ECU at UCF
Saturday, Oct. 14 • 7 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Spectrum Stadium (44,206/Natural Grass)
Orlando, Florida
Television
CBS Sports Network
Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney
Radio
WNCT-FM 107.9 (ECU)
WYGM-FM 96.9 (UCF)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 16th meeting between ECU and UCF … The Pirates hold a 10-5 series lead, but UCF took last year’s matchup in Greenville 47-29 … ECU was a 44-7 winner a year earlier in the last meeting in Orlando … UCF scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in last year’s win.
ECU
1-5, 1-2 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
4-14, second season
Notes
ECU tries to snap a two-game slide after the Pirates fell 34-10 to Temple … The Pirates are 1-1 in road games this season, but have gone 0-4 at home … The Pirates have averaged 307.7 passing yards per game, which ranks fifth in The American, but have rushed for 94.0 yards per game, which is last in the conference … QB Thomas Sirk, a transfer from Duke, has completed 107 of 189 passes for 1,382 yards and seven TDs against seven interceptions … WR Davon Grayson has 31 catches for 535 yards and five touchdowns and has turned in two 100-yard games in the last three weeks … WR Trevon Brown has 23 catches for 384 yards and two TDs … LB Jordan Williams and LB Korrin Wiggins have 52 tackles each, leading the team and ranking fifth in The American … DE Kiante Anderson has 3.5 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss.
22/21 UCF
4-0, 2-0 American
Head Coach
Scott Frost (Nebraska ’97)
10-7, second season
Notes
UCF turned in an efficient 51-23 win against Cincinnati last week in a game that was called with four seconds left in the third quarter due to lightning and heavy rains … The Knights had seven touchdowns and a field goal on their eight possessions … UCF leads the nation in scoring (47.5 ppg) and is 11th nationally in scoring defense (15.8 ppg) … QB McKenzie Milton has been solid as a sophomore with 1,165 passing yards and 13 touchdowns with two interceptions … Milton is second nationally in pass efficienty (203.7), trailing only Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield … RB Adrian Killins Jr. leads the team in rushing with 239 yards and two TDs … WR Tre’Quan Smith has 15 catches for 337 yards and seven touchdowns … CB Mike Hughes leads a talented secondary with two interceptions and six pass breakups … LB Pat Jasinski has a team-high 27 tackles.