INSIDE: GAME NOTES AND
UPDATED DEPTH CHARTS

GA M E DAY
AT

CINCINNATI
N OV. 1 3 , 2 0 2 0

F E AT U R E D

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

AGAINST THE BUCKEYE STATE
The Pirates have won 21 of 35 all-time matchups (21-14) against FBS programs from the
state of Ohio. In addition to its 13-10 mark against Cincinnati, East Carolina is 3-0 vs. Ohio,
2-2 vs. Bowling Green, 2-2 vs. Toledo and 1-0 vs. Akron. The Pirates have never faced Ohio
State, Kent State or Miami on the gridiron since beginning its program in 1932.

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).

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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FIRST-TIME STARTERS
There have been a combined 19 firsttime East Carolina starters in the
Pirates’ lineup so far this year - nine
on the offensive side of the ball and 10
on defense ‑ which currently ranks as
the fourth-most nationally (Navy 23,
Army 22, Texas State 22, East Carolina
19, Mississippi State 19). ECU had
only 15 (10/offense, 5/defense) firsttime starters the entire 12-game 2019
season.
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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

1-5, 1-4

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*

L, 30-34

NOV.
7

TULANE*

L, 21-38

NOV.
13

at Cincinnati*

7:30 p.m.

NOV.
21

at Temple*

NOV.
28

SMU*

POSTPONED

Noon

TBA
* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

6-0, 4-0

AMERICAN

SEPT.
19

AUSTIN PEAY

W, 55-20

SEPT.
26

ARMY WEST POINT

W, 24-10

OCT.
3

USF*

OCT.
24

at SMU*

W, 42-13

OCT.
31

MEMPHIS*

W, 49-10

NOV.
7

HOUSTON*

W, 38-10

NOV.
13

EAST CAROLINA*

7:30 P.M.

NOV.
21

at UCF*

3:30 p.m.

NOV.
28

at Temple*

TBA

DEC.
5

at Tulsa*

TBA

W, 28-7

* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

S TAT I S T I C S

TEAM COMPARISON
ON

ON

OFFENSE

OFFENSE

398.5
29.2

441.7
39.3

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

155.5

238.5

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

243.0

203.2

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

EAST CAROLINA
P I R AT E S

C I N C I N N AT I
B E A R C AT S

ON

ON

DEFENSE

DEFENSE

459.0
37.2

302.2
11.7

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

217.2

96.3

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

241.8

205.8

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

S TAT I S T I C S

PASSING LEADERS
HOLTON

1,354

AHLERS

PASSING YARDS

125-of-198 (63.1%), 270.8 yards per game

12

5

56

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

475

HARRIS

YARDS

91

3

5.2

79.2

ATTEMPTS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPC

YPG

KEATON

148 yards

MITCHELL

0 touchdowns

MASON

73 yards

GARCIA

1 touchdown

S TAT I S T I C S

RECEIVING LEADERS
BLAKE

395

PROEHL

YARDS

38

2

10.4

65.8

RECEPTIONS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPR

YPG

TYLER

348 yards

SNEAD

3 touchdowns

C.J.

286 yards

JOHNSON

4 touchdowns

S TAT I S T I C S

DEFENSIVE LEADERS
XAVIER

52

SMITH

TACKLES

4.5

5

TFL

PASS BREAKUPS

JIREH

45 tackles

WILSON

6.0 tackles for loss

SHAWN

42 tackles

DOURSEAU

4 pass breakups

WARREN

26 tackles

SABA

2 interceptions

BRUCE

25 tackles

BIVENS

2.0 tackles for loss

S TAT I S T I C S

CINCINNATI LEADERS
DESMOND

1,156

RIDDER

PASSING YARDS

98-of-152 (64.5%), 192.7 yards per game

11

6

394

8

TD

INT

RUSHING YARDS

RUSHING TD

GERRID

511

DOAKS

RUSHING YARDS

96

7

5.3

85.2

ATTEMPTS

TD

YPC

YPG

JAYSHON

212

JACKSON

RECEIVING YARDS

13

0

16.3

35.3

RECEPTIONS

TD

YPR

YPG

JARELL

58

WHITE

TACKLES

6.0

1.0

TFL

SACK

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
		
74 Hampton Ergle

6-4, 299, SO-TR
6-6, 300, Fr-RS

		
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

		
RT
		

BAILEY MALOVIC
Justin Chase

6-6, 257, JR-RS
6-5, 311, Gr-TR

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

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

66
65

71
79

		
IR
		
(H)
		

22
88
28

TYLER SNEAD
Jsi Hatfield
Maceo Donald

5-7, 169, SO-1L
5-9, 175, 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

		
47 RAHJAI HARRIS
or 25 KEATON MITCHELL
RB
or 40 DARIUS PINNIX
		
OR
		
(Z)
		

11
83
82

BLAKE PROEHL
Cam Burnette
Taji Hudson

5-10, 228, FR-HS
5-9, 181, FR-HS
6-0, 224, JR-2L
6-1, 186, JR-2L
6-2, 205, Jr-SQ
6-3, 206, Fr-HS

DEPTH CHARTS

CINCINNATI DEFENSE
		
21 MYJAI SANDERS
DE
		
42 Malik Vann

6-5, 258, JR.-2L
6-4, 275, Jr.-2L

		 92 CURTIS BROOKS
		
99 Marcus Brown
DT
or 90 Jabari Taylor

6-2, 295, SR.-3L
6-2, 297, Sr.-3L
6-1, 293, Jr.-2L

		 93 ELIJAH PONDER
		
19 Ethan Tucky
DE
or 43 Michael Pitts

6-3, 275, SR.-3L
6-2, 245, Sr.-2L
6-4, 248, Sr.-3L

		
27 DARRIAN BEAVERS
WLB
		
10 Brody Ingle

6-3, 242, SR.-1L
6-0, 225, So.-1L

		
41 JOEL DUBLANKO
MLB
		
2 Wilson Huber

6-3, 235, SR.-3L
6-5, 240, Jr.-2L

		
8 JARELL WHITE
SLB
		
13 Ty Van Fossen
or 20 Deshawn Pace

5-10, 205, SR.-3L
6-2, 220, So.-1L
6-2, 218, Fr.-HS

		
12 AHMAD GARDNER
CB
		
39 Jaquan Sheppard

6-2, 188, SO.-1L
6-2, 197, So.-1L

		
1 JAMES WIGGINS
S
		
6 Bryan Cook

6-0, 205, SR.-2L
6-1, 208, Jr.-1L

		
5 DARRICK FORREST
		
3 Ja’Von Hicks
S
		
29 Jacob Dingle

6-0, 200, SR.-3L
6-2, 206, Jr.-2L
5-11, 195, So.-1L

		
7 COBY BRYANT
CB
		
4 Justin Harris

6-1, 198, SR.-3L
6-0, 188, So.-1L

		
9 ARQUON BUSH
NK
or 15 TAJ WARD

6-0, 185, SO.-2L
6-0, 190, SO.-1L

DEPTH CHARTS

CINCINNATI OFFENSE
		 55 JAMES HUDSON
LT
		
51 Lorenz Metz

6-5, 310, JR.-1L
6-9, 335, So.-1L

		 74
LG
or 50

JEREMY COOPER
DYLAN O’QUINN

6-4, 325, SO.-1L
6-4, 307, SO.-1L

		 52
or 56
C
		 62

JAKARI ROBINSON
JAKE RENFRO
Zach Hummel

6-2, 308, JR.-2L
6-3, 302, FR.-HS
6-2, 285, Fr.-RS

		
RG
		

77
71

VINCENT McCONNELL
Colin Woodside

6-5, 300, JR.-2L
6-5, 321, So.-SQ

		
RT
		

58
75

DARIUS HARPER
John Williams

6-7, 308, SR.-1L
6-5, 300, Fr.-HS

		
11 LEONARD TAYLOR
TE
or 81 JOSH WHYLE

6-5, 247, JR.-2L
6-6, 235, SO.-1L

		
WR
		

12
5

ALEC PIERCE
Jordan Jones

6-3, 213, JR.-2L
6-1, 185, Sr.-1L

		
WR
		

2
7

JAYSHON JACKSON
Tre Tucker

5-10, 175, JR.-2L
5-9, 172, So.-1L

		
		
WR
		

8
20
21

MICHAEL YOUNG JR.
Jadon Thompson
Tyler Scott

5-10, 190, JR.-TR
6-2, 170, Fr.-HS
5-11, 171, Fr.-HS

		
QB
		

9
6

DESMOND RIDDER
Ben Bryant

6-4, 215, JR.-2L
6-3, 218, So.-1L

		 23
RB
		
24
or 22

GERRID DOAKS
Jerome Ford
Ryan Montgomery

6-0, 230, SR.-2L
5-11, 215, R-Fr.-TR
5-10, 205, So.-1L

DEPTH CHARTS

ECU DEFENSE
		 99 CHRIS WILLIS
		
97 Immanuel Hickman
DE
		
92 Kareem Stinson
or 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
		 52 D’Anta Johnson

6-2, 253, SO-1L
6-4, 281, So-1L
6-2, 295, Fr-HS

		 90 ELIJAH MORRIS
		
58 Xavier McIver
DT
		
70 Jason Shuford

6-1, 283, FR-HS
6-1, 310, Fr-HS
6-4, 324, Fr-HS

		 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

		 38 BRUCE BIVENS
or 51 AARON RAMSEUR
LB
		
6 Teylor Jackson

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

		
LB
		

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

35
24

JIREH WILSON
Teagan Wilk

		
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
		
17 Warren Saba

5-11, 191, SO-TR
5-10, 188, Sr-2L

		
17 WARREN SABA
		
14 Juan Powell
S
		
26 David Laney
		
21 JA’QUAN McMILLIAN
CB
		
20 Nolan Johnson

5-10, 188, SR-2R
5-11, 176, Fr-RS
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
or 88

5-7, 169, SO-1L
5-9, 181, FR-HS
5-9, 175, SO-1L

TYLER SNEAD
KEATON MITCHELL
JSI HATFIELD

CINCINNATI SPECIAL TEAMS
		
96 CAYSON PFEIFFER
LS
		
48 Blake Bammann

6-0, 215, FR.-RS
6-2, 237, So.-SQ

H
		
37 JAMES SMITH

6-5, 235, SR.-3L

		
17 COLE SMITH
PK
		
91 Alex Bales

5-11, 193, JR.-1L
5-10, 180, Fr.-RS

		
17 COLE SMITH
KO
		
91 Alex Bales

5-11, 193, JR.-1L
5-10, 180, Fr.-RS

		
37 JAMES SMITH
P
		
91 Alex Bales

6-5, 235, SR.-3L
5-10, 180, Fr.-RS

		
7 TRE TUCKER
KR
or 22 Ryan Montgomery

5-9, 172, SO.-1L
5-10, 205, So.-1L

		
22 RYAN MONTGOMERY
PR
		
7 Tre Tucker

5-10, 205, SO.-1L
5-9, 172, So.-1L

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

CINCINNATI COACHING STAFF
HE AD COACH

LUKE FICKELL
DAN
ENOS

MIKE
DENBROCK

Associate Head Coach/
Running Backs

Offensive Coordinator/
Tight Ends

MARCUS
FREEMAN

GINO
GUIDUGLI

Defensive Coordinator/
Linebackers

Passing Game Coordinator/
Quarterbacks

BRIAN
MASON

MIKE
BROWN

Special Teams
Coordinator

Wide Receivers

RON
CROOK

PERRY
ELIANO

Offensive Line

Cornerbacks

GREG
SCRUGGS

COLIN
HITSCHLER

Defensive Line

Safeties

S TA N D I N G S

AAC STANDINGS
AAC
RECORD

OVERALL
RECORD

Cincinnati

4-0

6-0

Tulsa

3-0

3-1

SMU

4-1

7-1

Memphis

3-2

4-2

UCF

3-2

4-2

Navy

3-2

3-4

Houston

2-2

2-3

Tulane

2-4

4-4

Temple

1-4

1-4

East Carolina

1-4

1-5

USF

0-5

1-6

SCHEDULE

AAC RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Saturday, Nov. 7
Tulane 38, East Carolina 21
SMU 47, Temple 23
Memphis 34, USF 33
Cincinnati 38, Houston 10

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 13
East Carolina at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14
Army West Point at Tulane, Noon
USF at Houston, 3 p.m.
Memphis at Navy, 3:30 p.m.
SMU at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
Temple at UCF, 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

Alabama (6-0)
Notre Dame (7-0)
Ohio State (3-0)
Clemson (7-1)
Texas A&M (5-1)
Florida (4-1)
Cincinnati (6-0)
BYU (8-0)
Miami (Florida) (6-1)
Indiana (3-0)
Oregon (1-0)
Georgia (4-2)
Wisconsin (1-0)
Oklahoma State (5-1)
Coastal Carolina (7-0)
Marshall (6-0)
Iowa State (5-2)
Oklahoma (5-2)
SMU (7-1)
Southern California (1-0)
Texas (5-2)
Liberty (7-0)
Northwestern (3-0)
Auburn (4-2)
Louisiana (6-1)

PREVIOUS RANKING

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

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: North Carolina 85, Army West Point 54,
Tulsa 47, Utah 33, Washington 21, Arizona State 11, Purdue 8, Wake Forest
6, Boise State 5, Appalachian State 5, Maryland 3, California 3, Nevada 1.