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East Carolina ready to make next step
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 […]
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ECU beats Navy on long last-second field goal
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 […]
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Going bowling: ECU stopped Memphis in OT to earn 6th win
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 […]
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Second-half surge lifts ECU past South Florida
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. […]
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Mitchell’s 200-yard game helps ECU to 3rd straight win
GREENVILLE — Keaton Mitchell rushed for a career-high 222 yards and two touchdowns, Holton Ahlers threw for 288 yards and a pair of touchdowns and East Carolina defeated Tulane 52-29 on Saturday. Mitchell took a […]
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Fourth quarter rally propels ECU past Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Holton Ahlers had touchdowns passing, rushing and receiving and Ja’Quan McMillian intercepted a pass at the goal line with six seconds left and East Carolina rallied to defeat Marshall 42-38 on Saturday […]
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ECU lets one slip away against South Carolina
GREENVILLE — Officially, the game was decided on the final play when South Carolina’s Parker White kicked a 36-yard field goal for a 20-17 victory against East Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The beginning of the […]
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Ending season with 2 straight wins gives ECU momentum
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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East Carolina scores 45 points in 1st half, beats SMU
GREENVILLE — Holton Ahlers threw for four first-half touchdowns and East Carolina held off SMU’s second-half rally for a 52-38 victory on Saturday. ECU (3-6, 3-5 American) scored a touchdown on its first six possessions […]
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ECU uses big plays, stingy D to beat Temple
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 […]