2005 East Carolina Pirates football team

2005 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Conference USA
	East
2005 record	5–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Skip Holtz
Defensive coordinator	Greg Hudson
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF x		7	–	1					8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	5
Memphis		5	–	3					7	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4					5	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5					4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5					5	–	6
West Division
Tulsa x$		6	–	2					9	–	4
UTEP		5	–	3					8	–	4
Houston		4	–	4					6	–	6
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	6
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rice		1	–	7					1	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 2005 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 pm	Duke*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	CSTV	W 24–21	35,107
September 17	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		L 34–44	29,563
September 24	12:00 pm	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 15–20	57,295
October 1	6:00 pm	Southern Miss	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		L 7–33	35,510
October 8	6:00 pm	Rice	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 41–28	33,213
October 15	3:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX		W 24–17	11,715
October 22	3:30 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN	CSTV	L 24–27	31,710
October 29	2:00 pm	UCF	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (Rivalry)		L 20–30	34,410
November 12	3:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK		L 13–45	21,996
November 19	4:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV (Rivalry)		W 34–29	22,408
November 26	12:00 pm	UAB	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 31–23	26,990
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.