The 2019 East Carolina Pirates football team represented

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...

in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates, led by first-year head coach Mike Houston, played their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and were members of the East Division in the

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. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the 2018 season 3–9, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. On November 29, head coach

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was fired. He finished at East Carolina with a three year record of 9–26. Defensive coordinator David Blackwell was the interim head coach during their final game of the season. On December 3, ECU hired

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head coach Mike Houston as their new head coach.

Preseason

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Pirates predicted to finish fifth in the AAC East Division.

Schedule

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Game summaries

At NC State

Gardner–Webb

At Navy

William & Mary

At Old Dominion

Temple

At UCF

South Florida

Cincinnati

At SMU

At UConn

Tulsa

References

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East Carolina Pirates football seasons

East Carolina Pirates football The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU"). The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference, which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (for ...

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