East Carolina Pirates

3-2

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East Carolina Pirates beat the Army Black Knights

1-3 6 – 28

3-2

Final · Thu, Sep 25

Game Details

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (Greenville) · 32,497 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Katin Houser throws for 2 touchdowns and runs for another to lead East Carolina past Army 28-6

Katin Houser passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns, and East Carolina opened American Conference play with a 28-6 victory over defending league champion Army on Thursday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:10 Army Black Knights vs. East Carolina Pirates: Full Highlights

0:31 Katin Houser powers in for ECU's first TD

0:28 Jayvontay Conner hauls in 20-yard TD for East Carolina

0:24 Katin Houser throws 40-yard touchdown pass vs. Army

Clips play on ESPN

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Greenville

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ARMY	0	0	6	0	6
ECU	21	0	0	7	28

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Game Leaders

Army Black Knights

Dewayne Coleman · 5/9, 36 YDSPassing Yards
Noah Short · 11 CAR, 127 YDSRushing Yards
Samari Howard · 2 REC, 26 YDSReceiving Yards
Gavin Shields · 1Sacks
Andon Thomas · 13Tackles

East Carolina Pirates

Katin Houser · 15/22, 251 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
London Montgomery · 15 CAR, 58 YDSRushing Yards
Anthony Smith · 3 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Samuel Dankah · 1Sacks
Teagan Wilk · 9Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

Team
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
UTSA
North Texas
UAB
South Florida
Army
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Charlotte
Navy

Scoring

Q4 8:14

TD Kyler Pearson 32 Yd Run (Nick Mazzie Kick)6–28

Q3 10:32

TD Dewayne Coleman 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)6–21

Q1 0:39

TD Jayvontay Conner 20 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Nick Mazzie Kick)0–21

Q1 8:22

TD Anthony Smith 40 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Nick Mazzie Kick)0–14

Q1 12:05

TD Katin Houser 3 Yd Run (Nick Mazzie Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Army Black KnightsEast Carolina Pirates

Offense

290 Total Yards 431

49 Passing Yards 251

241 Rushing Yards 180

12 First Downs 23

Efficiency

2-15 3rd Down 7-12

4-9 4th Down 1-3

6/12 Completions 15/22

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

3-19 Penalties 2-15

34:02 Possession 25:58

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	QBR
Dewayne Coleman	5/9	36	4.0	5.8
Cale Hellums	1/3	13	4.3	51.8
Team	6/12	49	4.1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Noah Short	11	127	11.5	0	60
Dewayne Coleman	22	51	2.3	1	10
Cale Hellums	9	42	4.7	0	21
Briggs Bartosh	6	14	2.3	0	8
Hayden Reed	3	4	1.3	0	2
Carson Smith	1	3	3.0	0	3
Samari Howard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	53	241	4.5	1	60

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Samari Howard	2	26	13.0	13
Noah Short	3	13	4.3	11
Parker Poloskey	1	10	10.0	10
Team	6	49	8.2	13

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dewayne Coleman	1	1	0
Eric Ford	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Andon Thomas	13	6	0	0	0
Kalib Fortner	11	8	0	1.5	0
Gavin Shields	8	6	1	1.5	0
Casey Larkin	7	6	0	0	0
Stephen Nnadozie	5	3	0	0	0
Jacob Tuioti	4	2	0	0	0
Cole Searight	4	2	0	0.5	1
Jack Bousum	4	1	0	0	0
Eric Ford	3	1	0	1.5	0
Jack Latore	3	1	0	0.5	0
Jabril Williams	2	2	0	0	0
Noah Nixon	2	1	0	0	0
Jaydan Mayes	1	1	0	0	1
Justin Weaver	1	1	0	0	1
Baylor Newsom	1	0	0	0	0
Dillon Stowers	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Gemma	1	0	0	0	0
Javon Smith	1	0	0	0.5	0
Bryson Banks	1	0	0	0	0
Team	73	41	1	6	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Stephen Nnadozie	1	2	0
Team	1	2	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Lloyd Benson III	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
James Wagenseller	3	154	51.3	0	2	71
Team	3	154	51.3	0	2	71

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Katin Houser	15/22	251	11.4	2	1	58.8
Team	15/22	251	11.4	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
London Montgomery	15	58	3.9	0	8
Marlon Gunn Jr.	10	53	5.3	0	15
Parker Jenkins	13	36	2.8	0	6
Kyler Pearson	1	32	32.0	1	32
Mike Wright Jr.	1	2	2.0	0	2
Jaquaize Pettaway	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0
Katin Houser	8	-2	-0.3	1	6
Team	50	180	3.6	2	32

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Anthony Smith	3	87	29.0	1	41
Yannick Smith	3	56	18.7	0	27
Brock Spalding	3	35	11.7	0	20
Jayvontay Conner	2	31	15.5	1	20
Jaquaize Pettaway	3	23	7.7	0	11
Desirrio Riles	1	19	19.0	0	19
Team	15	251	16.7	2	41

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Katin Houser	2	1	0
Rasheed Reason	0	0	1
Team	2	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Teagan Wilk	9	4	0	0
DJ Johnson Jr.	8	2	0	1
Ryheem Craig	7	3	0	0
Ja'Marley Riddle	7	3	0	0.5
Jackson Barker	7	2	0	0.5
Dameon Wilson	7	1	0	1
Rasheed Reason	4	2	0	0
Samuel Dankah	3	2	1	2
Jasiyah Robinson	3	2	0	0
Zion Wilson	3	1	0	0.5
Rion Roseborough	3	1	0	0.5
J.D. Lampley	3	0	0	0
TyMir Brown	2	1	0	0
Julien Davis	2	1	0	0
Preston Carr	2	1	0	1
Payton Mangrum	1	1	0	0
Jonathan Jean	1	1	0	0
Kevon Merrell Jr.	1	1	0	0
Alex Moye	1	1	0	0
Kieran Davis	1	0	0	0
Jordan Miles	1	0	0	0
Team	76	30	1	7

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nick Mazzie	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
Team	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Leavy	2	78	39.0	0	0	46
Team	2	78	39.0	0	0	46

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