INSIDE: GAME NOTES,
UPDATED DEPTH CHARTS
+ TEAM COMPARISONS

GA M E DAY
AT

TEMPLE

N OV. 2 1 , 2 0 2 0

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during the season opener vs. UCF, East
Carolina’s defense has started a new run by
generating at least one turnover in the last
six-straight contests. In all, the Pirates will
enter the Temple clash having forced a TO
in 17 of the last 18 games. ECU has netted
12 turnovers during the last half-dozen tilts,
cashing seven into points (4 TDs, 3 FGs).

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SCHEDULE & RESULTS

1-6, 1-5

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*

L, 17-55

NOV.
21

at Temple*

Noon

NOV.
28

SMU*

NOON

POSTPONED

* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

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SCHEDULE & RESULTS

1-5, 1-5

AMERICAN

OCT.
10

at Navy*

L, 29-31

OCT.
17

USF*

W, 39-37

OCT.
24

at Memphis*

L, 29-41

OCT.
31

at Tulane*

L, 3-38

NOV.
7

SMU*

L, 23-47

NOV.
14

at UCF*

L, 13-38

NOV.
21

EAST CAROLINA*

NOV.
28

CINCINNATI*

NOON

TBA

* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

S TAT I S T I C S

TEAM COMPARISON
ON

ON

OFFENSE

OFFENSE

383.4
27.4

372.2
22.7

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

162.7

143.7

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

220.7

228.5

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

EAST CAROLINA
P I R AT E S

TEMPLE
OWLS

ON

ON

DEFENSE

DEFENSE

486.7
39.7

431.5
38.7

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

228.9

200.0

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

257.9

231.5

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

S TAT I S T I C S

PASSING LEADERS
HOLTON

1,441

AHLERS

PASSING YARDS

134-of-218 (61.5%), 240.2 yards per game

12

8

38

0

TOUCHDOWNS

INTERCEPTIONS

RUSHING YDS

RUSHING TDS

MASON

GARCIA

104 passing yards
10-of-23 (43.5%), 0 TD, 0 INT

S TAT I S T I C S

RUSHING LEADERS
RAHJAI

559

HARRIS

YARDS

114

4

4.9

79.9

ATTEMPTS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPC

YPG

KEATON

272 yards

MITCHELL

1 touchdown

MASON

87 yards

GARCIA

1 touchdown

S TAT I S T I C S

RECEIVING LEADERS
BLAKE

419

PROEHL

YARDS

40

2

10.5

59.9

RECEPTIONS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPR

YPG

TYLER

357 yards

SNEAD

3 touchdowns

C.J.

300 yards

JOHNSON

4 touchdowns

S TAT I S T I C S

DEFENSIVE LEADERS
XAVIER

57

SMITH

TACKLES

5.0

5

TFL

PASS BREAKUPS

JIREH

52 tackles

WILSON

6.0 tackles for loss

SHAWN

46 tackles

DOURSEAU

4 pass breakups

BRUCE

31 tackles

BIVENS

2.0 tackles for loss

WARREN

30 tackles

SABA

2 interceptions

S TAT I S T I C S

TEMPLE LEADERS
ANTHONY

868

RUSSO

PASSING YARDS

92-of-135 (68.1%), 289.3 yards per game

9

6

31

2

TD

INT

RUSHING YARDS

RUSHING TD

Re’MAHN

323

DAVIS

RUSHING YARDS

78

1

4.1

80.8

ATTEMPTS

TD

YPC

YPG

JADAN

381

BLUE

RECEIVING YARDS

41

5

9.3

63.5

RECEPTIONS

TD

YPR

YPG

ARNOLD

42

EBIKETIE

TACKLES

8.5

4.0

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
		

JUSTIN CHASE
Walter Stribling

6-5, 311, GR-TR
6-6, 252, Fr-HS

		 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
(Y)
		
89 Jeremy Lewis

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

79
77

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

TEMPLE DEFENSE
		
12 MANNY WALKER
DE
		
69 Evan Boozer

6-4, 235, GR
6-4, 260, R-So

		

6-6, 300, GR
6-2, 300, Sr

NT

6
98

DANIEL ARCHIBONG
Kevin Robertson

		
9 IFEANYI MAIJEH
DT
		
56 Khris Banks

6-2, 285, R-JR
6-4, 305, R-So

		
17 ARNOLD EBIKETIE
DE
		
13 Layton Jordan

6-4, 240, R-JR
6-2, 220, R-So

		 39 GEORGE REID
WLB
		
22 Kobe Wilson

6-2, 220, R-JR
5-11, 210, Fr

MLB

4
23

WILLIAM KWENKEU
Jordan Magee

6-1, 235, GR
6-3, 220, R-Fr

		

31
34

YVANDY RIGBY
Thomas Joe-Kamara

6-2, 225, R-FR
6-0, 215, R-Fr

BUBO

		
3 AMIR TYLER
SAF
		
28 M.J. Griffin

6-0, 205, R-SR
6-1, 195, R-Fr

		

6-0, 180, R-JR
6-0, 195, Fr
6-0, 215, R-So

SAF

38
41
26

JALEN WARE
Alex Odom
Chauncey Moore

		
11 LINWOOD CRUMP
CB
		
21 Freddie Johnson
		
2 CHRISTIAN BRASWELL
CB
		
20 Elijah Clark
		
24 Kimere Brown

6-0, 175, GR
6-1, 185, R-Sr
5-10, 180, R-JR
6-3, 190, R-So
6-0, 180, Gr

DEPTH CHARTS

TEMPLE OFFENSE
		
LT
		

63
78

ISAAC MOORE
Victor Stoffel

6-7, 310, JR
6-8, 290, R-Fr

		
		
LG
		

74
52
66

ADAM KLEIN
Joseph Hooper
Leon Pinto

6-5, 290, JR
6-3, 305, Sr
6-3, 290, R-Sr

		
C
		

62
51

C.J. PEREZ
Griffin Sestili

6-1, 295, GR
6-3, 290, R-Jr

		
RG
		

76
79

VINCENT PICOZZI
Wisdom Quarshie

6-4, 300, GR
6-3, 310, R-Fr

		
RT
		

57
58

MICHAEL NIESE
David Nwaogwugwu

6-5, 290, GR
6-5, 310, R-So

		82
		
81
TE
		 86

DAVID MARTIN-ROBINSON 6-4, 240, R-SO
Darius Pittman
6-3, 250, R-Jr
Aaron Jarman
6-6, 255, R-So

		
WR
		

1
19

BRANDEN MACK
Jordan Smith

6-5, 220, GR
6-5, 220, R-So

		
		
WR
		

0
10
89

RANDLE JONES
Jose Barbon
Ronnie Stevenson

6-0, 185, GR
6-0, 180, R-So
6-5, 200, R-So

		
5 JADAN BLUE
WR
		
88 De’Von Fox
		
84 Willie Erdman

6-1, 206, SR
5-10, 180, R-Fr
5-10, 185, Gr

		
		
QB
		
		

15
11
13
17

ANTHONY RUSSO
Trad Beatty
Re-al Mitchell
Matt Duncan

6-4, 240, R-SR
6-5, 220, R-So
6-0, 200, R-So
6-1, 215, Fr

		
		
RB
		
		

29
36
25
33

TAYVON RULEY
Edward Saydee
Onasis Neely
Kyle Dobbins

6-0, 215, R-SR
5-11, 210, R-Fr
6-0, 225, R-Fr
5-11, 195, R-So

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
		
55 Dre Terry
DE
		
94 Elijah Robinson

6-2, 255, SO-1L
6-1, 248, Jr-SQ
6-4, 240, So-TR

		
LB
		

XAVIER SMITH
Myles Berry

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

		 38
LB
or 51

BRUCE BIVENS
AARON RAMSEUR

6-0, 229, SR-3L
6-1, 223, SR-3L

		
LB
		

JIREH WILSON
Teylor Jackson

6-3, 201, SO-1L
6-0, 218, Fr-HS

12
34

35
6

		
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
		
24 Teagan Wilk

5-11, 191, SO-TR
5-11, 177, Fr-HS

		 14 JUAN POWELL
		
26 David Laney
S
		
23 Damel Hickman

5-11, 176, FR-RS
6-0, 165, Fr-HS
6-0, 177, So-1L

		 21 Ja’QUAN McMILLIAN
CB
		
20 Nolan Johnson

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
PR
		
11 Blake Proehl
		
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

TEMPLE SPECIAL TEAMS
		 47
PK
		
91
		 47
KO
		
91
		 49
P
		
91
		46
LS
		96
		 49
H
		
59
		 84
PR
		
5
		
5
		
10
KR
		
0
		
12

RORY BELL
5-9, 185, FR
Will Mobley
5-8, 165, R-So
RORY BELL
5-9, 185, FR
Will Mobley
5-8, 165, R-So
ADAM BARRY
6-6, 210, JR
Will Mobley
5-8, 165, R-So
TRAVIS MALINOWSKI (FG) 5-11, 195, R-SR
RON GAINES (P)
6-5, 235, R-SO
ADAM BARRY
6-6, 210, JR
Cole Lerch
5-10, 160, R-Jr
WILLIE ERDMAN
5-10, 185, GR
Jadan Blue
6-0, 185, R-Jr
JADAN BLUE
6-0, 185, R-JR
Jose Barbon
6-0, 180, R-So
Randle Jones
6-0, 185, Gr
Kadas Reams
6-2, 185, R-So

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

TEMPLE COACHING STAFF
HE AD COACH

ROD CAREY
JEFF
KNOWLES

MIKE
UREMOVICH

Defensive Coordinator/
Linebackers

Offensive Coordinator/
Tight Ends

BRETT
DIERSON

CRAIG
HARMON

Outside Linebackers/
Special Teams Coordinator

Quarterbacks

WALTER
STEWART

GABE
INFANTE

Defensive
Line

Running
Backs

MELVIN
RICE

JOE
TRIPODI

Cornerbacks

Offensive
Line

TYLER
YELK

THAD
WARD

Safeties

Pass Game Coordinator/
Wide Receivers

S TA N D I N G S

AAC STANDINGS
AAC
RECORD

OVERALL
RECORD

Cincinnati

5-0

7-0

Tulsa

4-0

4-1

SMU

4-2

7-2

UCF

4-2

5-2

Memphis

3-2

4-2

Houston

3-2

3-3

Navy

3-2

3-4

Tulane

2-4

5-4

Temple

1-5

1-5

East Carolina

1-5

1-6

USF

0-6

1-7

SCHEDULE

AAC RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday, Nov. 13
Cincinnati 55, East Carolina 17
Saturday, Nov. 14
Tulane 38, Army West Point 12
Houston 56, USF 21
Tulsa 28, SMU 24
UCF 38, Temple 13

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 19
Tulane at Tulsa, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21
East Carolina at Temple, Noon
Houston at SMU, Noon
Stephen F. Austin at Memphis, Noon
Cincinnati at UCF, 3:30 p.m.
Navy at USF, 8 p.m.
All times Eastern

POLLS

AP TOP 25
TEAM (RECORD)

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PREVIOUS RANKING

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

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NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: North Carolina 101, SMU 20, Utah 17,
Washington 15, Arizona State 9, Boise State 6, San José State 5,
Appalachian State 5, Nevada 3, Iowa 2, Buffalo 1, UCF 1.