Game times, TV picks set for six ECU football games this fall

by | May 29, 2025

On Thursday, East Carolina announced more specifics of its 2025 football schedule.

More details from ECU Sports Information can be found below.

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The kickoff time for East Carolina’s 2025 season opener at NC State, scheduled for August 28 in Carter-Finley Stadium, has been set for 7 p.m. (ET) and will be televised on the ACC Network according to a joint announcement between the Atlantic Coast Conference and American Athletic Conference Thursday afternoon.

The American and its primary television partners also assigned five other ECU games that were among its early broadcast selections: Campbell (6 p.m. on ESPN+), at Coastal Carolina (7:30 p.m. on ESPN+), Army (7:30 p.m. on ESPN), at Tulane (7:30 p.m./8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2) and Tulsa (7:30 p.m. on ESPN).

New season ticket orders are on sale now with packages starting as low as $115 each. Purchases may be made via ECU’s Online Ticket Center or by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (252) 737-4500.

The remainder of East Carolina’s kickoff times will be announced following the finalization of television broadcast schedules.

2025 ECU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 – at NC State (7 p.m. on ACC Network)
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 Game (8 p.m. on ABC; highest-seed campus site)
Home games in ALL CAPS; *American Athletics Conference game; Dates are subject to change pending finalization of television scheduling.


2025 SCHEDULE NOTABLES

COMPOSITE RECORDS
ECU’s 2025 opponents posted a combined 79-74 (.516) record in 2024. The Pirates’ four non-conference foes were 26-25 (.510), while the eight AAC squads tallied a collective 52-49 (.520) mark. Four programs had nine or more wins – Army (12), BYU (11), Memphis (11) and Tulane (9).

SEVEN BOWL TEAMS
In all, East Carolina’s schedule features contests against seven teams which advanced to bowl games a year ago. In addition to Army (Independence Bowl), BYU (Alamo Bowl), Coastal Carolina (Myrtle Beach Bowl), Memphis (Frisco Bowl), NC State (Military Bowl), Tulane (Gasparilla Bowl) and UTSA (Myrtle Beach Bowl) each made FBS postseason appearances last December. Of ECU’s six home games, three will be against 2024 bowl qualifiers, while four of the six road games will be against postseason teams.

PLAYING 2024 CONFERENCE TITLE GAME TEAMS
ECU will play the two AAC members that squared off the 2024 AAC Championship Game. ECU will host AAC Champs Army and will travel to Tulane, who has appeared in three-straight title games, winning in 2022 against UCF.

IN THE FINAL POLLS
Three of ECU’s 2025 FBS opponents finished ranked in the two major polls (Associated Press, AFCA Coaches) to end the 2024 season – BYU (13/14), Army (21/21) and Memphis (24/23). All three also finished in the final CFP Poll as well (BYU No. 17, Army No. 22 and Memphis No. 25).

NON-SATURDAY ACTION
ECU will have a four non-Saturday contests in 2025. For the sixth consecutive season (and seventh in the last eight years), ECU will play at least one weeknight contest. Four have been confirmed to be played on a Thursday night (at NC State/Aug. 28; home vs. Army/Sept. 25; at Tulane/Oct. 9; home vs. Tulsa/Oct. 16). Since 2000, ECU is 25-32 (.439) on non-Saturday games (8-17/home, 17-15/road) after posting a 2-1 record in 2024.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
The American Conference will conduct its championship game on December 5 at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC and will be conducted on the home field of the highest-seeded team (by order of its regular season finish).

ADDITIONAL KICKOFF TIMES & TELEVISION PICKS
Kickoff times and television selections for the remainder of the schedule will be through the traditional 12-day/6-day process.

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