The East Carolina Pirates football team is a member of the NCAA Division I Conference USA. During the regular season, the Pirates play eight conference and four non-conference games. 2012 East Carolina and North Carolina will play a two-year home-and-home football series in 2012 and 2013. East Carolina and Navy have only played each other three times, with Navy leading 2-1, but East Carolina won the last game in 2011 by a score of 38-35. South Carolina has been an opponent of the Pirates since 1977 for a total of 16 contests. South Carolina leads the series as of 2011 at 11-5 and won the first eight times the programs met. Since Eastern's first win over South Carolina in 1991, Eastern leads 5-3. 2013