East Carolina expanded its lead in its football series with Memphis to 18-8 with a dramatic 31-27 win Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Senior Day. The outcome gave the Pirates a 3-game winning streak in close contests with the Tigers. In the preceding matchup on Oct. 15, 2022, ECU edged Memphis, 47-45, in four overtimes in Greenville. Holton Ahlers passed for 304 … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayPirates celebrate dramatic Senior Day triumph
GREENVILLE — East Carolina got a 31-yard leaping catch on a heave by Katin Houser by South Carolina transfer Payton Mangrum — a senior on Senior Day — with 1:08 left in the game for a 31-27 American Conference win over Memphis on Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Elated Pirate fans stormed the field as ECU improved to 7-3 overall and 5-1 in league play with a game … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates check boxes, Harrell: ‘I’ll spike it’
East Carolina coach Blake Harrell went through the factors that the Pirates focused on in downing Charlotte, 48-22, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday. No doubt, it was a complete victory as ECU improved to 6-3 overall and gained bowl eligibility while keeping its hook in the conference race with a 4-1 mark in the American. The logjam at the top of the league standings … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayPirates get some satisfaction in Charlotte series
GREENVILLE — East Carolina got an overdue American Conference win over Charlotte at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday, leaving little doubt about the outcome after taking a 21-0 first quarter lead and eventually subduing the 49ers, 48-22. The Pirates (6-3, 4-1 AC) became bowl eligible for 2025 after losses the last two seasons to Charlotte (1-8, 0-6), including 10-7 in 2023 … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates look to deep six 49ers’ dominance
Things have not gone well for East Carolina in its young American Conference series with Charlotte. The Pirates are 0-2 all-time against the 49ers with an opportunity to get into the win column on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The in-state opponents first met in 2023 in Greenville with Charlotte taking a 10-7 win over an offensively-challenged Pirates … [Read more...]