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East Carolina football schedule 2026
12 regular-season games, 6 at home and 6 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 27. 8 in the American Conference. Next up: away at Alabama on Sep 5.
September 2026 4 games
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Alabama | |
| Sep 12 | vs App State | |
| Sep 19 | at Old Dominion | |
| Sep 26 | vs North Carolina Central |
October 2026 4 games
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | vs Rice | TBC |
| Oct 15 | at UAB | |
| Oct 22 | at Memphis | |
| Oct 31 | vs Temple | TBC |
November 2026 4 games
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | vs South Florida | |
| Nov 14 | at Charlotte | TBC |
| Nov 21 | at Army | |
| Nov 27 | vs Florida Atlantic | TBC |
East Carolina's 2026 season
East Carolina plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 6 at home at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and 6 away, opening on Sep 5 and finishing on Nov 27. 8 of them are American Conference games and 4 are not — which is the shape of a college season: a short non-conference run, most of it early, and then two months inside the conference. The longest run at home is 2 games, from Sep 26 to Oct 10; the longest run on the road is 2, from Oct 15 to Oct 22.
The non-conference games are against Alabama on Sep 5, App State on Sep 12, Old Dominion on Sep 19, North Carolina Central on Sep 26. Those opponents are not in the American Conference, so they do not appear as rows on the conference grid — a cell naming one carries a dotted underline there to say so. They are part of this team's season all the same, which is why they are on the grid at all rather than left as blank weeks.
Kick-off times are shown in your own timezone rather than US Eastern time — detected automatically, and overridable in the “Times in” control above. A Saturday-evening game in the United States is the small hours of Sunday morning across Europe, and a game that crosses midnight carries a +1 so it cannot be mistaken for the same evening. 4 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how East Carolina's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full American Conference grid puts all 14 teams side by side.
Frequently asked questions
When does East Carolina play next?
East Carolina's next game is away at Alabama on Sep 5. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.
How many games does East Carolina play in 2026?
12 regular-season games: 6 at home at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and 6 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 27. 8 are against American Conference opponents and 4 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.
Who does East Carolina play outside the American Conference in 2026?
4 games: Alabama on Sep 5, App State on Sep 12, Old Dominion on Sep 19, North Carolina Central on Sep 26. Those opponents are not in the American Conference, so they have no row of their own on the conference grid — they are marked there with a dotted underline, and named in full on this page.
Why do some of East Carolina's games have no kick-off time?
Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 4 of 12 games have a date but no confirmed time; college football kick-offs are fixed a week or two ahead, and a game can still move to a different day. Those carry a "?" instead of a time, because a placeholder you could not tell from a real time would be worse than none.
What time do East Carolina's games start in my timezone?
Every confirmed kick-off on this page is converted to the timezone your browser reports, with a manual override in the "Times in" control. College football is published in US Eastern time, so a Saturday-evening game there starts in the small hours of Sunday across Europe, and those carry a +1 mark.
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