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CONGRATULATIONS TO HEAD COACH RUFFIN McNEILL, his staff and team on another very successful season that has the Pirates in postseason play again. ECU will meet the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference in the ninth annual Birmingham Bowl played at historic Legion Field. Kickoff is at 12:00 noon ET (11:00 AM local) on January 3rd and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN. We hope you can follow Coach McNeill and the Pirates to Birmingham for this special occasion, but if you cannot, remember to follow the action on the Pirate IMG Sports Network family of stations.

CLICK FOR TICKET INFORMATION CLICK FOR ECU BOWL CENTRAL Bowl Week Schedule Of Events FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 2:00 – 8:00 PM Street Fest And Pep Rally | Free and open to the public Start dancing in the streets with live music from The River Dan Band as we kick off the Street Fest on the Miller Lite Stage. Bring the family and enjoy the interactive games and corporate displays, with food and drinks for all ages. Dreamland BBQ Rib Eating Contest Got an appetite? See how many Dreamland BBQ ribs you can eat at the Miller Lite Stage in Five Points South. 5:00 PM ECU Pep Rally Join the ECU coaches, players, cheerleaders, marching band and thousands of fans for a pre-game pep rally on the main stage! 6:00 – 8:00 PM Live music presented by 102.5 The Bull The party continues with Birmingham native Ryan Kinder on the Miller Lite Stage. Fresh off a nationwide tour with the Zac Brown Band, Birmingham native Ryan Kinder is currently writing and recording his debut album for Warner Bros. Records, due in 2015.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM FAN ZONE at Legion Field | Free and open to the public Enjoy the ultimate tailgate experience with live music featuring Man’s Best Friend on the Fan Zone stage, interactive games, corpo- rate displays, and more at the Fan Zone at Legion Field. There’ll be food, drink and activities for all ages. 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pirate Club Tailgate located in the FAN ZONE at Legion Field | $30 per person and includes food and drink Open to all Pirate fans. To order tickets, call 800-DIAL-ECU or visit ECUPirates.com

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Birmingham Bowl History Birmingham Bowl Results STARTED IN 2006, the Birmingham Bowl is one December 23, 2006 of eleven bowl games owned and operated by South Florida 24, East Carolina 7 ESPN Events. December 22, 2007 But as the only bowl in the country aligned Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21 with both the Southeastern Conference and December 29, 2008 the American Athletic Conference, we’re Rutgers 29, NC State 23 definitely one of a kind. January 2, 2010 Since 2006, the bowl has generated an Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7 economic impact of more than $97 million for January 8, 2011 Birmingham. And, through our partnership Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10 with the Monday Morning Club, January 7, 2012 we’ve donated $225,000 to the Crippled SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 Children’s Foundation. This money has gone January 5, 2013 to provide vital medical services to children Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17 in need. January 4, 2014 Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24

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OPENED IN 1926, Legion Field is one of the most historic venues in and has hosted some of college football’s greatest games. In addition to hosting the Iron Bowl (1948-1988) between Auburn and Alabama and the SEC Championship Game (1992 and CLICK FOR COMPLETE FAN GUIDE, PARKING AND DIRECTIONS 1993), Legion Field has hosted Olympic soccer (1996), as well as numerous concerts including the Rolling Stones, U2, and Pink Floyd.

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Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium ... The victory was ECU’s first five Pirate turnovers, netted 11 tackles for lost yardage and Date Opponent Result against a ranked opponent since downing No. 18 Houston in booked four sacks to fuel the Owls’ 20-10 American Athletic Aug. 30 NC Central W 52-7 the 2009 Conference USA Championship Game and the first Conference victory over East Carolina on a chilly and damp Sept. 6 at South Carolina L 23-33 on the road since defeating No. 12 Miami in 1996. day at wind-swept Lincoln Financial Field ... The loss was the Sept. 13 at Virginia Tech W 28-21 first for the Pirates as an AAC member and snapped a five- SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 game win streak that propelled ECU into college football’s Sept. 20 North Carolina W 70-41 East Carolina 70, No. 25 North Carolina 41 top 25 polls for the first time since 2008. Oct. 4 SMU W 45-24 Greenville, N.C. – East Carolina amassed a school-record Oct. 11 at USF W 28-17 789 offensive yards and tallied its highest point total since NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Oct. 23 Connecticut W 31-21 1959 in a 70-41 non-conference victory over No. 25 North Cincinnati 54, East Carolina 46 Nov. 1 at Temple L 10-20 Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Quarterback Shane Cincinnati, Ohio – Andrew Gantz drilled a 47-yard field goal Carden accounted for six TDs, throwing for four in a 438-yard with 15 seconds remaining to spoil a valiant East Carolina Nov. 13 at Cincinnati L 46-54 passing effort, while running back Breon Allen racked up a comeback effort and give Cincinnati the lead for good in an Nov. 22 Tulane W 34-6 career-high 211 ground yards and reached paydirt twice. eventual 54-46 American Athletic Conference victory over Nov. 28 at Tulsa W 49-32 the Pirates on a frosty night at Paul Brown Stadium. Dec. 4 UCF L 30-32 OCTOBER 4, 2014 No. 22 East Carolina 45, SMU 24 NOVEMBER 22, 2014 AUGUST 30, 2014 Greenville, N.C. – Senior quarterback Shane Carden became East Carolina 34, Tulane 6 East Carolina’s career passing yardage leader with his third- Greenville, N.C. – Senior receiver Justin Hardy set the NCAA East Carolina 52, North Carolina Central 7 straight 400-yard outing to lift the No. 22 Pirates past SMU FBS record for career receptions and classmate Shane Greenville, N.C. – Senior receiver Justin Hardy caught two 45-24 in their inaugural American Athletic Conference contest. Carden accounted for a pair of to lift East Caro- touchdown passes and threw for another to lead East lina past Tulane 34-6 in an American Conference matchup at Carolina to a 52-7 non-conference win over North Carolina OCTOBER 11, 2014 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Central in the season opener for both teams at Dowdy- No. 19 East Carolina 28, USF 17 Ficklen Stadium ... Hardy, who finished the night with eight Tampa, Fla. – East Carolina overcame a slow offensive start NOVEMBER 28, 2014 catches for 87 yards, also became the Pirates’ all-time by opening the second half with three-straight scoring East Carolina 49, Tulsa 32 receptions leader. possessions to eventually earn a 28-17 American Athletic Tulsa, Okla. – Quarterback Shane Carden accounted for five SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 Conference victory over USF at Raymond James Stadium. of East Carolina’s seven touchdowns during the Pirates’ 49-32 American Athletic Conference triumph over Tulsa at No. 21 South Carolina 33, East Carolina 23 OCTOBER 23, 2014 Chapman Stadium. Columbia, S.C. – Mike Davis rushed for 101 yards and a pair No. 18 East Carolina 31, Connecticut 21 of touchdowns to help No. 21 South Carolina rebound from Greenville, N.C. – Warren Harvey’s 31-yard field goal with DECEMBER 4, 2014 a pair of first-half deficits and lift the Gamecocks to a 33-23 6:15 remaining broke a 21-21 deadlock and Breon Allen UCF 32, East Carolina 30 non-conference victory over East Carolina at Williams-Brice. delivered a knockout punch with a nine-yard scoring Greenville, N.C. – A time-expiring 51-yard Hail Mary pass SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 scamper less than five minutes later to lift East Carolina to a play from UCF’s Justin Holman to Breshad Perriman silenced 31-21 American Athletic Conference win over Connecticut. an epic East Carolina rally and handed the Knights a 32-30 East Carolina 28, No. 17 Virginia Tech 21 American Athletic Conference win. Shan Carden (passing/ Blacksburg, Va. – Senior quarterback Shane Carden NOVEMBER 1, 2014 total yards) and Justin Hardy (reception yards) set ECU accounted for all four East Carolina touchdowns, including a Temple 20, No. 21 East Carolina 10 single-season records, and Warren Harvey became the game-winning one-yard run with 16 seconds remaining to Philadelphia, Pa. – A punishing Temple defense forced school’s all-time leading scorer. help the Pirates to a 28-21 non-conference win over No. 17

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Offensive Player Of The Year SHANE CARDEN

First Team (Offense) QB – SHANE CARDEN WR – JUSTIN HARDY* C – TAYLOR HUDSON (Defense) DL – TERRY WILLIAMS

Second Team (Offense) G – J.T. BOYD T – IKE HARRIS TE – BRYCE WILLIAMS (Defense) LB – ZEEK BIGGER LB – BRANDON WILLIAMS

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EAST CAROLINA 15 2014 FOOTBALL Supplying Electric, Natural Gas, Water and Wastewater Services to Greenville/Pitt County since 1905. ALL-TIME LEADER WITH NINE RECEPTIONS against Tulane this season, Justin Hardy broke the NCAA (FBS) all-time receptions record, surpassing the mark of 349 set by Oklahoma’s . The senior standout enters the Birmingham Bowl with 376 career catches and led the nation in receptions per game this season with 110 catches (9.2 per outing). Hardy was honored as the 2014 recipient of the Burls- worth Trophy, presented annually to the country’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on.

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2014 Statistical Leaders

Rushing BREON ALLEN (134 carries for 869 yards / 6.5 avg / 72.4 ypg, 8 TDs) Passing SHANE CARDEN (358 completions in 551 attempts for 4,309 yards / 28 TDs) Receiving JUSTIN HARDY (110 receptions for 1,334 yards / 12.1 avg / 9 TDs) Scoring WARREN HARVEY (12 field goals / 55 PATs / 91 points) Tackles ZEEK BIGGER (134) BRANDON WILLIAMS (113) Tackles For Loss BRANDON WILLIAMS (10.5 TFLs / 4.5 sacks) Interceptions JOSH HAWKINS (4) Pass Breakups JOSH HAWKINS (11)

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ECU Bowl History

2006 PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL 2013 BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S BOWL South Florida 24, East Carolina 7 1978 INDEPENDENCE BOWL East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 2001 GMAC BOWL East Carolina 35, Louisiana Tech 13 2012 R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 (2OT) 1965 TANGERINE BOWL Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34 2000 GALLERYFURNITURE.COM BOWL East Carolina 31, Maine 0 2010 MILITARY BOWL East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27 1964 TANGERINE BOWL Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 1999 MOBILE ALABAMA BOWL East Carolina 14, Massachusetts 13 2010 AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL TCU 28, East Carolina 14 1963 EASTERN BOWL Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (OT) 1995 ST. JUDE LIBERTY BOWL East Carolina 37, Northeastern 6 2009 AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 1954 ELKS BOWL Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19 1994 ST. JUDE LIBERTY BOWL Morris-Harvey 12, East Carolina 0 2007 SHERATON HAWAI’I BOWL Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 1952 LIONS BOWL East Carolina 41, Boise State 38 1992 PEACH BOWL Clarion 13, East Carolina 6 East Carolina 37, NC State 34

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2014 RESULTS Aug. 30 Idaho (game not played) Sept. 6 Eastern Michigan W 65-0 Sept. 13 Kentucky W 36-30 (3ot) Sept. 20 at Alabama L 21-42 Oct. 4 at Tennessee W 10-9 Oct. 11 LSU L 27-30 Oct. 18 Missouri L 13-42 Nov. 1 Georgia* W 38-20 Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt W 34-10 Nov. 15 South Carolina L 20-23 (ot) Nov. 22 Eastern Kentucky W 52-3 Nov. 29 at Florida State L 19-24 *at Jacksonville

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