East Carolina and Gardner-Webb have one win between them this season and that lone victory is not on the Pirates' side of the ledger. After three matchups with favored teams, including road trips to No. 2 Michigan and Appalachian State, the schedule appears to give the Pirates a break with a contest at home against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent, Gardner-Webb, … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayThree comebacks lift App State over ECU
BOONE — Appalachian State overcame deficits of 7-0, 21-10 and 28-22 before a record tying crowd of 40,168 at Kidd Brewer Stadium for a 43-28 win over East Carolina on Saturday. The Pirates slipped to 0-3 for the first time since 2017 with losses from teams whose combined record is 7-1, including No. 2 Michigan (3-0). The Mountaineers (2-1) went ahead to stay at 29-28 with … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates go back to Boone after 44 years
East Carolina renews its football series with Appalachian State as the Pirates make their first trip to Boone since a 38-21 win in 1979. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+). ECU was in its third year as an independent under Coach Pat Dye in 1979. The Pirates had beaten Appalachian, 35-7, in Greenville in their last game in the Southern Conference in 1976 … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayTrick play spurs Herd
GREENVILLE — Marshall triggered a fourth quarter surge with a gimmick play and defeated East Carolina, 31-13, on Saturday in a nonconference contest fragmented by a lengthy weather delay at halftime. Coverage on ESPNU shifted to Florida's 49-7 home win over McNeese State during the extended intermission at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium where Marshall was 0-7 prior to ECU's first … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTSeries history provides perspective like no other
East Carolina and Marshall have had some tremendous battles through the years, but the series was marred by disaster decades before the players who will decide the pending outcome were born. The Pirates (0-1) host the Thundering Herd (1-0) on Saturday at 4 p.m. (ESPNU) in ECU's first home game of 2023. Another Marshall team made the journey to Greenville in 1970 and what … [Read more...]