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April 18, 2021

Holton Ahlers

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Disjointed spring practices still offer chance for growth

April 7, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The East Carolina football team was back on the field Tuesday. This time, coach Mike Houston is hoping it’s to stay. Between the cancellation of last year’s spring practice, the loss of three games to […]

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Ending season with 2 straight wins gives ECU momentum

December 2, 2020 Brett Friedlander

At face value, the 2020 season was a disappointing one for the East Carolina football team. It started with the cancellation of a game against Marshall designed to pay tribute to the Thundering Herd on […]

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ECU uses big plays, stingy D to beat Temple

November 21, 2020 Cory Lavalette

East Carolina overcame a delay and played its most complete game of the season, using big plays and a stout defense to snap a six-game losing streak against Temple and win 28-3 at Lincoln Financial […]

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Fake punt irks ECU in blowout loss at Cincinnati

November 13, 2020 Shawn Krest

No. 7 Cincinnati delivered a message to the College Football Playoff selection committee with a 55-17 blowout of East Carolina in their final home game of the regular season on Friday night. The Bearcats, who […]

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No. 7 Cincinnati offers ECU chance at breakthrough

November 10, 2020 Brett Friedlander

At 1-5 and coming off three straight winnable games that got away — at least one through no fault of its own — the East Carolina football team has reached the point in the season […]

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ECU falls behind, can’t catch up against Tulane

November 7, 2020 Cory Lavalette

East Carolina dropped its third straight game Saturday, losing 38-21 to Tulane at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville. Pirates quarterback Holton Ahlers threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns, but ECU managed just seven first-half points […]

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Key calls go against ECU late in loss to Tulsa

October 31, 2020 Shawn Krest

Three key plays all went Tulsa’s way on a last-minute scoring drive that gave the Golden Hurricane a 34-30 home win over East Carolina on Friday night. After ECU took a three-point lead with 4:24 […]

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ECU’s Houston trying to change culture, thinks wins will follow

October 28, 2020 Brett Friedlander

No college football team in the state — or perhaps even the country — has been more affected by the coronavirus pandemic than East Carolina. The Pirates didn’t play their season opener until Sept. 26 […]

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Shorthanded ECU falls just short in loss to Navy

October 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s defense took a major step forward against an opponent it has traditionally struggled against. But because of an offense depleted by COVID-19 issues and forced to play without starting quarterback Holton […]

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Five questions to ponder before kickoff

October 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The coronavirus pandemic has already had a negative effect on East Carolina’s 2020 football season. Not only was its preseason camp temporarily halted because of a COVID-19 outbreak, but it had to wait three weeks […]

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