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Towson at East CarolinaPage 1 Game 1 - Sept. 5, 2015 Game No. 1 - Sept. 5, 2015 TOWSON Tigers (0-0) vs. EAST CAROLINA Pirates (0-0) Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/1963/Natural Grass), Greenville, N.C. 6:00 p.m. (EDT) THE GAME EAST CAROLINA CONTACTS Head Coach: ................................................................................. Ruffi n McNeill East Carolina, which has made bowl appearances in eight of Coach McNeill Interviews: ............................. Contact Media Relations Offi ce the last nine seasons, will open the new campaign under the Assistant AD/Media Relations: ..................................................Tom McClellan direction of sixth-year head coach Ruffi n McNeill when the Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(252) 737-1274 Pirates battle Towson in a non-conference matchup at Dowdy- Cell Phone: .................................................................................(252) 414-0990 Ficklen Stadium. The contest against the Tigers will mark the E-mail Adress: ..................................................................mcclellant@ecu.edu sixth time in the last seven years that ECU will open a season Director of Media Relations ........................................................Malcolm Gray at home. The tilt will also represent the fi rst of four non-league games on the Pirates’ 2015 Offi ce Phone: ..............................................................................(252) 737-4523 schedule, preceding meetings with Florida (Sept. 12), Virginia Tech (Sept. 26) and BYU (Oct. 10). Cell Phone: .................................................................................. (252) 414-2021 E-mail address: ...................................................................... [email protected] EAST CAROLINA RECORDS AND STREAKS Qualifi ed for 10 bowl appearances since 2000 (three-straight, eight of the last nine years) ... TOWSON CONTACTS Has won 23 of the last 27 games when scoring 30 or more points ... Head Coach: ..................................................................................Rob Ambrose Has lost 14-straight games when scoring 20 or less points (19-14 vs. UCF in ‘09/last win) ... Coach Ambrose Interviews: ...........................Contact Media Relations Offi ce Has won 17 of the last 18 games when gaining 200 or more rushing yards ... Associate Director of Media Relations: ..........................................John Brush Has held seven of last 13 opponents to less than 100 rushing yards ... Offi ce Phone: .............................................................................. (410) 704-3102 Has won eight of the last nine, 12 of the last 14 (and 16 of the last 19) home games ... Cell Phone: .................................................................................(270) 293-0590 Has won six of the last eight regular season non-conference games ... E-mail address: ................................................................jbrush@towson.edu Has won six of the last seven season openers ... Has won nine of the last 10 home openers ... PIRATE IMG RADIO NETWORK Network: ......................13 stations (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) FAST FACTS Talent:.......................................Jeff Charles, Kevin Monroe, Marty Feurer (SL) Record – 0-0 (.000); AAC Record/Standing – 0-0 (.000)/none; Last 5 Games – 2-3; Last 10 Engineer: ...........................................................................................David Horn Games – 6-4; Last 15 Games – 9-6; Streaks – Overall, East Carolina will play the 65th game of Pregame Show: ...................................................................................5:00 p.m. the Ruffi n McNeill era when the Pirates face off against Towson. ECU’s contest against the Tigers 2015 Network Affi liates: WBCN-1660 AM/Charlotte; WGAI-560 AM/Elizabeth will be the Pirates’ 824th since the start of football in 1932 (424-387-12/.522). City; WFAY-1230 AM, WFBX-1450 AM/Fayetteville; WNCT-107.9 FM/Greenville; WKDX-1250 AM/Hamlet; WOBX-98.1 FM/Manteo; WHSC-1050 AM/Myrtle Beach, S.C.; WJOI-1230 AM/Norfolk, Va.; WFNL-570 AM/Raleigh; WFJA-105.5 FM/Sanford; SCHEMES WIAM-900 AM/Williamston; WAAV-980 AM/Wilmington. Towson utilizes a pro-style off ensive attack while employing a multiple 3-4 defensive alignment. ECU will line up in a spread on off ense and are also multiple 3-4 unit on defense. TELEVISION/STREAMING THE COACHES ESPN3: Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Mickey Matthews (analyst) RUFFIN McNEILL (East Carolina ‘80) is 37-27 (.578) in his sixth season at East Carolina, while overall, he is 38-27 (.585) as a collegiate head coach after guiding Texas Tech to a 41-31 victory INTERNET over Michigan State in the Valero Alamo Bowl Jan. 2, 2010 on an interim basis. When he became Live audio streaming: ..................www.ECUPirates.com (All-Access), TuneIn ECU’s 20th all-time head football coach 19 days later, McNeill offi cially fi nished a 10-year stint Live video streaming: ..............................................................................ESPN3 on the Red Raider staff . The 2015 campaign marks McNeill’s 30th year at the collegiate level, which includes an TICKETS earlier stop at East Carolina as the Pirates’ defensive line coach in 1992. In all, he has served on the ECU Ticket Prices: Selected individual tickets remain ($48.00 adult, $35.00 staff s with eight diff erent programs and spent a combined nine years in defensive coordinator youth age 3-12). For other questions concerning tickets and Dowdy-Ficklen roles at Appalachian State (1993-96), Nevada-Las Vegas (1997-98) and Texas Tech (2007-09). Stadium (seating, parking, etc...), contact the East Carolina Athletics Ticket McNeill starred as a four-year letterman at ECU under Pat Dye from 1976-1979 and helped Offi ce at 1-800-DIAL-ECU or visit the offi cial athletics department website - lead the Pirates to their fi rst bowl appearance in the modern era when East Carolina defeated www.ECUPirates.com. Louisiana Tech in the ‘78 Independence Bowl. Openings: All stadium gates open at 4:00 p.m. on game day. ROB AMBROSE (Towson ‘93) is in his seventh season heading the football program at Towson PROMOTIONS and sports a 36-37 (.493) record. Overall, he is in his eighth year as a collegiate head coach with a Pirate Club Weekend, Paint It Purple! 39-47 (.469) mark, which also includes a 3-7 ledger at Catholic in 2001. Prior to his appointment to the top football position at his alma mater before the 2009 season, Ambrose served seven years RANKINGS on the Connecticut staff as quarterbacks coach (2002-05) and off ensive coordinator (2006-08). East Carolina (FBS) and Towson (FCS) are both unranked heading into the Since returning to Towson, he’s led the Tigers to a pair of NCAA FCS playoff appearances, including contest. a national championship game showing in 2013 that capped a 13-3 record. Towson at East CarolinaPage 2 Game 1 - Sept. 5, 2015 EAST CAROLINA (0-0, 0-0 AAC) THE SERIES 09/05 TOWSON (ESPN3) ................................6:00 p.m. Saturday’s contest will mark the fi rst meeting (0-0) between East Carolina and Towson in the sport of football 09/12 at Florida (ESPN2) ..........................................7:00 p.m. ... Additionally, ECU will play one other “inaugural” game during the course of the 2015 campaign when it 09/19 * at Navy (CBSSN) .............................................3:30 p.m. 09/26 VIRGINIA TECH (ESPN3) ............................................TBA faces BYU in Provo, Utah on Saturday, Oct. 10. 10/03 * at SMU (ESPN3) .........................................................TBA 10/10 at BYU (ESPN3) .........................................................TBA McNEILL AGAINST THE TIGERS 10/17 * TULSA (ESPN3) ..........................................................TBA Despite Ruffi n McNeill’s long and successful assistant coaching career at eight institutions, he has never faced 10/22 * TEMPLE (ESPN2) ..............................................7:00 p.m. Towson prior to Saturday’s meeting. 10/30 * at Connecticut (ESPNU) ..................................7:00 p.m. 11/07 * USF (ESPN3) ..............................................................TBA 11/19 * at UCF (ESPN) .................................................. 7:30 p.m. AMBROSE AGAINST THE PIRATES 11/28 * CINCINNATI (ESPN3) ..................................................TBA In addition to Towson, the Pirates also never competed against Catholic (2001) and Connecticut (2002-2008) 12/05 + AAC Championship Game (ABC/ESPN) ...................TBA while Rob Ambrose was a member of those staff s. *AAC game; all times Eastern AGAINST NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS TOWSON (0-0, 0-0 CAA) Since accepting membership in a conference, the Pirates have produced a 28-45 (.384) regular season non- 09/05 at East Carolina ..................................6:00 p.m. league record ... East Carolina claimed its fi rst winning non-conference mark since 1999 (a program-best 5-0 09/12 SAINT FRANCIS ................................................6:00 p.m. 09/19 HOLY CROSS .....................................................6:00 p.m. clip) with a 3-1 ledger in 2013 before following with an identical mark a year ago: 09/26 * at Elon .............................................................3:00 p.m. 2014: ..................................3-1 2008: ................................2-2 2002: .........................0-4 10/10 * JAMES MADISON..............................................3:00 p.m. 2013: ..................................3-1