VIRGINIA TECH at ECU
Saturday, Sept. 16 • 3:30 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins
Radio
WNCT-FM 107.9 (ECU flagship)
SiriusXM 113/194/956 (Virginia tech feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 22nd meeting between ECU and Virginia Tech in a series that dates to 1956 … The Hokies hold a 14-7 series lead after last year’s 54-17 victory in Blacksburg, Virginia, behind four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing from QB Jerod Evans … ECU a 35-28 win in 2014 in the last meeting in Greenville.
16/16 VIRGINIA TECH
2-0, 0-0 ACC
Head Coach
Justin Fuente (Murray State ’99)
12-4, second season at Virginia Tech
38-27, sixth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Virginia Tech plays its first road game of the season after the Hokies opened 2017 with wins against West Virginia (31-24) and Delaware (27-0) … Second-year head coach Justin Fuente came to Blacksburg after spending four seasons as head coach at Memphis, where he went 1-1 against ECU … Virginia Tech is 4-1 in road games under Fuente … QB Josh Jackson has completed 31 of 54 passes for 457 yards and three touchdowns without an interception … Jackson also leads the Hokies in rushing with 120 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries … WR Cam Phillips has two of Virginia Tech’s three touchdown receptions and has a team-high 228 yards on 13 catches … LB Tremaine Edmunds leads the defense with 21 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
ECU
0-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
3-11, second season
Notes
ECU looks to bounce back from back-to-back losses to start the 2017 season … The Pirates dropped a 34-14 decision to James Madison - the top-ranked team in FCS - and fell 56-20 at West Virginia … The Pirates will look to get off to a faster start than in the first two games, where they were outscored 56-3 in the first half … QB Thomas Sirk, a transfer from Duke, threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 109 yards in the Blue Devils’ 45-43 win in four overtimes against Virginia Tech in 2015 … Sirk got the start against West Virginia and is expected to start against Virginia Tech … Sirk has thrown for 401 yards and a touchdown with four interceptions … WR Davon Grayson has 12 catches for 162 yards, while WR Jimmy Williams has 10 catches for 127 yards and a touchdown … LB Jordan Williams has a team-high 25 tackles..