On August 31, the East Carolina Pirates will open their 2024 college football schedule versus Norfolk State, an FCS opponent. Keep scrolling for more information.

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2024 East Carolina Game and TV Schedule

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East Carolina 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of difficulty, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Pirates will be facing the 103rd-ranked schedule this year.
• East Carolina will have the 14th-easiest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (53).
• 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 has a schedule that includes five games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (one of those teams won nine or more games and two of them had less than four wins).
• The Pirates have four teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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East Carolina Stat Insights (2023)

• The Pirates were a bottom-25 offense last season, ranking fourth-worst with 277.3 yards per game. On defense, they ranked 37th in FBS (341.4 yards allowed per game).
• East Carolina ranked seventh-worst in scoring offense last season (17.3 points per game), but it played slightly better on defense, ranking 38th with 22.4 points allowed 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.
• While East Carolina’s run defense ranked 30th with 122.3 rushing yards allowed per game last season, it was less successful on offense, ranking 21st-worst (113.3 rushing yards per game).
• The Pirates ranked 12th-worst in third-down percentage (30.9%) last season, but they played better on defense, ranking 81st with a 40% third-down percentage allowed.
• With 16 forced turnovers (86th in FBS) against 21 turnovers committed (99th in FBS), East Carolina (-5) had the 102nd-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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