| Year: | 1970 |
| Team: | East Carolina Pirates |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 3–8 |
| Conf Record: | 2–2 |
| Head Coach: | Mike McGee |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Ficklen Memorial Stadium |
The 1970 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike McGee, the team compiled a 3–8 record.[1] The team's game against the Marshall Thundering Herd preceded the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, in which 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team were killed that night.