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FOOTBALL GAME CENTER

GAME CENTER FINAL: EAST CAROLINA 28, TEXAS-EL PASO 18

Sept. 29, 2012 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium | Greenville | Attendance: 47,817

Features >> Inside Game Day | Game Slants | Photo Gallery | Post-game Audio

Offense flashes progress

GREENVILLE — Maybe a stadium-clearing storm is just what the East Carolina offense needed. Or maybe it was the presence of a Conference USA defense.  Whatever the catalyst, the ECU offense finally found its ignition switch, piecing together productive drives and piling up yardage by 10- and 20-yard chunks in a 28-18 win over Texas-El Paso. ... More from Denny O'Brien...

Miners no match after storm

GREENVILLE — Rain has seemed to bring out the best in East Carolina's football program. The Pirates prevailed in a virtual monsoon at South Carolina in 1992 and plucked the Gamecocks again in the rain in 1996. One of the greatest wins in program history came in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd forced the Miami game to be moved to Raleigh and ECU inspired its flood-ravaged region ... More from Al Myatt...

Game Day Photo Gallery from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

An extended weather delay scattered ECU's "gold-out" crowd late in the second quarter of Saturday night's game. ©2012 Bonesville.net. View W.A. Myatt's 10-image slide show...

Coach Ruffin McNeill Post-Game Audio

East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill met with the press after the Pirates' 28-18 victory over Texas-El Paso Saturday night. (Recorded by Al Myatt)

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Conference USA Scoreboard

Saturday, Sept. 29:
   Missouri 21, Central Florida 16 [FSN]
   Tulsa 49, UAB 42
   Purdue 51, Marshall 41 [BTN]
   Houston 35, Rice 14 [FSN]
Saturday, Sept. 29 (continued):
   Louisiana-Monroe 63, Tulane 10 [CST]
   Texas Christian 24, SMU 16 [FSN]
   ECU 28, Texas-El Paso 18 [WITN]
   Louisville 21, Southern Miss 17 [CBSSN]

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