News and Notes from East Carolina, Conference USA and Beyond

PREVIOUS NUGGETS

10.14.05: Va. Tech ponies up bonanza for Beamer, staff ... Lefty-inspired hoops tradition goes primetime ... C-USA standings, scores & schedule

10.13.05: Texas baseball stadium gets $13 million name ... Conference USA standings, scores & schedule

10.12.05: C-USA, Sun Belt bowl matchup moving to UL-L ... Feds: Wolfpack basketball player in USA illegally ... One- time Dye assistant calling it quits at Temple ... C-USA standings, scores & schedule

10.11.05: Mazey benched; Godwin to fill in as head coach ... Pinkney earns 3rd career player of week honor ... Conference USA standings, scores & schedule

10.10.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA standings, scores & schedule

10.09.05: Scoreboard and updated C-USA standings

10.08.05: Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

10.07.05: Coley twins mean double trouble for USM foes ... Golden Eagles hoops squad loses leading scorer

10.06.05: Dye's ECU Hall of Fame homecoming tripped up by illness ... Utah coach sanctioned for slamming ACC referees

10.05.05: C-USA reshuffles games in wake of hurricanes ... Memphis player booted after Beale Street incident

10.04.05: Tip-Off Classic pits UAB against Massachusetts ... Conference USA standings, schedule & scores

10.03.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA standings, schedule & scores

10.02.05: Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

10.01.05: BCS poll's shaky start signals same ol', same ol' ... Katrina-forced transfer cleared to play at Cincy

09.30.05: Bowles in line to head 16-campus UNC system ... End of VPI-WVU series dampens fiery traditions

09.29.05: Schnellenberger faces program he helped build

09.28.05: Storm-weary USM starts tough stretch at ECU ... ECU Letterwinners/Hall of Fame Weekend schedule

09.27.05: Paper: Liberty Bowl seals deal with C-USA, SEC ... Busted legs deplete Memphis quarterback corps

09.26.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA standings, schedule & scores

09.25.05: Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

09.24.05: Big names helping UNC-P restore grid program ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.23.05: NCAA okays instant replay in all 28 bowl games ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.22.05: C-USA, NFL teams thrown off stride by Rita ... Conference USA schedule, standings & scores

09.21.05: Hurricane Rita threatens disruption of schedule ... Indian mascot ban extended to bowl games

FRIDAY NIGHT'S SCORES

(Conference USA games in bold.)

Texas-El Paso 45, Tulane 21

CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS

(Through games of Friday, Oct. 14, 2005)

EAST DIVISION

TEAM                  C-USA ALL
Central Florida        2-0   3-2
UAB                    1-1   3-2
Southern Miss          1-1   2-2
East Carolina          1-1   2-3
Marshall               1-1   2-3
Memphis                1-2   2-3

WEST DIVISION

TEAM                  C-USA ALL
Texas-El Paso          2-1   4-1
Houston                2-1   3-2
Tulsa                  2-1   3-3
Tulane                 1-2   2-3
Southern Methodist     1-2   2-4
Rice                   0-2   0-4

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

(Conference USA games in bold.)

East Carolina at Southern Methodist 3:00 pm
Tulsa at Rice 4:00 pm
UAB at Marshall 5:00 pm
Memphis at Houston 5:00 pm
Central Florida at Southern Mississippi 7:00 pm

LAST WEEK'S SCORES

[C-USA teams in bold; ECU opponents in red.]

Saturday, Oct. 8:

Central Florida 38, Memphis 17
Houston 35, Tulane 14
East Carolina 41, Rice 28
Southern Methodist 28, UAB 27
Tulsa 34, Southern Mississippi 17
Virginia Tech 41, Marshall 14
Florida State 41, Wake Forest 24
Miami (FL) 52, Duke 7
West Virginia 27, Rutgers 14

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