2002 East Carolina Pirates football team

2002 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	Conference USA
2002 record	4–8 (4–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Steve Logan
Defensive coordinator	Tim Rose
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)

2002 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#23 TCU +		6	–	2					10	–	2
Cincinnati +		6	–	2					7	–	7
Louisville		5	–	3					7	–	6
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
Tulane		4	–	4					8	–	5
UAB		4	–	4					5	–	7
East Carolina		4	–	4					4	–	8
Houston		3	–	5					5	–	7
Memphis		2	–	6					3	–	9
Army		1	–	7					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 2002 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		L 16–23	23,276
September 7	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		L 22–27	28,486
September 14	7:00 pm	Tulane	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 24–20	35,300
September 28	12:00 pm	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 17–37	54,497
October 5	2:00 pm	Army	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 59–24	38,111
October 19	2:00 pm	South Florida	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 30–46	33,419
October 26	2:00 pm	at Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	WITN	L 20–44	32,428
November 9	7:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 54–48	13,669
November 16	3:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 29–36	13,687
November 23	2:00 pm	TCU	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 31–28	23,189
November 30	3:00 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS		L 7–24	19,888
December 6	2:00 pm	Cincinnati	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		L 26–42	18,125
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.