East Carolina's 0-3 start has come against three nationally-ranked teams, a factor that has the Pirates ranked No. 15 in the country for strength of schedule thus far in 2017. That's according to computer stats guru Jeff Sagarin of USA Today. James Madison continued its top position in the Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll with a 75-14 win over Norfolk State … [Read more...]

Hokies are 60-minute men in 64-17 comeback victory GREENVILLE — As a matchup with an ACC opponent opened Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, it looked as though East Carolina might put a feather in the cap of the American Athletic Conference. A crowd of 43,776 was experiencing some deja vu dating back to the days when the Pirates were rolling off seven straight wins over ACC … [Read more...]

Hurricane Irma has impacted East Carolina football after all. With the rescheduling of South Florida's game at Connecticut from Sept. 9 to Oct. 28, the Pirates will travel to UConn for a noon kickoff on Sunday, Sept. 24, rather than Nov. 4, as originally planned. ECU's game at Houston has been moved from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4. The Pirates originally had a bye week before hosting … [Read more...]

MORGANTOWN, WV — Scottie Montgomery is a persuasive person, which no doubt makes him an effective recruiter. There are still players that he helped bring into the Duke program, which dealt Northwestern a 41-17 defeat on Saturday. Montgomery's skills must have influenced ECU athletic director Jeff Compher when the Pirate football head coaching position was most recently … [Read more...]