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ECU Falls To No. 13 UCF In 2020 Opener ecupirates.com

ECU falls to UCF in first game of 2020 The East Carolinian

Gabriel, (13) UCF roll past East Carolina, 51-28  WNCT 9

September 26th 11 pm Sports; ECU turnovers prove costly in home loss to 13th ranked UCF WCTI 12

East Carolina Falls 51-28 to UCF In The Season Opener Rivals

UCF overcomes early mistakes to blow out East Carolina  Orlando Sentinel

 Postgame comments from ECU coach and players Fayetteville Observer

247 Sports

• Mistakes pile up as ECU loses to No. 13 UCF in season opener
• ECU offense not in sync in opener against UCF
• Reacting to ECU’s season-opening loss
• Plenty of teaching moments for ECU’s new defense in opening loss
• Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s loss to UCF
• CFB Overtime: Big 12 on life support, wild SEC race shaping up

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU falls to speedy, ranked UCF in opening game
• ECU-UCF: Three answers

UCF Football: 3 takeaways from blowout win over East Carolina Saturday Blitz

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 13 UCF Tops East Carolina 51-28 Behind 4 Gabriel TDs
• SMU Improves to 3-0 With 50-7 Win Against Stephen F. Austin
• Cincinnati Takes Down Army in Top-25 Matchup 24-10
• Tulane Overpowers Southern Miss 66-24

The Associated Press

• Gabriel, No. 13 UCF beat East Carolina 51-28 in AAC opener
• No. 14 Cincinnati holds off No. 22 Army, 24-10
• Carroll, Tulane run for 6 TDs, beat Southern Miss 66-24

 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Virginia Tech jumps on NC State early as Wolfpack suffers first loss of season
• Trouble under center: QB struggles play big role in NC State, Duke defeats
• NC State’s Khalid Martin taken to hospital with hip injury. Was there a head injury, too?
• NC State report card: Running backs get a high grade. Rushing defense does not.
• Duke falls to 0-3 after loss at Virginia
• Can Duke find its way out of a 0-3 season start? Blue Devils can only try.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Hokies kick off season with win against N.C. State while playing without 23 players, 4 coaches; students make the most of a strange opener
• Virginia shakes off the rust, pulls away from Duke in season-opening victory
• William & Mary president apologizes, plans to open a discussion about cut sports

Winston Salem Journal

• N.C. State loses to Virginia Tech, 45-24
• App State beats Campbell to close out their non-conference slate
• App State wins in a week of quarantines, executive decisions, offensive creativity and some faith

Washington Post

• Virginia football bowls over Duke after slow start in season opener
• Mississippi State dumps No. 6 LSU, 44-34, in a season opener fitting for 2020
• Week 4 college football winners and losers: Oklahoma’s playoff hopes might be done already

 Takeaways from Campbell’s football loss at Appalachian State Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• Gamecocks let upset chance slip away against No. 16 Tennessee
• Sapakoff: Too early for South Carolina football panic; wait two weeks at least

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks’ raggedness in openers continues. USC now in hard spot in unusual season
• South Carolina was down 7 points in game’s final minutes. Why kick a field goal?

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• A hat tip to Stetson Bennett, who saved UGA’s opener
• Georgia Tech ‘let go of the rope’ and fell backward at Syracuse
• ESPN College GameDay returning to Athens

The Associated Press

• Wilson throws for 392 yards, No. 18 BYU routs Troy 48-7
• King throws 2 TD passes, No. 12 Miami routs Florida State
• No. 16 Tennessee wins seventh straight 31-27 over Gamecocks
• Ebner dominates in Aranda debut as Baylor tops Kansas 47-14
• Hudson, Central Arkansas rally, beat Missouri St. 27-20

K-State stuns No. 3 Oklahoma Times Union

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