | 21 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Nov. 28 | vs.
Southern Mississippi | 25 | 20 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Dec. 5 | Houston | 38 | 32 | W |  |  |  | Sat., Jan. 2 | Arkansas | 17 | 20 | L (OT) | @ Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl Bowl |  |  | 
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| 2009 Season Totals |  | Record | 9-5 |  | Points Scored | 378 |  | Scoring Average | 27.0 |  | Points Allowed | 307 |  | Defense Average | 21.9 |  | Opponents Record | 92-80 |  | Conference Record | 8-1 |  | Home Record | 5-1 |  | Away Record | 3-3 |  | 
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| 2009 NCAA Final Rankings |  
| Rank | Record | Source |  | was not ranked. |  | 
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| 2009 All American Awards |  
| Player | Position | Class | Ht. | Wt. | Award | Team | Source |  | Coming Someday |  
 
| 2009 All Conference USA Conference Players |  
| Player | Position | Class | Ht. | Wt. | Team | Source |  | Coming Someday |  |  | 
 
 
	|  |  | Some records may be incomplete. 
 
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