HOUSTON at ECU
Saturday, Oct. 13 • 7 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan and Corey Chavous
Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston) • WNCT-FM 107.9 (ECU)
SiriusXM 109, 383, 975
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 14th meeting between ECU and Houston in a series that dates to 1997 … The Pirates hold a 7-6 series lead … The home team has won the last four matchups, including Houston’s 52-27 win at TDECU Stadium last season … ECU was a 48-28 winner in 2012 in the last meeting in Greenville.
HOUSTON
4-1, 1-0 American
Head Coach
Major Applewhite (Texas ’02)
11-7, second season
Notes
Houston found itself trailing Tulsa 26-17 through three quarters, but the Cougars exploded for a 24-point fourth quarter, scoring 17 points in a span of 4:41, to take a 41-26 win against the Golden Hurricane … Houston’s only loss of the season was a 63-49 setback at Texas Tech … Houston has scored at least 41 points in all five games this season and is averaging 50.0 points per game … QB D’Eriq King has been one of the nation’s top quarterbacks through five games … King has thrown for 1,361 yards and 18 touchdowns with three interceptions and has seven rushing touchdowns as well … WR Marquez Stevenson has 431 yards on 28 receptions to go with six touchdowns … RB Patrick Carr has 292 rushing yards with a touchdown … All-America DT Ed Oliver has 40 tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss, eight quarterback hurries and a pass breakup.
ECU
2-3 overall, 0-2 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
8-21, third season
Notes
ECU fell to 2-3 with a 49-6 setback at Temple last Saturday … The Pirates have not won or lost back-to-back games this season … ECU is 2-1 at home and 0-2 on the road in 2018 … ECU, which allowed an average of 45.0 points and 542.1 yards per game last season, had made drastic improvements on defense, improving those numbers to 25.5 ppg and 307.8 ypg prior to last week’s game against Temple … QB Reid Herring has thrown for 1,273 yards and six touchdowns with five interceptions … WR Trevon Brown has 23 catches for 347 yards and two touchdowns, while Wr Blake Proehl has 23 catches for 234 yards and a TD in his freshman season … DE Nate Harvey leads the nation in both sacks (7.5) and tackles for loss (14.0) … CB Corey Seargent has the Pirates’ only two interceptions … K Jake Verity has gone 10-for-10 on field goal attempts.