The Pirates performed on homecoming, routing American Athletic Conference foe Connecticut 41-3.  After being held “sackless” in the last five outings, the East Carolina defense responded with four sacks and limited UConn to only one Red Zone possession. On offense, three different players (Philip Nelson, James Summers, Zay Jones) threw TD passes and Jones passed Oklahoma's Ryan … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — A complete game by East Carolina led to a completely-different outcome from what the Pirates had been producing since a 33-30 win over N.C. State on Sept. 10. ECU rose to the occasion on a sunny homecoming Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. After a succession of unrewarded comebacks in a 5-game losing streak, the Pirates used a combination of offense, defense … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Zay Jones caught his 19th pass of the game on the next-to-last play of the third quarter Saturday. There’s no telling how many he would have gotten had he not spent the entire fourth quarter standing on the sidelines watching the the rest of ECU’s starters. One of these days, the senior wide receiver is liable to break the national FBS single game record of 23 … [Read more...]