GAME CENTER: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

ECU 70, UNC-CH 41 • Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Attend: 51,082 • TV: ESPNU

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Work pays off as Pirates party

GREENVILLE — North Carolina's second trick play for a touchdown, a 29-yard pass from holder Tommy Hibbard to a wide open Eric Albright from field goal formation, momentarily subdued the excitement at rowdy Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday. The score came with 12:15 left in the first half and gave the Tar Heels their last lead at 20-14.

UNC, ranked No. 25 in the coaches poll and coming off an open date that gave the Heels plenty of time to smolder over last year's 55-31 loss to the Pirates in Chapel Hill, were looking capable of payback. ... More from Al Myatt...

Ruff Post-game

ECU coach Ruffin McNeill spoke with the press after the Pirates defeated North Carolina on Saturday in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (recorded by W.A. Myatt; file photo): Select audio clip...

Game Day Pix from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Tar Heels can't hang with Pirates

ECU receiver Jimmy Williams is on the move during the Pirates' 70-41 rout of North Carolina on Saturday. Photo by W.A. Myatt. ©Bonesville.net. View W.A. Myatt's complete gallery...


View W.A. Myatt's complete gallery of game day images from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium...

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