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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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