A season-opening football game between East Carolina and N.C. State took place with relative frequency between 1973 and 1987. The Pirates started their season seven times in Raleigh during that span with a 3-4 record. ECU played its first game in the Mike Houston coaching era at Carter-Finley Stadium in 2019 and the Wolfpack prevailed, 34-6. When the Pirates start the … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting News‘Football town’ helps draw Short to Pirates
Michael Short was born in a football town and into a football family, so it was only natural for him to be drawn to East Carolina University. Short, a linebacker from Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, became one of three players to help start ECU's football recruiting Class of 2023 by making a verbal commitment to the Pirates last weekend. The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting NewsECU targets edge rushers
Establishing consistent pressure on opposing quarterbacks is the goal of every defense in this pass-happy era of college football. At the forefront of that effort in most defensive alignments are "edge rushers,'' who, in many cases, are defensive ends or outside linebackers performing as an extension of the defensive line. Players such as Nate Harvey, Kendall Futrell and … [Read more...]
GREENVILLE SUPER REGIONAL PHOTOSGame Day Gallery
Photo correspondent Paul Burgett roamed the soggy environs of Clark-LeClair Stadium with his camera during East Carolina's rain and lightning-interrupted loss to Texas on Sunday, June 12, 2022, in the decisive game of the NCAA Super Regional in Greenville, NC. Burgett captured this curated collection of candid shots. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide … [Read more...]
GREENVILLE SUPER REGIONAL PHOTOSGame Day Gallery
Photo correspondent Paul Burgett roamed Clark-LeClair Stadium with his camera during East Carolina's loss to Texas on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in an NCAA Super Regional game in Greenville, NC. Myatt captured this curated collection of action shots. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]