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.

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2015 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 AAC)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Nichol (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Rick Smith (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
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McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six-year record of 42–24.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Towson*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN3	W 28–20	40,712
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	L 24–31	88,034
September 19	3:30 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 21–45	34,717
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ABC/ESPN2	W 35–28	50,514
October 3	4:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX	ESPNews	W 49–23	17,136
October 10	7:30 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPNU	L 38–45	60,186
October 17	Noon	Tulsa	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNews	W 30–17	43,065
October 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Temple	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN2	L 14–24	39,417
October 30	7:00 p.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	L 13–31	23,116
November 7	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 17–22	45,194
November 19	7:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN	W 44–7	23,734
November 28	Noon	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 16–19	40,743
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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