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Ahlers, East Carolina overwhelm UCF
GREENVILLE — Holton Ahlers ran for a score and threw a touchdown pass in the second quarter as East Carolina jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 34-13 victory over UCF on […]
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Deacons class of NC football at season’s midway point
The pecking order in college football is becoming clearer, and that is also true in North Carolina. While the start of the season included NC State edging ECU, UNC’s barn-burning win over App State and, […]
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Pirates survive 4 OTs to beat Memphis
GREENVILLE — C.J. Johnson caught a two-point conversion pass from Holton Ahlers in the fourth overtime and East Carolina outlasted Memphis 47-45 for a wild homecoming victory on Saturday night. Memphis failed to score in […]
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Pirates can’t contain Pratt, ECU falls at Tulane
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Michael Pratt threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third while Tulane held East Carolina scoreless in the second half en route to a 24-9 victory on […]
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East Carolina prepares for trip to Tulane
GREENVILLE — East Carolina heads to Tulane this weekend for a key game that will not only impact the American Athletic Conference standings but could also determine if the Pirates return to a bowl game […]
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Ahlers tosses 6 TDs, ECU pummels USF
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Holton Ahlers threw six touchdown passes, four to C.J. Johnson, and East Carolina rolled to a 48-28 victory over South Florida on Saturday. The American Athletic Conference announced Tuesday that they […]
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East Carolina, UCF try to move past big wins
When UCF travels to East Carolina on Saturday, both teams will be testing college football’s 24-hour rule. The old coach-speak adage dictates that a team not celebrate a win for more than 24 hours to […]
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East Carolina falls in double OT to Navy
GREENVILLE — Daniel Davies, who came into the game without a field-goal attempt this season, made all three of his tries Saturday night, including a 36-yarder in the second overtime and Navy beat East Carolina […]
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Winners, losers from wild weekend
Week 1 of the college football season provided some crazy matchups, close calls and quite a few heartbreaks for North Carolina’s FBS teams. It also puts certain players and coaches on different sides of the […]
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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]