Holton Ahlers

Wolfpack tries to avoid Pirate ambush

August 31, 2022 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH — When East Carolina and 13th-ranked NC State meet Saturday, it will be the 32nd time the two programs have played but just the fifth time it’s happened in Greenville. For the Wolfpack, who […]

East Carolina ready to make next step

August 17, 2022 Shawn Krest

Houston, we have a program. After two losing seasons as Pirates head coach, Mike Houston doubled his win total at East Carolina with seven wins last year. A good measure of just how far the […]

Holton Ahlers aims to complete ECU’s turnaround

April 13, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

UNC, State, ECU hold spring football games

April 10, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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. […]

Military Bowl cancellation ‘painful to digest’ for ECU

December 26, 2021 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

ECU accepts bid to play in Military Bowl

November 27, 2021 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Red-hot Pirates target upset against No. 4 Cincinnati

November 23, 2021 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

ECU beats Navy on long last-second field goal

November 20, 2021 The Associated Press

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 […]

Going bowling: ECU stopped Memphis in OT to earn 6th win

November 13, 2021 The Associated Press

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 […]

ECU moves within 1 win of bowl eligibility with rout of Temple

November 6, 2021 Brett Friedlander

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 […]