ECU at UCF
Saturday, Oct. 19 • 7 p.m. • CBSSN
Spectrum Stadium (44,206/Natural Grass)
Orlando, Florida
Television
CBS Sports Network
Ben Holden, Ross Tucker and Justin Walters
Watch Live
Radio
WNCT-FM 107.9 (ECU) | WYGM-FM 96.9 (UCF)
SiriusXM 382/971
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 18th meeting between ECU and UCF in a series that began in the 1991 season … The Pirates hold a 10-7 series lead, but UCF has taken the last three meetings, including a 37-10 decision in Greenville last season … ECU’s last win against the Knights was a 44-7 victory in 2015.
ECU
3-3, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Mike Houston (Mars Hill ’94)
3-3, first season at ECU
82-28, ninth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
ECU saw a modest two-game winning streak end with a 27-17 setback to Temple Oct. 3 before the Pirates had an open date last week … The Pirates had dropped 10 consecutive road games before a 24-21 win at Old Dominion Sept. 28 … QB Holton Ahlers has thrown for 1,142 yards and six touchdowns and has rushed for 212 yards and three TDs … The top receiver is WR Blake Proehl, who has 22 catches for 315 yards and two touchdowns … WR C.J. Johnson has 19 catches for 208 yards and two TDs … RB Demetrius Mauney has a team-high 244 rushing yards … DE Kendall Futrell has 6.0 sacks and 10.0 tackles for loss to lead the team in both categories … LB Gerard Stringer and CB Ja’Quan McMillan have two interceptions each … K Jake Verity has hit 11 of 15 field goal attempts.
rv/rv UCF
4-2, 1-1 American
Head Coach
Josh Heupel (Oklahoma ’01)
16-3, second season
Notes
UCF, which had won 25 consecutive regular-season games through three weeks of the 2019 season, finds itself in the rare position of having lost two of its last three … The Knights dropped a 27-24 decision at Cincinnati Oct. 4, ending a streak of 19 consecutive wins against American Athletic Conference opponents … The Knights fell from the top 25 in the Oct. 6 polls, ending a streak of 30 consecutive weeks in the national rankings … UCF also saw a streak of 31 consecutive games with at least 30 points come to an end … That had been the longest streak of 30-point games for any team since 1936 … QB Dillon Gabriel has passed for 1,635 yards and 15 touchdowns with five interceptions … WR Gabriel Davis has 38 catches for 669 yards and eight TDs … RB Greg McCrae has 394 rushing yards with five touchdowns.