East Carolina College, together with the American Athletic Convention and ESPN, have introduced begin instances for six Pirate soccer video games this fall, together with the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 28 at NC State, which is now set for a 7 p.m. ET begin on ACC Community.
As well as, the Pirates’ dwelling opener, the next Saturday towards Campbell inside Dowdy-Ficklen Staidum on Sept. 6, has been introduced as a 6 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN+. The Week 3 journey to Coastal Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 13, will probably be an evening kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+, in ECU’s first-ever journey to Conway in soccer.
ECU’s three consecutive Thursday night time midseason video games have additionally been slotted as primetime video games as follows: Sept. 25 vs. Military (7:30 p.m. on ESPN), Oct. 9 at Tulane (7:30 p.m./8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2), and Oct. 16 vs. Tulsa (7:30 p.m. on ESPN).
The highly-anticipated Week 4 matchup with BYU has not been slotted for a tv time but, although it will likely be performed on Saturday, Sept. 20, at a time to be decided later. Tv instances and TV designations in-season are sometimes introduced on a 12-day window, as decided by the league’s broadcast companions.
Whereas most thought the Pirates’ rematch with the Wolfpack from final season’s Navy Bowl can be worthy of a linear, nationwide TV broadcast, ESPN as an alternative opted to fit in Boise State-USF (5:30 p.m. ET), in addition to Nebraska-Cincinnati (9 p.m. ET) as their headline video games, with ECU-NC State being proven on ACC Community.
New season ticket orders are on sale now with packages beginning as little as $115 every. Purchases could also be made by way of ECU’s Online Ticket Center or by calling the Athletics Ticket Workplace at (252) 737-4500.
2025 ECU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 – at NC State (7 p.m. on ACC Community)
Sept. 6 – CAMPBELL (6 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 13 – at Coastal Carolina (7:30 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 20 – BYU (TBA)
Sept. 25 – ARMY* (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Oct. 9 – at Tulane* (7:30 p.m./8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2)
Oct. 16 – TULSA* (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Nov. 1 – at Temple* (TBA)
Nov. 8 – CHARLOTTE* (TBA)
Nov. 15 – MEMPHIS* (TBA)
Nov. 22 – at UTSA* (TBA)
Nov. 29 – at Florida Atlantic* (TBA)
Dec. 5 – AAC Championship Recreation (8 p.m. on ABC; highest-seed campus web site)
Residence video games in ALL CAPS; *American Athletics Convention recreation; Dates are topic to vary pending finalization of tv scheduling.
The next is extra info on ECU’s 2025 soccer schedule, by way of the Pirates’ media relations division.
2025 ECU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 – at NC State (7 p.m. on ACC Community)
Sept. 6 – CAMPBELL (6 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 13 – at Coastal Carolina (7:30 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 20 – BYU (TBA)
Sept. 25 – ARMY* (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Oct. 9 – at Tulane* (7:30 p.m./8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2)
Oct. 16 – TULSA* (7:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Nov. 1 – at Temple* (TBA)
Nov. 8 – CHARLOTTE* (TBA)
Nov. 15 – MEMPHIS* (TBA)
Nov. 22 – at UTSA* (TBA)
Nov. 29 – at Florida Atlantic* (TBA)
Dec. 5 – AAC Championship Recreation (8 p.m. on ABC; highest-seed campus web site)
Residence video games in ALL CAPS; *American Athletics Convention recreation; Dates are topic to vary pending finalization of tv scheduling.
2025 SCHEDULE NOTABLES
COMPOSITE RECORDS
ECU’s 2025 opponents posted a mixed 79-74 (.516) document in 2024. The Pirates’ 4 non-conference foes had been 26-25 (.510), whereas the eight AAC squads tallied a collective 52-49 (.520) mark. 4 applications had 9 or extra wins – Military (12), BYU (11), Memphis (11) and Tulane (9).
SEVEN BOWL TEAMS
In all, East Carolina’s schedule options contests towards seven groups which superior to bowl video games a 12 months in the past. Along with Military (Independence Bowl), BYU (Alamo Bowl), Coastal Carolina (Myrtle Seashore Bowl), Memphis (Frisco Bowl), NC State (Navy Bowl), Tulane (Gasparilla Bowl) and UTSA (Myrtle Seashore Bowl) every made FBS postseason appearances final December. Of ECU’s six dwelling video games, three will probably be towards 2024 bowl qualifiers, whereas 4 of the six highway video games will probably be towards postseason groups.
PLAYING 2024 CONFERENCE TITLE GAME TEAMS
ECU will play the 2 AAC members that squared off the 2024 AAC Championship Recreation. ECU will host AAC Champs Military and can journey to Tulane, who has appeared in three-straight title video games, profitable in 2022 towards UCF.
IN THE FINAL POLLS
Three of ECU’s 2025 FBS opponents completed ranked within the two main polls (Related Press, AFCA Coaches) to finish the 2024 season – BYU (13/14), Military (21/21) and Memphis (24/23). All three additionally completed within the closing CFP Ballot as effectively (BYU No. 17, Military No. 22 and Memphis No. 25).
NON-SATURDAY ACTION
ECU could have a 4 non-Saturday contests in 2025. For the sixth consecutive season (and seventh within the final eight years), ECU will play not less than one weeknight contest. 4 have been confirmed to be performed on a Thursday night time (at NC State/Aug. 28; dwelling vs. Military/Sept. 25; at Tulane/Oct. 9; dwelling vs. Tulsa/Oct. 16). Since 2000, ECU is 25-32 (.439) on non-Saturday video games (8-17/dwelling, 17-15/highway) after posting a 2-1 document in 2024.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
The American Convention will conduct its championship recreation on December 5 at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC and will probably be carried out on the house area of the highest-seeded workforce (by order of its common season end).
ADDITIONAL KICKOFF TIMES & TELEVISION PICKS
Kickoff instances and tv choices for the rest of the schedule will probably be by way of the normal 12-day/6-day course of.
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