| East Carolina Pirates | ||
2012 East Carolina Pirates Football ScheduleFinal Record: 8-5, 7-1 (C-USA) | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Time/TV | Tickets | |
| Saturday Sept. 1 | Appalachian State Mountaineers Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Won 35-13 | --- | |
| Saturday Sept. 8 | at South Carolina Gamecocks Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC | Lost 48-10 | --- | |
| Saturday Sept. 15 | at Southern Miss Golden Eagles M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS | Won 24-14 | --- | |
| Saturday Sept. 22 | at North Carolina Tar Heels Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC | Lost 27-6 | --- | |
| Saturday Sept. 29 | UTEP Miners Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Won 28-18 | --- | |
| Thursday Oct. 4 | at UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, FL | Lost 40-20 | --- | |
| Saturday Oct. 13 | Memphis Tigers (HC) Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Won 41-7 | --- | |
| Saturday Oct. 20 | at UAB Blazers Legion Field, Birmingham, AL | Won 42-35 | --- | |
| Saturday Oct. 27 | Navy Midshipmen Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Lost 56-28 | --- | |
| Saturday Nov. 3 | Houston Cougars Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Won 48-28 | --- | |
| Saturday Nov. 10 | --- | Open Date | --- | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 17 | at Tulane Green Wave Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA | Won 28-23 | --- | |
| Friday Nov. 23 | Marshall Thundering Herd Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC | Won 65-59 (OT) | --- | |
| 2012 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | ||||
| Saturday Dec. 22 | Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA | Lost 43-34 | --- | |