East Carolina Pirates

9thin American Conference · 2-2

YES!

East Carolina Pirates beat the North Carolina Central Eagles

2-3 9 – 42

2-2

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (Greenville) · 43,772 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

East Carolina scores 6 TDs in first half to cruise past North Carolina Central 42-9

Emory Williams threw three touchdown passes and TJ Engleman Jr. accounted for three scores, and East Carolina rolled past North Carolina Central 42-9 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:10 Riley Daniels makes 39-yard field goal

0:27 TJ Engleman Jr. runs for 5-yard TD

0:21 Emory Williams throws 6-yard touchdown

0:24 Emory Williams throws 8-yard touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Greenville

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NCCU	3	0	0	6	9
ECU	7	35	0	0	42

Win Probability · East Carolina Pirates

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Game Leaders

North Carolina Central Eagles

Cobey Thompkins · 8/15, 108 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Zion Dobson · 14 CAR, 37 YDSRushing Yards
Nasim Cosby · 2 REC, 43 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Zarion Walters · 1Sacks
Joshua Truesdale · 8Tackles

East Carolina Pirates

Emory Williams · 25/36, 341 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
TJ Engleman Jr. · 10 CAR, 129 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Ray Ray Joseph Jr. · 10 REC, 141 YDSReceiving Yards
Jasiyah Robinson · 2.5Sacks
DJ Johnson Jr. · 10Tackles

2026 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings

Team
South Carolina State
Morgan State
Delaware State
Norfolk State
Howard
North Carolina Central

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 0:31

TD Nasim Cosby 10 Yd pass from Cobey Thompkins (Riley Daniels PAT blocked)9–42

Q2 1:29

TD Ayden Duncanson 20 Yd Interception Return (Noah Perez Kick)3–42

Q2 1:49

TD TJ Engleman Jr. 88 Yd Run (Noah Perez Kick)3–35

Q2 9:24

TD Kanen Hamlett 22 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3–28

Q2 11:01

TD TJ Engleman Jr. 8 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3–21

Q2 14:56

TD Michael Allen 6 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3–14

Q1 4:39

TD TJ Engleman Jr. 5 Yd Run (Noah Perez Kick)3–7

Q1 10:47

FG Riley Daniels 39 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

North Carolina Central EaglesEast Carolina Pirates

Offense

208 Total Yards 489

173 Passing Yards 341

35 Rushing Yards 148

16 First Downs 17

Efficiency

4-17 3rd Down 7-12

0-0 4th Down 0-0

17/28 Completions 26/38

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 4

8-62 Penalties 10-120

38:20 Possession 21:40

Box Score

North Carolina Central Eagles ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Cobey Thompkins	8/15	108	7.2	1	2	--
Nelson Layne	9/13	65	5.0	0	1	--
Team	17/28	173	6.2	1	3	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Zion Dobson	14	37	2.6	9
Cobey Thompkins	4	11	2.8	18
Jaylen Moore	1	-1	-1.0	0
Plez Lawrence	9	-6	-0.7	3
Nelson Layne	14	-6	-0.4	18
Team	42	35	0.8	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nasim Cosby	2	43	21.5	1	33
RJ Lancaster	2	37	18.5	0	29
Tyree Saunders	1	34	34.0	0	34
Chance Peterson	3	26	8.7	0	14
Luke Bracey	2	18	9.0	0	12
Gino Addison	1	13	13.0	0	13
Mehki Wall	3	8	2.7	0	4
Plez Lawrence	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Zion Dobson	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Team	17	173	10.2	1	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Gerald Lawton	1	0
Brandon Sanders	0	1
Zarion Walters	0	1
Jakarri Martin II	0	1
Team	1	3

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Joshua Truesdale	8	4	0	0	1	0
Tevin Tucker	6	5	0	0	0	0
Joshua Maxwell	4	4	0	1	0	0
Brandon Sanders	4	3	0	0	0	0
Zarion Walters	4	2	1	1	1	0
Jakarri Martin II	3	3	0	0	0	0
Cameron Williams	3	2	0	0.5	0	1
Amari Sifford	3	2	0	0	1	0
Juju Laguerre	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Hamilton	2	2	0	0	0	0
Taeshawn Alston	2	1	1	1	0	0
Mekhi Bigelow	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden Walker	2	1	0	0	0	0
M.J. Campbell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Harris	1	1	0	0	0	0
TrayVaughn Swanigan	1	1	0	0	0	0
D'Andre Artis-Boone	1	1	0	0	0	0
Camereon Cartlidge	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Pullen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Dorsey Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Clark	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Trey Goodridge	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Rominger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Branden Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jahzir Dukes	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	58	34	2	4	4	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Joshua Maxwell	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Gerald Lawton	2	29	14.5	16	0
Team	2	29	14.5	16	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Gerald Lawton	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Riley Daniels	1/1	100.0	39	0/1	3
Team	1/1	100.0	39	0/1	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Marcantel	9	371	41.2	1	1	50
Team	9	371	41.2	1	1	50

East Carolina Pirates ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Emory Williams	25/36	341	9.5	3	1	28.3
Mitch Griffis	1/2	0	0.0	0	0	--
Team	26/38	341	9.0	3	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
TJ Engleman Jr.	10	129	12.9	2	88
Michael Allen	5	13	2.6	0	5
DeJuan Lacy	3	11	3.7	0	6
Ray Ray Joseph Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Emory Williams	3	-8	-2.7	0	7
Team	22	148	6.7	2	88

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ray Ray Joseph Jr.	10	141	14.1	0	41
Dillon Lorick	2	60	30.0	0	52
TJ Engleman Jr.	2	33	16.5	1	25
Kanen Hamlett	1	22	22.0	1	22
Michael Allen	3	19	6.3	1	7
Landon Sides	2	18	9.0	0	9
Kyler Pearson	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ismael Smith Flores	1	12	12.0	0	12
Jason Dickerson	1	12	12.0	0	12
Dawson Quarterman	1	7	7.0	0	7
Ja'Keith Hamilton	1	4	4.0	0	4
DeJuan Lacy	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	26	341	13.1	3	52

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Emory Williams	2	2
Michael Allen	1	1
Landon Sides	1	0
Team	4	3

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
DJ Johnson Jr.	10	4	0.5	2.5	0	0	0
David Coleman Jr.	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Barker	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kevon Merrell Jr.	5	2	0	2	0	0	0
Alex Moye	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
J.D. Lampley	5	1	0.5	2.5	0	0	0
DeMarius Hines	4	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Preston Carr	4	0	0.5	1	0	0	0
Jasiyah Robinson	3	2	2.5	2.5	0	0	0
Ayden Duncanson	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Zyeir Gamble	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kieran Davis	3	1	1	2	0	0	0
Kamaurri McKinley	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Miles	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julien Davis	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
LJ Porter	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Akins	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrick DuJour	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Crews Law	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Ashton Levells-Mitchell	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Amare Mack	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Pollard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Collier	1	0	0	0.5	1	0	0
Dominick Moody	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	1	0
Zyon Ratchford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Powell	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Rae'mon Mosby	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	80	34	8	18	2	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Ayden Duncanson	1	20	1
Myles Pollard	1	0	0
Angelo Ross	1	0	0
Team	3	20	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Michael Allen	2	43	21.5	26	0
Team	2	43	21.5	26	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kyler Pearson	4	7	1.8	9	0
Team	4	7	1.8	9	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Noah Perez	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
Team	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tomas O'Halloran	4	193	48.3	0	1	54
Team	4	193	48.3	0	1	54

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