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Compacted game week ahead |
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 GREENVILLE
— The part of Pirate Nation that
lives for football got a needed
transfusion Saturday night. It
was a time to harken back over
50 years and focus forward on a
short week that will mark the
start of play in Conference USA.
Sandwiched between the golden
anniversary celebration of
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium's opening
and the pending clash with
Florida Atlantic was a 52-38
East Carolina win over Old
Dominion and scrambling Monarchs
quarterback Taylor Heinicke
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Defense has miles to go |
 GREENVILLE
— Maybe Brian Mitchell
wasn’t the problem with
the East Carolina
defense. That’s one
conclusion that can be
drawn from the Pirates’
52-38 victory over Old
Dominion. The Monarchs,
in a transition year
before becoming a
full-fledged FBS member,
carved up an ECU defense
for 460 yards and at
times seemed
unchallenged. ODU
quarterback Taylor
Heinicke kept the
Pirates off balance for
much of the night,
inflicting significant
damage ...
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Game Day Photos from
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium |
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Audio:
Coach
Ruff
Post-game
Presser |
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East
Carolina
head
coach
Ruffin
McNeill
addressed
the
media
Saturday
night
after
the
Pirates
defeated
Old
Dominion
52-38
at
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium
in
the
season
opener
for
both
teams.
(Recorded
by
W.A.
Myatt;
file
photo
by
Al
Myatt) |
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Conference USA Scoreboard |
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THURSDAY, AUG. 29:
Tulane 34, Jackson State 7
MTSU 45, Western Carolina 24
Bowling Green 34, Tulsa 7 [ESPNU]
FRIDAY, AUG. 30:
Miami (FL) 34, FAU 6 [ESPNU] |
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
(continued):
Maryland 43, FIU 10 [ACCN]
NCSU 40, Louisiana Tech 14 [ACCN]
Texas A&M 52, Rice 31 [ESPN]
ECU 52, Old Dominion 38 [FCS}
North Texas 40, Idaho 6
Marshall 52, Miami (OH) 14 [CBSSN]
Texas State 22, USM 15
Troy 34, UAB 31 (OT) [ESPN3]
UTSA 21, New Mexico 13 |
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