ARMY at EAST CAROLINA
Thursday, September 25 | 7:30 p.m. ET
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
Television
ESPN
Matt Barrie, Tom Luginbill and Harry Lyles Jr.
Army Radio
WBNR-AM 1260
SiriusXM 81
East Carolina Radio
WNCT-FM 107.9
THE GAME
Thursday’s game will be the 10th meeting between Army and East Carolina … East Carolina had won the first eight meetings between 1995 and 2004, but Army took last year’s matchup 45-28 at West Point in the first American Conference game in the series … Army QB Bryson Daily rushed for 171 yards and five touchdowns in that game.
ARMY
1-2, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Jeff Monken (Millikin ’89)
83-59, 12th season at Army
119-75, 16th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Army suffered its first conference loss as a member of the American as the Black Knights fell 45-38 in overtime to North Texas at Michie Stadium … Two of Army’s first three games have gone to overtime this season, including a season-opening 30-27 setback to Tarleton State … The loss to North Texas ended Army’s eight-game regular-season winning streak against American opponents … Army has used two quarterbacks this season … QB Dewayne Coleman got the Opening Day start and left the game against Tarleton State, while QB Cale Hellums started the last two games … Coleman has rushed for a team-high 217 yards with two touchdowns and has thrown two TD passes … Hellums has 184 rushing yards and team-high three TDs.
EAST CAROLINA
2-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Blake Harrell (Western Carolina ’02)
7-3, first full season
Notes
East Carolina leveled its record at 2-2 after the Pirates fell 34-13 to BYU last Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium … The loss followed back-to-back wins against Campbell (56-3) and Coastal Carolina (38-0) … East Carolina was tied 3-3 with BYU after the first quarter before the Cougars reeled off 17 straight points … East Carolina, which entered the game with eight takeaways in its first three games, did not force a turnover against BYU … QB Katin Houser leads the American in passing with 314.5 yards per game … Houser has completed 108 of 158 passes for 1,258 yards and five touchdowns with three interceptions … WR Anthony Smith has 25 receptions for 265 yards, while WR Yannick Smith has 23 catches for 282 yards and two TDs … DB Ja’Marley Riddle leads the team with 20 tackles and five pass breakups along with an interception.