The East Carolina Pirates will meet Norfolk State (FCS) on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the full slate.

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2024 East Carolina Game and TV Schedule

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East Carolina 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Pirates will be playing the 103rd-ranked schedule this year.
• East Carolina is facing the 14th-easiest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• The Pirates are playing the ninth-easiest conference schedule this season (based on their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year).
• East Carolina has five games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including one team that had nine or more wins and two with less than four wins last year.
• The Pirates have four teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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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 a little better on defense, ranking 37th with 341.4 yards allowed per game.
• 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 were a bottom-25 pass offense last season, ranking 12th-worst with 163.9 passing yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 58th in FBS (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 the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 30th in FBS (122.3 rushing yards allowed 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) last season, East Carolina’s -5 turnover margin ranked 102nd in college football.

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