East Carolina — American Athletic
HC
Blake Harrell · Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Greenville, NC · 50,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.19 / 0.05
2025
Class rank
#94
class of 2026
Returning PPA
14%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | at Alabama | Alabama leads 1–0 | Bryant-Denny Stadium |
| wk2 | vs App State | leads 8–5 · L3 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk3 | at Old Dominion | leads 5–0 · W5 | S.B. Ballard Stadium |
| wk4 | vs North Carolina Central | leads 1–0 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk6 | vs Rice | Rice leads 3–2 · L2 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk7 | at UAB | leads 9–4 · W7 | Protective Stadium |
| wk8 | at Memphis | leads 18–8 · W3 | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium |
| wk9 | vs Temple | leads 12–10 · W5 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk10 | vs South Florida | South Florida leads 9–4 · W3 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
| wk11 | at Charlotte | Charlotte leads 2–1 | Jerry Richardson Stadium |
| wk12 | at Army | leads 9–1 | Michie Stadium |
| wk13 | vs Florida Atlantic | leads 4–0 · W4 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium |
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 East Carolina's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (24 in / 26 out)
Origins
Dye coached here before Auburn, and the 1991 team went 11-1 and won the Peach Bowl. Greenville turns purple on Saturdays in a way that embarrasses larger places.
Founded 1907 · Founded as a teachers' training school in the tobacco belt · first football 1932 · defined by Pat Dye
All-time record
All-time
367–348–3
1951–2025
Win %
51.3%
69 seasons played
Winning seasons
33
48% of seasons
By level: D-II 1–6 (1951–1961) · FBS 366–342–3 (1962–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1991 | 11 | 1 | FBS Independents |
| 2013 | 10 | 3 | Conference USA |
| 1965 | 9 | 1 | Southern |
| 1976 | 9 | 2 | Southern |
| 1973 | 9 | 2 | Southern |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1951 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 362 | 56% |
44% | 48 of 136 | 6.1 | 10% |
| 2nd down | 285 | 52% |
47% | 27 of 136 | 6.0 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 64 | 75% |
64% | — | 3.5 | 8% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 51 | 45% |
45% | — | 5.1 | 8% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 55 | 24% |
36% | — | 8.7 | 18% |
| 4th down | 29 | 45% |
41% | — | 4.9 | 17% |
168 drives · 39% ended in points · 7.3 plays and 40.8 yards per drive · 1.12 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 1 | NC State |
Katin Houser pass complete to Jayvontay Conner for 79 yds for a TD NC State Penalty, Illeg… |
79 | 7.29 |
| CFP | Pittsburgh |
(04:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Ditta pass complete short left to #9 A.Smith caught at ECU… |
72 | 6.37 |
| 13 | UTSA |
(13:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #21 M.Gunn Jr. rush right for 50 yards gain to the UTSA00 TOUCHD… |
50 | 5.99 |
| 2 | Campbell |
Katin Houser pass complete to Brock Spalding for 55 yds for a TD (Andrew Conrad KICK) |
55 | 5.44 |
| 8 | Tulsa |
Katin Houser pass complete to Anthony Smith for 66 yds for a TD (Nick Mazzie KICK) |
66 | 5.34 |
| 8 | Tulsa |
Katin Houser pass complete to Anthony Smith for 63 yds for a TD (Nick Mazzie KICK) |
63 | 5.05 |
| 10 | Temple |
(02:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 K.Houser pass complete short middle to #1 Y.Smith caught at T… |
59 | 4.66 |
| 5 | Army |
Kyler Pearson run for 32 yds for a TD (Nick Mazzie KICK) |
32 | 4.46 |