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Earning their Stripes:
The Memphis Tigers
continue their C-USA
farewell tour as
they head to
Greenville for today's
ECU Homecoming game. The Big East-bound Tigers have
struggled on offense
this season, but
pulled out their
first victory of the
season last week
versus Rice. Memphis went to a
two-QB system
against the Owls, so this
week the Pirates
can expect to see some
exchanging of Tiger
signal callers. ECU will try
to regain some
momentum
following a 40-20
loss at UCF. The
Pirates will also
attempt to move to
3-1 in the league
for the fifth time
in the last six
years and post their
seventh-straight
Homecoming win. |
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Memphis |
TALE OF
THE TAPE* |
ECU |
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93rd/130.0 |
Rushing
Offense |
106th/110.8 |
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110th/159.6 |
Passing
Offense |
60th/237.7 |
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115th/289.6 |
Total
Offense |
98th/348.5 |
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104th/20.6 |
Scoring
Offense |
105th/20.5 |
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90th/187.8 |
Rushing
Defense |
48th/131.3 |
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59th/126.5 |
Pass
Efficiency Defense |
74th/133.19 |
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91st/434.2 |
Total
Defense |
76th/409.8 |
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86th/29.8 |
Scoring
Defense |
67th/26.7 |
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T-91st/5.0 |
Turnover
Margin |
71st/-0.17 |
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118th/.6 |
Sacks |
79th/1.7 |
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78th/2.2 |
Sacks
Allowed |
71st/2.0 |
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*2012 FBS
National ranking |
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TOP PERFORMERS AT A
GLANCE |
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PASSING
ATT. CMP. INT. YDS. TD |
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UM
- Jacob Karam
123 73 1 787 6 |
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ECU - Shane Carden
151 93 5 991 4 |
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RUSHING
ATT.
YDS. AVG. TD |
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UM
- Jai Steib
32 86 2.7 0 |
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ECU - Vintavious Cooper
69 362 5.2 1 |
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RECEIVING
NO. YDS. AVG. TD |
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UM
- Marcus Rucker
20 263 13.1
3 |
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ECU - Justin Hardy
39 480
12.3 5 |
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TACKLES
UT AT
TFL SACKS |
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UM
- Charles Harris
38 10 0 0 |
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ECU - Damon Magazu
24 18 0 0 |
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Memphis utilizes a
multiple offensive
attack while
employing a multiple
defensive alignment. ECU will line up in
a spread offense and
use a 3-4 when
defending. |
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WORTH NOTING |
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In recent
years, when
the Tigers
and Pirates
have played,
the
scoreboards
have lit up.
Since 2003
(nine
games), the
winner of
the
Memphis-East
Carolina
encounter
scored 30 or
more points
eight times.
But the
losing
team’s
offense
didn’t
disappoint
either,
scoring 24
or more
points five
times. The combined
points
scored in
the last
nine games
is 565, and
the combined
scoring-per-game
average in
that stretch
is 31.4
points. |
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ECU needs to
draw just
33,818 fans
Saturday to
surpass the
7 million
mark at
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium |
• WR Andrew
Bodenheimer
has caught
at least one
pass in
26-straight
contests
dating back
to 2010.
His last
no-reception
game was at
Southern
Miss
on Oct . 9,
2010. Since
that
contest,
Bodenheimer
has made 92
catches for
896 yards
and 3
TDs... Bodenheimer
hauled in a
season-high
six
receptions
(60 yards)
against UCF. |
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• All five
of FS Damon
Magazu’s
career
interceptions
have come at
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium.
He currently
co-leads the
Pirates in
tackles (42)
and tops the
unit in solo
hits (24)
after
turning in a
season-high
nine stops
vs. UTEP and
following
with seven
at UCF. |
• ECU has
won eight of
10 games in
the Ruffin
McNeill era
when
outrushing
its opponent.
Losses to SMU
(2010) and
Marshall
(2011)
are the lone
exceptions.
... From a
defensive
standpoint,
the Pirates
haven’t
allowed a
rush over 33
yards this
season. |
• Despite a
2-1
Conference
USA record,
ECU and its
three
league
opponents
have played
to
a virtual statistical
draw so far
this season,
identically
matching
scoring
totals
(72-72) with
only three
yards of
separation
in the total
offense
numbers (ECU
1,065,
opponents
1,062). |
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