INSIDE: GAME NOTES,
UPDATED DEPTH CHARTS
+ TEAM COMPARISONS

GA M E DAY
VS.

SMU

N OV. 2 8 , 2 0 2 0

F E AT U R E D

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
AGAINST THE LONE STAR STATE

T RAVIS SIM M ONS

The Pirates have won 21 of 36 all-time
matchups (21-15) against FBS programs
from the state of Texas. East Carolina is 7-7
against UH, 4-4 vs. SMU, 3-1 vs. UTEP, 2-2
vs. Rice, 2-1 vs. TCU, 1-0 vs. Texas Tech, 1-0
vs. North Texas and 1-0 against Texas State,
but have never faced Baylor, Texas, Texas
A&M or UTSA on the gridiron. At DowdyFicklen Stadium, the Pirates are 12-6 overall
when playing Texas-based teams — one of
those wins earning the 2009 Conference
USA Championship (38-32 vs. Houston on
Dec. 5, 2009).

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
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COLLECTIVE TRIPLE-DIGIT MAGIC
For the first time since 1990, ECU features
multiple ball-carriers with multiple 100-yard
rushing performances in the same season.
Rahjai Harris (3) and Keaton Mitchell (2) are
the first Pirate duo since Jeff Blake (2) and
David Daniels (2) accomplished the feat 30
years ago. The 1996 (Scott Harley) and 2001
(Leonard Henry) campaigns produced the
most overall century mark rushing efforts
with eight, all done individually however.

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

2-6, 2-5

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*

W, 28-3

NOV.
28

SMU*

POSTPONED

NOON
* American Athletic Conference game; all times Eastern

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

7-2, 4-2

AMERICAN

SEPT.
5

at Texas State

SEPT.
11

at TCU

SEPT.
19

at North Texas

SEPT.
26

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

W, 50-7

OCT.
3

NO. 25/24 MEMPHIS*

W, 30-27

OCT.
16

at Tulane*

OCT.
24

NO. 9/10 CINCINNATI*

L, 13-42

OCT.
31

NAVY*

W, 51-37

NOV.
7

at Temple*

W, 47-23

NOV.
14

at Tulsa*

L, 24-28

NOV.
28

at East Carolina*

DEC.
5

HOUSTON*

W, 31-24
POSTPONED
W, 65-35

W, 37-34 (OT)

11 a.m.
TBA

* American Athletic Conference game; all times Central

S TAT I S T I C S

TEAM COMPARISON
ON

ON

OFFENSE

OFFENSE

391.4
27.5

506.8
38.7

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

175.5

188.3

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

215.9

318.4

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

EAST CAROLINA
P I R AT E S

SMU
M U S TA N G S

ON

ON

DEFENSE

DEFENSE

455.2
35.1

414.3
28.6

YPG

PPG

YPG

PPG

217.8

182.6

RUSHING YPG

RUSHING YPG

237.5

231.8

PASSING YPG

PASSING YPG

S TAT I S T I C S

PASSING LEADERS
HOLTON

1,623

AHLERS

PASSING YARDS

145-of-240 (60.4%), 231.9 yards per game

14

9

108

1

TOUCHDOWNS

INTERCEPTIONS

RUSHING YDS

RUSHING TD

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

624

HARRIS

YARDS

128

4

4.9

78.0

ATTEMPTS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPC

YPG

KEATON

375 yards

MITCHELL

1 touchdown

HOLTON

108 yards

AHLERS

1 touchdown

S TAT I S T I C S

RECEIVING LEADERS
TYLER

432

SNEAD

YARDS

46

4

9.4

54.0

RECEPTIONS

TOUCHDOWNS

YPR

YPG

BLAKE

425 yards

PROEHL

2 touchdowns

C.J.

386 yards

JOHNSON

5 touchdowns

S TAT I S T I C S

DEFENSIVE LEADERS
XAVIER

66

SMITH

TACKLES

7.0

6

TFL

PASS BREAKUPS

JIREH

WILSON
SHAWN

60 tackles
3.5 sacks

50 tackles

DOURSEAU

2 interceptions

BRUCE

42 tackles

BIVENS

4.0 tackles for loss

WARREN

30 tackles

SABA

2 interceptions

S TAT I S T I C S

SMU LEADERS
SHANE

2,781

BUECHELE

PASSING YARDS

207-of-320 (64.7%), 309.0 yards per game

21

4

105

1

TD

INT

RUSHING YARDS

RUSHING TD

ULYSSES

BENTLEY IV

877
RUSHING YARDS

158

11

5.6

97.4

ATTEMPTS

TD

YPC

YPG

RASHEE

637

RICE

RECEIVING YARDS

43

5

14.8

70.8

RECEPTIONS

TD

YPR

YPG

DELANO

71

ROBINSON

TACKLES

5.0

3.0

TFL

SACKS

DEPTH CHARTS

ECU OFFENSE
		
OR
		
(X)
		

5
83
85

C.J. JOHNSON
Cam Burnette
Jonathan Johnson

6-2, 236, SO-1L
6-2, 205, Jr-SQ
6-3, 196, Sr-2L

		
LT
		

77
79

WALTER STRIBLING
Justin Chase

6-6, 252, FR-HS
6-5, 311, Gr-TR

		 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
		

JUSTIN CHASE
Bailey Malovic

6-5, 311, GR-TR
6-6, 257, Jr-RS

66
65

79
71

		
80 SHANE CALHOUN
TE
(Y)
		
89 Jeremy Lewis

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

		
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
82

BLAKE PROEHL
Taji Hudson

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

DEPTH CHARTS

SMU DEFENSE
		
55 GARY WILEY
DE
		
38 Toby Ndukwe

6-1, 241, JR-2L
6-2, 240, JR-2L

		 40 ELIJAH CHATMAN
		
95 Will Jones
NT
or 91 Terrance Newman

6-0, 272, SO-1L
6-1, 300, SR-1L
5-11, 315, JR-2L

		 99 HARRISON LOVELESS
or 57 MIKE WILLIAMS
DT
		
33 Junior Aho
		
96 DeVere Levelston

6-3, 291, JR-1L
6-2, 290, SR-GT
6-4, 260, SO-JC
6-4, 245, SO-JC

		 97 TURNER COXE
		
24 Jimmy Phillips Jr.
LB
or 90 Nelson Paul

6-2, 247, JR-2L
6-0, 224, JR-2L
6-1, 220, SO-1L

		
16 TREVOR DENBOW
		
2 Cam Jones
LB
or 10 Ty DeArman

5-11, 225, SR-2L
5-11, 185, SO-1L
5-11, 185, FR-TR

		 50 RICHARD McBRYDE
LB
		
9 Shaine Hailey

6-1, 232, SR-1L
5-11, 215, SR-3L

		
3 DELANO ROBINSON
LB
		
43 Brian Holloway

6-0, 238, SR-3L
5-11, 215, JR-1L

		
5 AR’MANI JOHNSON
		
8 Bryan Massey
CB
or 29 Justin Guy-Robinson

5-11, 177, JR-1L
5-11, 185, FR-HS
5-10, 180, JR-2L

		
11 CHEVIN CALLOWAY
S
		
21 Donald Clay

5-10, 190, JR-1L
6-0, 190, FR-RS

		 18
		
13
S
or 22

CHACE CROMARTIE
Roderick Roberson Jr.
Karl Taylor

6-0, 180, SO-1L
6-0, 183, FR-RS
6-0, 180, FR-HS

		 23 BRANDON STEPHENS
CB
		
1 Brandon Crossley

6-0, 206, SR-1L
5-10, 159, So-TR

DEPTH CHARTS

SMU OFFENSE
		
7 SHANE BUECHELE
QB
		
12 Derek Green

6-1, 207, SR-1L
6-3, 205, SO-1L

		
		
RB
		

26
31
21

ULYSSES BENTLEY IV
Tyler Lavine
TaMerik Williams

5-10, 184, FR-RS
5-11, 220, SO-1L
5-11, 235, SO-1L

		
LT
		

71
52

JAYLON THOMAS
Marcus Bryant

6-3, 312, JR-2L
6-6, 260, FR-HS

		

LG

75
65

HAYDEN HOWERTON
Thomas Shelmire

6-3, 290, SR-3L
6-3, 290, SO-SQ

		
C
		

77
75

ALAN ALI
Hayden Howerton

6-4, 295, JR-2L
6-3, 290, SR-3L

		
RG
		

51
64

JUSTIN OSBORNE
Cameron Ervin

6-4, 280, FR-TR
6-1, 260, FR-RS

		
RT
		

78
57

BEAU MORRIS
Cobe Bryant

6-6, 295, SR-2L
6-5, 320, SR-1L

		
WR
		

5
3

DANNY GRAY
T.Q. Jackson

6-1, 180, JR-JC
6-4, 197, FR-TR

		
WR
		

4
15

TYLER PAGE
Calvin Wiggins

5-11, 193, SR-3L
6-4, 195, FR-RS

		
WR
		

11
6

RASHEE RICE
Austin Upshaw

6-1, 189, SO-1L
6-1, 215, JR-1L

KYLEN GRANSON
Tommy McIntyre
Judah Bell

6-3, 235, SR-1L
6-8, 258, SR-1L
6-3, 215, JR-1L

		 83
TE
		
86
or 13

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
		 56 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
CB
		
2 Sean Tucker

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

		 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
		
99 Patrick Nations

6-1, 201, SR-3L
6-0, 182, Fr-RS

		 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

SMU SPECIAL TEAMS
		 34 CHRIS NAGGAR
K
		
44 Charles Cannon

6-1, 195, SR-GT
5-8, 177, JR-SQ

		 34 CHRIS NAGGAR
KO
		
44 Charles Cannon

6-1, 195, SR-GT
5-8, 177, JR-SQ

		
34 CHRIS NAGGAR
P
		
7 Matt Fraanje

6-1, 195, SR-GT
6-5, 176, FR-HS

		
KR
or

5-11, 185, FR-HS
5-10, 159, SO-TR

8
1

BRYAN MASSEY
BRANDON CROSSLEY

		4 TYLER PAGE
PR
		
3 T.Q. JACKSON

5-11, 193, SR-3L
6-4, 197, FR-TR

		 48 WILL BENTON
SN
		
89 John Luke Roberts

6-0, 185, FR-HS
6-4, 210, FR-HS

		
12 DEREK GREEN
H
		
16 Trevor Denbow

6-3, 205, SO-1L
5-11, 225, SR-2L

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

SMU COACHING STAFF
HE AD COACH

SONNY DYKES
KEVIN
KANE

GARRETT
RILEY

Defensive Coordinator/
Linebackers

Offensive Coordinator/
Quarterbacks

A.J.
RICKER

CHRIS
BRASFIELD

Co-Offensive Coordinator/
Offensive Line

Assistant Head Coach/
Special Teams Coordinator

KEVIN
CURTIS

DAVID
GRU

Cornerbacks

Wide Receivers

TREY
HAVERTY

RANDALL
JOYNER

Safeties

Defensive Line

JOSH
MARTIN

RA’SHAAD
SAMPLES

Tight Ends

Running Backs/
Recruiting Coordinator

S TA N D I N G S

AAC STANDINGS
AAC
RECORD

OVERALL
RECORD

Cincinnati

6-0

8-0

Tulsa

5-0

5-1

SMU

4-2

7-2

Memphis

3-2

5-2

Houston

3-2

3-3

Navy

3-2

3-4

UCF

4-3

5-3

Tulane

2-5

5-5

East Carolina

2-5

2-6

Temple

1-6

1-6

USF

0-6

1-7

SCHEDULE

AAC RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Thursday, Nov. 19
Tulsa 30, Tulane 24 (2OT)

Saturday, Nov. 21
East Carolina 28, Temple 3
Memphis 56, Stephen F. Austin 14
Cincinnati 36, UCF 33

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 27
UCF at USF, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 28
SMU at East Carolina, Noon
Tulsa at Houston, Noon
Cincinnati at Temple, 4 p.m.
Memphis at Navy, 7 p.m.
All times Eastern

POLLS

AP TOP 25
TEAM (RECORD)

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14
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18
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20
21
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25

Alabama (7-0)
Notre Dame (8-0)
Ohio State (4-0)
Clemson (7-1)
Texas A&M (5-1)
Florida (6-1)
Cincinnati (8-0)
BYU (9-0)
Oregon (3-0)
Miami (Florida) (7-1)
Northwestern (5-0)
Indiana (4-1)
Georgia (5-2)
Oklahoma (5-2)
Iowa State (6-2)
Coastal Carolina (8-0)
Marshall (7-0)
Wisconsin (2-1)
Southern California (3-0)
Texas (5-2)
Oklahoma State (5-2)
Auburn (5-2)
Louisiana (7-1)
Tulsa (5-1)
North Carolina (6-2)

PREVIOUS RANKING

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NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Washington 35, Liberty 31, Nevada 23,
SMU 17, Iowa 15, Boise State 6, Florida Atlantic 5, San José State 3,
Buffalo 3.