GREENVILLE — Southern Methodist surged early and late for a 31-10 American Athletic Conference win at East Carolina on Thursday night. The Mustangs got scoring passes from Preston Stone of 21 yards to Key Shawn Smith and 24 yards to Roderick Daniels in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead. The ECU defense kept SMU off the scoreboard in the second and third quarters as the … [Read more...]

East Carolina is preparing to take the national stage as it hosts Southern Methodist on Thursday night for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. The American Athletic Conference contest will be shown on ESPN. “I know it’s Monday to most people," said Pirates coach Mike Houston from TowneBank Tower at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. "It’s Wednesday to us. We’ve got Wednesday afternoon practice this … [Read more...]

It was the 2011 season. Ruffin McNeill was in his second year as coach at his alma mater and East Carolina was 1-4. In fact, the Pirates were coming off a setback in Houston — just as ECU (1-4) finds itself this week after a mystifying 24-17 loss at Rice. The '11 Pirates were dealt a crushing 56-3 loss at Houston, the only points provided by Mike Barbour's 54-yard field … [Read more...]