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The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU"). The team is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American), which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Pirates have won seven conference championships and nine bowl games. The Pirates have 20 All-Americans over its history. Four players have their jerseys retired. Numerous Pirates have played in the NFL, with ten of those players being currently active. The team was founded in 1932. The team played home games at ''College Stadium'' on the main campus from the 1949 to the 1962 season. With the exception of the 1999 Miami football game, they have played their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium every year since 1963. The stadium is located south of East Carolina’s main campus near the intersection of South Charles Boulevard and 14th Street. Dowdy-Ficklen underwent an expansion in 2010, raising the capacity of the stadium to 50,000. The coaches and administrative support is located in the ''Ward Sports Medicine Building'', which is located adjacent to the stadium. Strength and conditioning for the players occurs in the ''Murphy Center'', a 13 million dollar indoor training facility which was completed in June 2002 and which is located in the west end zone of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates also practice and train at the ''Cliff Moore Practice Facility'', which was fully renovated in 2005 and which boasts two full-length NFL-caliber fields. ==Facilities== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Carolina Pirates football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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