USF at ECU
Saturday, Sept. 30 • Noon • CBS Sports Network
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
Television
CBS Sports Network
John Sadak, Randy Cross and Jordan Daigle
Radio
WWBA-AM 820 (USF)
WNCT-FM 107.9 (ECU)
SiriusXM 134/202/962 (ECU feed)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the eighth meeting between USF and ECU in a series that dates to 2002 … The Bulls hold a 6-1 series lead and have won the last two games … ECU’s lone win in the series was in 2014 … USF is 3-0 against the Pirates in Greenville … USF QB Quinton Flowers threw three touchdown passes in last year’s 38-22 win in Tampa.
18/17 USF
4-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas ’82)
4-0, first season at USF
56-37, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
USF takes a nine-game winning streak into Saturday’s game after the Bulls were 43-7 winners against Temple in their conference opener last Thursday … The win gave head coach Charlie Strong a combined 16-1 record as an American Athletic Conference coach … USF has scored at least 30 points in 21 consecutive games and is two gams shy of the NCAA record, set by Oregon between 2011 and 2012 … USF leads the nation with 12 defensive interceptions this season … QB Quinton Flowers has completed 53 of 102 passes for 774 yards and eight touchdowns with two interceptions and has rushed for 302 yards and four TDs … RB Darius Tice has a team-high 373 rushing yards with six touchdowns, while RB D’Ernest Johnson has 321 yards and two TDs.
ECU
1-3, 1-0 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
4-12, second season
Notes
ECU looks for back-to-back wins as the Pirates enter this week’s game on the heels of a 41-38 victory at UConn this past Sunday … Both ECU and UConn finished with 596 yards of offense, but the Pirates had a slight edge in first downs (30-27) and were 8-for-16 on third down conversions … The Pirates lead The American in passing offense, averaging 321.8 yards per game … QB Thomas Sirk, a transfer from Duke, is coming off the best game of his career as he threw for 426 yards and three touchdowns against UConn … Sirk has completed 67 of 108 passes for 827 yards and four TDs against four interceptions … WR Davon Grayson has 24 catches for 394 yards and four touchdowns, while WR Trevon Brown has 19 catches for 345 yards and two TDs … LB Jordan Williams has a team-high 43 tackles, while DE Kiante Anderson has 2.5 sacks.