GREENVILLE — As a youngster growing up in Greenville, Holton Ahlers’ childhood memories are filled with the experiences of football Saturdays at East Carolina. Just not the games themselves. “Obviously I remember all the big […]
Ties became a thing of the past during college football’s regular season with the advent of overtime. But they’re still alive and well in the spring, as North Carolina and East Carolina proved on Saturday. […]
East Carolina ended a seven-year postseason drought when it was invited to participate in the Military Bowl. Because of COVID-19, the Pirates will have to wait at least one more year to actually play a […]
The East Carolina football team clinched its first winning season in seven years with a thrilling last-second victory at Navy two weeks ago. Next month, the Pirates will return to Annapolis for their first bowl […]
Every week, it seems, the East Carolina football team checks another goal off its to-do list. There was the overtime win at Memphis that earned bowl eligibility for the first time since 2014. That was […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Owen Daffer drilled a 54-yard field goal as time expired to give East Carolina a 38-35 victory over Navy on Saturday night, clinching the Pirates’ first winning season since 2014. Maquel Haywood […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Keaton Mitchell scored on a 24-yard run in overtime then the Pirates broke up a conversion pass to send East Carolina to a 30-29 win over Memphis on Saturday. After Rodrigues […]
GREENVILLE — East Carolina has been involved in some lopsided football games over the past six-plus seasons. This time, it ended up on the right side of the equation. After losing all 11 games decided […]
GREENVILLE — Mike Houston didn’t give a fiery halftime speech Thursday, although he could easily have done that as self-destructive as his East Carolina football team was over the first two quarters against South Florida. […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mark-Antony Richards’ 1-yard touchdown smash with 23 seconds left to play helped carry Central Florida to a 20-16 win over East Carolina on Saturday. Richards’ score ended an 11-play, 64-yard drive that […]
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