The East Carolina Pirates will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against Norfolk State of the FCS. See below for more.

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2024 East Carolina Game and TV Schedule

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East Carolina 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Pirates will face the 103rd-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (64).
• East Carolina is facing the 14th-easiest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• The Pirates will face the ninth-easiest conference schedule in college football, based on their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year (38).
• East Carolina’s schedule features five games against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (one against a team with nine or more victories and two against squads that accumulated less than four wins).
• The Pirates’ schedule in 2024 includes four returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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East Carolina Stat Insights (2023)

• The Pirates ranked fourth-worst in total offense (277.3 yards per game) last season, but they played slightly better on defense, ranking 37th with 341.4 yards allowed per contest.
• While East Carolina’s defense ranked 38th with 22.4 points allowed per game last season, it was worse on offense, ranking seventh-worst (17.3 points per game).
• The Pirates ranked 12th-worst in passing offense last season (163.9 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 58th with 219.2 passing yards allowed per game.
• East Carolina was a bottom-25 run offense last season, ranking 21st-worst with 113.3 rushing yards per contest. On defense, it ranked 30th in FBS (122.3 rushing yards allowed per game).
• The Pirates were a bottom-25 offense on third down last season, ranking 12th-worst with a 30.9% third-down conversion rate. On defense, they ranked 81st in FBS (40% third-down conversion rate allowed).
• East Carolina forced 16 total turnovers (86th in FBS) last season and turned it over 21 times (99th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -5, 102nd-ranked in college football.

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