Bowl season is upon us. Here's what you need to know about every game, through the College Football Playoff. Mike Houston, who can lead East Carolina to its first 8-win season since with a bowl win, has received an extension with the Pirates through the season, sources told ESPN. Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines end futility against Ohio State, the Bearcats still can't reach the top four, the coaching carousel is at top speed and other college football overreactions.
Ohio State and Michigan State debut new looks, while other schools put together haunting ensembles for Week 9 of college football. Holton Ahlers , QB. Keaton Mitchell , RB. Tyler Snead , WR. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Cincinnati runs a blocked field goal back for a TD When East Carolina clinched bowl eligibility in mid-November , it meant the world to the program. Bowl appearances have been rare occurrences lately in Greenville and postseason victories have been even less common, as East Carolina only has two bowl wins in the last 20 seasons.
Receiving the opportunity to build on that number is essential for a program that earned the opportunity to compete in the Military Bowl. While East Carolina vs.
Thus, a potential bowl game between the Pirates and Mustangs will serve as a fresh matchup and the winner will take home its first bowl victory in at least eight years. There is a recent precedent in terms of intra-conference bowl games. Nevada and Colorado State clashed in the Arizona Bowl despite sharing membership in the Mountain West — however, the teams did not square off in the regular season. Miami FL withdrew from its Sun Bowl matchup vs.
However, teams have reversed course on such decisions before. Louisville, vs. Syracuse, vs. Virginia, vs. Pittsburgh, vs. Wake Forest, vs. Miami and vs. Florida State As previously mentioned, ECU has enjoyed a recent run of relative success against the ACC, winning seven of the last 11 matchups dating back to Sept. The Pirates and Eagles both kept the Owls out of the endzone for a combined win ledger. Maryland, playing an emotional last game for head coach Ralph Friedgen, scored on four of its first five second-half possessions to turn a point lead into a victory over East Carolina in the Military Bowl While the Terrapins used an explosive offensive eff ort in the final 30 minutes, their defense contributed by holding the Pirates to season-lows in rushing yards 32 , total yards per play 4.
ECU also did not help itself, committing season-highs in penalties 15 , penalty yardage and turnovers After Dominique Davis connected with Lance Lewis on a yard TD pass to trim the deficit to with remaining in the third quarter, Maryland's rushing attack followed by generating yards on just 18 carries the remainder of the contest - an average of Running back Da'Rell Scott, who finished the contest with a game-high yards on just 13 rushes, scored on 61 and 91 yarders to put the game out of reach The Pirates crossed midfield only twice during their first nine possessions, netting only 37 yards on their longest drive Lewis caught 11 balls for yards, his fifth triple-digit effort of the season, while Davis completed of passes for yards under first-year offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley.
On the flipside, a loss against the Eagles would be the first time since that East Carolina completed a campaign with a mark. In all, a total of 9,, fans have seen the Pirates in action since , and since the completion of a 7,seat expansion project in to push capacity to 50, , the Pirates have drawn 2,, fans.
East Carolina fell to Appalachian State and South Carolina to open the season before rallying back to post victories against Marshall and Charleston Southern During his first season as head coach at ECU in , Mike Houston led the Pirates to a record — the program's first winning non-conference ledger since Since , East Carolina has captured wins in nearly half of those The last time the Pirates were blanked was on Oct. ECU's game run currently ranks among the Top 10 nationally Florida is first with The Pirates will try to remain somewhat productive in December - a month in which ECU has split its last eight outings wins vs.
East Carolina has used 21 different starters on defense in 17 on offense.
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