GA M E DAY

AT

TULSA

O C T. 3 0 , 2 0 2 0


F E AT U R E D

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
HARRIS: TRIPLE-DIGIT
THREE-PEAT?
Rahjai Harris will enter the Tulsa contest
looking to become the first Pirates’ ball-carrier
to rush for 100 or more yards in three-straight
games (USF/115, Navy/172) since Vintavious
Cooper’s “trifecta” against UAB (172), Navy
(121) and Houston (140) in 2012. In addition,
Harris’ 330 rushing yards ranks as the fifthhighest ground total by an ECU running back
through the first four games of a season in
school history.
R AHJAI HARRIS

MIKE HOUSTON RADIO SHOW

The Mike Houston Radio Show takes place
each Monday at 6 p.m. during the season.
The show, hosted by Brian Bailey and aired
on 94.3 FM The Game, features in-depth
game-by-game analysis from Houston and a
question-and-answer segment for fans. The
show is also available via the Tune-In app on
www.ECUPirates.com
(Watch/Listen menu on top row).
Click here for a list of affiliates.

NON-SATURDAY MAYHEM
East Carolina is 20-26 in non-Saturday
games since 2000, but oddly, the Pirates
have fared better on the road (14-12) than
at home (6-14). In terms of days (including
bowls), ECU is 5-1 on Sundays, 1-1 on Mondays,
2-1 on Tuesdays, 0-3 on Wednesdays, 7-12 on
Thursdays and 5-8 on Fridays. Most recently,
ECU is 9-11 when deviating from the normal
Saturday routine since 2010, while the
Pirates’ last Friday outing was at Cincinnati
on Nov. 23, 2018.

MIKE HOUSTON TV SHOW

Mike Houston and WNCT Sports Director
Brian Bailey take a 30-minute look inside ECU
Football. The show features game highlights
and player features. Click here for a list of
network affiliates.

WATCH HERE

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

1-3, 1-2

AMERICAN

SEPT.
12

MARSHALL

SEPT.
26

UCF*

L, 28-51

OCT.
3

at Georgia State

L, 29-49

OCT.
10

at South Florida*

W, 44-24

OCT.
17

NAVY*

L, 23-27

OCT.
30

at Tulsa*

9 p.m.

NOV.
7

TULANE*

NOON

NOV.
13

at Cincinnati*

NOV.
21

at Temple*

TBA

NOV.
28

SMU*

TBA

POSTPONED

7:30 p.m.

* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

2-1, 2-0

AMERICAN

SEPT.
12

at Oklahoma State

L, 7-16

SEPT.
26

at Arkansas State

Postponed

OCT.
3

at UCF*

W, 34-26

OCT.
23

at USF*

W, 42-13

OCT.
30

EAST CAROLINA*

8 P.M.

NOV.
7

at Navy*

11 a.m.

NOV.
14

SMU*

TBA

NOV.
21

TULANE*

TBA

NOV.
28

at Houston*

TBA

DEC.
5

CINCINNATI

TBA

* American Athletic Conference game, all times Central

S TAT I S T I C S

TEAM COMPARISON
ON

ON

OFFENSE

OFFENSE

387.2
31.0

392.3
27.7

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

193.0

168.0

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

194.2

224.3

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

TULSA
GOLDEN
HURRICANE

EAST CAROLINA
P I R AT E S

ON

ON

DEFENSE

DEFENSE

458.2
37.8

349.7
18.3

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

212.8

132.7

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

245.5

217.0

PASSING YARDS

PASSING YPG

S TAT I S T I C S

PASSING LEADERS
HOLTON

673

AHLERS

PASSING YARDS

60-of-105 (57.1%), 224.3 per game

6

4

77

0

TOUCHDOWNS

INTERCEPTIONS

RUSHING YDS

RUSHING TDS

MASON

GARCIA

104 passing yards
10-of-22 (45.5%), 0 TD, 0 INT

S TAT I S T I C S

RUSHING LEADERS
RAHJAI

330

HARRIS

YARDS

57

3

5.8

82.5

ATTEMPTS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPC

YPG

KEATON

127 yards

MITCHELL

0 touchdowns

HOLTON

77 yards

AHLERS

0 touchdowns

S TAT I S T I C S

RECEIVING LEADERS
TYLER

194

SNEAD

YARDS

20

1

9.7

48.5

RECEPTIONS

TOUCHDOWN

YPR

YPG

C.J.

166 yards

JOHNSON

3 touchdowns

BLAKE

144 yards

PROEHL

0 touchdowns

S TAT I S T I C S

DEFENSIVE LEADERS
XAVIER

43

SMITH

TACKLES

3.0

2

TFL

PASS BREAKUPS

SHAWN

29 tackles

DOURSEAU

2 pass breakups

JIREH

29 tackles

WILSON

4.5 tackles for loss

AARON

17 tackles

RAMSEUR

3.0 tackles for loss

WARREN

15 tackles

SABA

1 interception

S TAT I S T I C S

TULSA LEADERS
ZACH

671

SMITH

PASSING YARDS

51-of-81 (63.0%), 223.7 yards per game

5

3

-21

0

TD

INT

RUSHING YARDS

RUSHING TD

DENERIC

232

PRINCE

RUSHING YARDS

36

2

6.4

77.3

ATTEMPTS

TD

YPC

YPG

KEYLON

216

STOKES

RECEIVING YARDS

14

1

15.4

72.0

RECEPTIONS

TD

YPR

YPG

ZAVEN

22

COLLINS

TACKLES

8.0

3.0

TFL

SACKS

DEPTH CHARTS

ECU OFFENSE
		
5
OR
or 8
(X)
		 85

C.J. JOHNSON
AUDI OMOTOSHO
Jonathan Johnson

6-2, 236, SO-1L
6-2, 187, GR-1L
6-3, 196, Sr-2L

		
LT
		

NISHAD STROTHER
Walter Stribling

6-3, 309, FR-RS
6-6, 252, Fr-HS

73
77

		 54 AVERY JONES
LG
		
75 Sean Bailey

6-4, 299, SO-TR
6-6, 322, Sr-2L

		
C
		

FERNANDO FRYE
Trent Holler

6-3, 303, GR-2L
6-2, 311, Fr-RS

		 75
RG
or 65

SEAN BAILEY
TRENT HOLLER

6-6, 322, SR-2L
6-2, 311, FR-RS

		
71
or 79
RT
		 74

BAILEY MALOVIC
JUSTIN CHASE
Hampton Ergle

6-6, 257, JR-RS
6-5, 311, GR-TR
6-6, 300, Fr-RS

		 80 SHANE CALHOUN
TE
		
89 Jeremy Lewis
(Y)
		 84 Zech Byrd

6-2, 236, FR-HS
6-3, 230, So-1L
6-7, 276, Jr-1L

66
65

		
IR
(H)
		

22
28

TYLER SNEAD
Maceo Donald

5-7, 169, SO-1L
5-8, 172, So-1L

		
		
QB
		

12
10
15

HOLTON AHLERS
Mason Garcia
Alex Flinn

6-3, 228, JR-2L
6-5, 238, Fr-HS
6-1, 219, Fr-RS

		 40
or 47
RB
or 25

DARIUS PINNIX
RAHJAI HARRIS
KEATON MITCHELL

6-0, 224, JR-2L
5-10, 228, FR-HS
5-9, 181, FR-HS

		
OR
		
(Z)
		

BLAKE PROEHL
Cam Burnette
Taji Hudson

11
83
82

6-1, 186, JR-2L
6-2, 205, Jr-SQ
6-3, 206, Fr-HS

DEPTH CHARTS

TULSA DEFENSE
		
91 CULLEN WICK
		
94 Anthony Goodlow
DE
		 98 Haydon Grant

6-4, 260, SR-2L
6-5, 256, So-1L
6-5, 220, Fr-HS

		 97 TYARISE STEVENSON
		
90 Jaxon Player
NG
		
99 Everitt Rogers

6-3, 351, SR-3L
6-0, 290, Jr-2L
6-3, 292, Fr-HS

		 90 JAXON PLAYER
		
88 RaQuan Thompson
DT
		
58 Deven Lamp

6-0, 290, JR-2L
6-3, 285, Fr-RS
6-5, 250, Jr-2L

		
11 TREYVON REEVES
		
19 Grant Sawyer
STAR
		
8 Brian Johnson

6-2, 224, SR-3L
6-3, 215, Jr-2L
6-2, 190, So-TR

		 30 JUSTIN WRIGHT
MIKE
		
41 Dorian Hopkins

6-2, 234, SO-1L
6-1, 238, Fr-RS

		 23 ZAVEN COLLINS
		
4 Robert Revels III
WILL
		
43 Bershard Glaspie

6-4, 260, JR-2L
6-2, 215, Sr-3L
6-3, 218, Fr-RS

		
3 CRISTIAN WILLIAMS
		
21 Bryson Powers
NKL
		
27 Daiquain Jackson

6-0, 180, SR-2L
6-1, 202, Jr-2L
5-11, 212, Jr-2L

		 7 TieNEAL MARTIN
		
13 Lamar Mullins
FS
		
28 Jett Hendrix

6-1, 203, SR-1L
6-3, 205, Jr-RS
6-0, 194, So-1L

		
		
SS
		

KENDARIN RAY
LJ Wallace
Jaise Oliver

6-4, 200, SO-1L
6-3, 200, So-JC
6-2, 198, Fr-RS

		
12 ALLIE GREEN IV
		
0 Tyon Davis
CB
		 24 DaMarco Williams

6-3, 206, SR-3L
6-0, 185, Jr-1L
6-4, 190, Fr-HS

		 26 AKAYLEB EVANS
		
5 Ryan Nixon
CB
		
15 Reggie Ellis

6-2, 188, JR-2L
6-3, 194, So-RS
6-0, 190, Fr-RS

1
20
25

DEPTH CHARTS

TULSA OFFENSE
		
LT
		

56
79

TYLER SMITH
Jaden Muskrat

6-5, 332, FR-RS
6-4, 280, Fr-HS

		
LG
		

75
68

DANTE BIVENS
Tiller Bucktrot

6-3, 324, JR-2L
6-5, 305, Sr-3L

		
		
C
		

66
73
50

GERARD WHEELER
Dylan Couch
Gabe Cantu

6-3, 331, JR-1L
6-3, 299, Sr-2L
6-4, 300, Fr-HS

		
		
RG
		

73
68
76

DYLAN COUCH
Tiller Bucktrot
Chester Baah

6-3, 299, SR-2L
6-5, 305, Sr-3L
6-3, 298, Fr-RS

		
RT
		

71
74

CHRIS PAUL
Jeremy Jones

6-4, 331, JR-2L
6-5, 319, Fr-RS

		
		
TE
		
		

32
38
47
87

JAMES PALMER
Abe Anderson
Ethan Hall
Jacob Kainer

6-3, 249, S0-1L
6-3, 253, Jr-1L
6-3, 240, Fr-RS
6-4, 247, Jr-JC

		
		
QB
		

11
12
7

ZACH SMITH
Seth Boomer
Davis Brin

6-3, 227, SR-1L
6-3, 208, Jr-1L
6-2, 208, So-SQ

		
		
RB
		

8
6
23

DENERIC PRINCE
Christian Lovick
Anthony Watkins

6-1, 214, SO-TR
5-9, 188, Fr-RS
6-0, 200, Fr-TR

		
UB
		

24
21

COREY TAYLOR II
TK Wilkerson

5-10, 215, SR-3L
6-2, 229, So-1L

		
WR
		

9
25

SAM CRAWFORD JR.
Dhailon Phillips

6-1, 209, JR-2L
6-3, 200, Jr-RS

		
		
IR
		
		

2
13
20
84

KEYLON STOKES
Josh Johnson
Cannon Montgomery
Malik Rodgers

6-0, 194, SR-3L
5-11, 171, Jr-1L
5-10, 174, Jr-2L
5-10, 170, So-RS

		
WR
		

5
1

JUANCARLOS SANTANA 6-1, 173, JR-1L
Josh Stewart
6-3, 205, Sr-2L

DEPTH CHARTS

ECU DEFENSE
		 99 CHRIS WILLIS
		
97 Immanuel Hickman
DE
		
92 Kareem Stinson
		
91 Jason Romero

6-2, 260, GR-TR
6-3, 263, Fr-RS
6-3, 259, Fr-HS
6-4, 222, Fr-HS

		 45 RICK D’ABREU
		
96 D’Angelo McKinnie
DT
		 49 Traveon Freshwater

6-2, 253, SO-1L
6-4, 281, So-1L
6-1, 268, Fr-RS

		 90 ELIJAH MORRIS
		
58 Xavier McIver
DT
or 95 Hozey Hadri-Badri

6-1, 283, FR-HS
6-1, 310, FR-HS
6-3, 277, Sr-1L

		 33 DAMIR FAISON
		
7 Chad Stephens
DE
		
55 Dre Terry

6-2, 255, SO-1L
6-0, 245, Fr-RS
6-1, 248, Jr-SQ

		
LB
		

6-0, 246, JR-2L
6-1, 221, Jr-2L

12
34

XAVIER SMITH
Myles Berry

		
51 AARON RAMSEUR
		
38 Bruce Bivens
LB
		
6 Teylor Jackson

6-1, 223, SR-3L
6-0, 229, Sr-3L
6-0, 218, Fr-HS

		 35 JIREH WILSON
		
24 Teagan Wilk
LB
		
26 David Laney

6-3, 201, SO-1L
5-11, 177, Fr-HS
6-0, 165, Fr-HS

		
4 MALIK FLEMING
		
2 Sean Tucker
CB
or 23 Damel Hickman

5-10, 178, SO-1L
6-0, 158, Fr-HS
6-0, 177, So-1L

		 27 SHAWN DOURSEAU
S
		
13 Davondre Robinson

5-11, 191, SO-TR
6-0, 198, Sr-3L

		
17 WARREN SABA
		
19 Robert Kennedy
S
		
26 David Laney
		
21 JA’QUAN McMILLIAN
CB
		
20 Nolan Johnson

5-10, 188, SR-2R
5-10, 183, Jr-TR
6-0, 165, Fr-HS
5-10, 161, SO-1L
6-2, 192, So-1L

DEPTH CHARTS

ECU SPECIAL TEAMS
		
9 JAKE VERITY
PK
		
41 Owen Daffer

6-1, 201, SR-3L
5-10, 169, Fr-HS

		 43 JONN YOUNG
H
		
22 Tyler Snead
		
14 Caiden Norman

6-0, 201, SR-2L
5-7, 169, So-1L
6-1, 203, Jr-SQ

		 43
P
or
1

JONN YOUNG
LUKE LARSEN

6-0, 201, SR-2L
6-3, 239, FR-HS

		 46 ROBERT HILL
SN
		
52 Liam Crowley

5-10, 207, SR-TR
6-3, 206, Fr-RS

		 22 TYLER SNEAD
		
11 Blake Proehl
PR
		
4 Malik Fleming

5-7, 169, SO-1L
6-1, 186, Jr-2L
5-10, 178, So-1L

		 22
KR
or 25

5-7, 169, SO-1L
5-9, 181, FR-HS

TYLER SNEAD
KEATON MITCHELL

TULSA SPECIAL TEAMS
		

90

ZACK LONG

5-10, 172, SR-1L

43

Tyler Tipton

6-2, 183, Fr-HS

		
KO

90

ZACK LONG

5-10, 172, SR-1L

		
P

37

LACHLAN WILSON

6-3, 194, FR-RS

		
DS

42

ADAM HIGUERA

6-1, 224, SR-3L

		
HO

20

CANNON MONTGOMERY 5-10, 174, JR-2L

		

6

CHRISTIAN LOVICK

5-9, 188, FR-RS

		
KR

23

Anthony Watkins

6-0, 200, Fr-TR

		

84

Malik Rodgers

5-10, 170, So-RS

		

2

KEYLON STOKES

6-0, 194, SR-3L

		

6

Christian Lovick

5-9, 188, Fr-RS

PK
		

PR

C O A C H I N G S TA F F S

ECU COACHING STAFF
HE AD COACH

MIKE HOUSTON
DONNIE
KIRKPATRICK

BLAKE
HARRELL

Offensive Coordinator/
Quarterbacks

Defensive Coordinator/
Inside Linebackers

BYRON
THWEATT

DREW
DUDZIK

Special Teams Coordinator/
Defensive Ends/Outside Linebackers

Outside Receivers

STEVE
ELLIS

FONTEL
MINES

Cornerbacks

Tight Ends/Inside Receivers/
Recruiting Coordinator

STEVE
SHANKWEILER

DE’RAIL
SIMS

Offensive Line

Running Backs

ROY
TESH

TRIPP
WEAVER

Defensive Tackles

Safeties

C O A C H I N G S TA F F S

TULSA COACHING STAFF
HE AD COACH

PHILIP MONTGOMERY
JOSEPH
GILLESPIE

ZACH
HANSON

Defensive Coordinator/
Linebackers

Offensive
Line

JERMIAL
ASHLEY

JUSTIN
HILL

Defensive
Line

Running
Backs

CARLTON
BUCKELS

CALVIN
LOWRY

Safeties

Receivers

AARON
FLETCHER

JORDAN
NAJVAR

Cornerbacks

Tight
Ends

LUKE
OLSON

BEAU
TRAHAN

Nickel
Safeties

Quarterbacks

S TA N D I N G S

AAC STANDINGS
AAC
RECORD

OVERALL
RECORD

Cincinnati

2-0

4-0

Houston

2-0

2-1

Tulsa

2-0

2-1

Navy

3-1

3-3

SMU

2-1

5-1

Memphis

2-1

3-1

UCF

2-2

3-2

Temple

1-2

1-2

East Carolina

1-2

1-3

Tulane

0-4

2-4

USF

0-4

1-5

SCHEDULE

AAC RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 23
Tulsa 42, USF 13
Saturday, Oct. 24
Memphis 41, Temple 29
UCF 51, Tulane 34
Houston 37, Navy 21
Cincinnati 42, SMU 13

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 30
East Carolina at Tulsa, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Memphis at Cincinnati, Noon
Temple at Tulane, Noon
UCF at Houston, 2 p.m.
Navy at SMU, 7:30 p.m.
All times Eastern

POLLS

AP TOP 25
TEAM (RECORD)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Clemson (6-0)
Alabama (5-0)
Ohio State (1-0)
Notre Dame (5-0)
Georgia (3-1)
Oklahoma State (4-0)
Cincinnati (4-0)
Texas A&M (3-1)
Wisconsin (1-0)
Florida (2-1)
BYU (6-0)
Miami (Florida) (5-1)
Michigan (1-0)
Oregon (0-0)
North Carolina (4-1)
Kansas State (4-1)
Indiana (1-0)
Penn State (0-1)
Marshall (5-0)
Coastal Carolina (5-0)
Southern California (0-0)
SMU (5-1)
Iowa State (3-2)
Oklahoma (3-2)
Boise State (1-0)

PREVIOUS RANKING

1
2
5
3
4
6
9
7
14
10
12
11
18
13
14
20
NR
8
22
25
24
16
17
NR
NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Memphis 105, Liberty 85, Tulsa 80,
Louisiana 50, Army West Point 44, Auburn 41, Minnesota 40, Utah 36,
Northwestern 20, Arkansas 15, Washington 15, Purdue 8, Arizona State 7,
Appalachian State 6, California 4, Boston College 2, Texas 2, San Diego State 1.