Byucougars (1-6) Vs. Ecupirates
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BYU at ECU Page 1 Game 8 - Oct. 21, 2017 Game No. 8 - Oct. 21, 2017 BYU Cougars (1-6) vs. ECU Pirates (1-6) Bagwell Field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/1963/Natural Grass), Greenville, N.C. 7:00 p.m. (EDT) THE GAME ECU CONTACTS Head Coach: ......................................................................Scottie Montgomery It’s Homecoming on the ECU campus as the Pirates offi cially close out their 2017 non-conference Coach Montgomery Interviews: .................. Contact Communications Offi ce schedule by welcoming BYU to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. ECU will try Assistant AD/Communications: .................................................Tom McClellan to extend its streak of compiling at least one non-league victory per season to 13 consecutive Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(252) 737-1274 years after dropping earlier tilts to James Madison, West Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Pirates Cell Phone: .................................................................................(252) 414-0990 will also be looking to post their 12th-straight Homecoming victory when they battle the Cougars E-mail Adress: ..................................................................mcclellant@ecu.edu for the second time in three seasons (and even the series slate after a 45-38 road setback in 2015). Director of Communications .......................................................Malcolm Gray Cell Phone: .................................................................................. (252) 414-2021 ECU RECORDS AND STREAKS E-mail address: ...................................................................... [email protected] Qualifi ed for 10 bowl appearances since 2000 (three of the last fi ve years) ... Has won 31 of the last 39 games when scoring 30 or more points ... BYU CONTACTS Has won 19 of the last 22 games when gaining 200 or more rushing yards ... Head Coach: ...................................................................................Kalani Sitake Has accounted for 400 or more yards of total off ense in 14 of the last 19 games ... Football Communications Director: ................................................Brett Pyne Has forced at least one turnover in four-straight games ... Offi ce Phone: ..............................................................................(801) 422-4912 Has won 30 of the last 32 games when leading at the half ... Cell Phone: ....................................................................................(801) 367-1631 Has won 10 of the last 19 regular season non-conference games ... E-mail address: ............................................................. [email protected] Has won four of the last seven (and seven of 11) home games in October ... Has won eight of the last 11 home night games (6 p.m. or later) ... PIRATE IMG RADIO NETWORK Network: ......................13 stations (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) FAST FACTS Talent:.......................................Jeff Charles, Kevin Monroe, Marty Feurer (SL) Record – 1-6 (.143); AAC Record/Standing – 1-3 (.250)/T-2nd East Division; Last 5 Games – 1-4; Engineer: ...........................................................................................David Horn Last 10 Games – 1-9; Last 15 Games – 2-13; Streaks – ECU will play the 20th game of the Scottie Pregame Show: .................................................................................. 6:00 p.m. Montgomery Era when the Pirates face off against BYU. ECU’s contest against the Cougars will 2017 Network Affi liates: WBCN-1660 AM/Charlotte; WGAI-560 AM/Elizabeth City; be the Pirates’ 855th since the start of football in 1932 (433-409-12/.514). WFAY-1230 AM/Fayetteville; WNCT-107.9 FM, WRHD-94.3 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; WIAM-900 AM/ SCHEMES Williamston; WAAV-980 AM/Wilmington. BYU utilizes a Pro Style and multiple off ensive attack while employing a 4-3 defensive alignment. ECU will feature a multiple look on off ense and are a multiple 4-2-5 unit on defense. TELEVISION CBS Sports Network: Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Corey Chavous (analyst), THE COACHES Melanie Collins (reporter) SCOTTIE MONTGOMERY (Duke ‘00) is 4-15 (.211) in his second season as ECU’s head football coach, a position he accepted December 13, 2015. Upon becoming the school’s 21st all-time selection INTERNET to lead the Pirates’ football program, Montgomery offi cially fi nished a three-year tenure on Live audio streaming: .....................................www.ECUPirates.com (TuneIn) the Duke staff - the last two as the Blue Devils’ assistant head coach, off ensive coordinator and Live video streaming: ........................................................CBSSports.com/live quarterbacks coach. He is currently the 14th-youngest head coach on the FBS level. He directed ECU to its second-highest single-season passing attack in school history last TICKETS fall, averaging 334.7 air yards per game to rank sixth nationally. The Pirates also generated 5,605 ECU Ticket Prices: Selected individual zone tickets remain ($30.00-$50.00). yards of total off ense, which stood as the fourth-highest seasonal total in the program’s annals. For other questions concerning tickets and Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (seating, Prior to helping Duke to three-straight bowl appearances and an ACC Coastal Division title parking, etc...), contact the ECU Athletics Ticket Offi ce at 1-800-DIAL-ECU or visit from 2013 to 2015, Montgomery spent three seasons as wide receivers coach with the Pittsburgh the offi cial athletics department website - www.ECUPirates.com. Steelers. His work with pass catchers Hines Ward, Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown resulted in two playoff appearances, a 2010 AFC North Division championship and a spot in Super Bowl XLV. PROMOTIONS Montgomery, a four-year wide receiver at Duke, also played professionally with the Denver Homecoming, Paint It Purple! Broncos (2000-02) and the Oakland Raiders (2003). KALANI SITAKE (BYU ‘00) is 10-10 (.500) in his second season heading the football program at BYU. His appointment to lead the Cougars, which was announced Dec. 19, 2015, also marks his fi rst collegiate head coaching assignment. Prior to his move back to his alma mater, Sitake spent the Please refer to East Carolina University as ECU. Derivatives such as 2015 campaign as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Oregon State and 10 previous East Carolina, E. Carolina, East Caro, ECaro, EC or any other similar combination seasons as Utah, where served as linebackers coach (2005-08), defensive coordinator/linebackers should not be used. Eastern Carolina University simply does not exist in this coach (2009-12) before earning an assistant head coach title during his last three years with the universe ... it never has. Utes. He began his coaching career at Eastern Arizona as a defensive backs coach in 2001. BYU at ECU Page 2 Game 8 - Oct. 21, 2017 ECU (1-6) THE SERIES 09/02 JAMES MADISON (ESPN3) ...................................L, 34-14 BYU leads 1-0 ... The Cougars used running back Algernon Brown’s fourth touchdown of the contest, a nine- 09/09 at West Virginia (FS2) ...................................... L, 56-20 09/16 VIRGINIA TECH (CBSSN) ......................................L, 64-17 yard run with 19 seconds remaining, to break a 38-38 tie and open the series with a win in Provo two years 09/24 * at Connecticut (ESPNU)....................................W, 41-38 ago (see full recap below) ... Prior to the fi rst football meeting, softball represented the only “team” sport 09/30 * USF (CBSSN) ........................................................ L, 61-31 which the Pirates and Cougars had squared off in ... BYU owns a 4-0 record against ECU in the circle, posting 10/07 * TEMPLE (ESPNU) ................................................ L, 34-10 wins in a pair of regular season tournaments (2008 and 2014) and handing the Pirates 1-0 and 8-3 setbacks 10/14 * at UCF (CBSSN) ....................................................L, 63-21 at the 2010 NCAA Regional in Austin, Texas. 10/21 BYU (CBSSN) ......................................7:00 p.m. Date Site Result Attendance 11/04 * at Houston ................................................................TBA 11/11 * TULANE ......................................................................TBA Oct. 10, 2015 ..................Provo, Utah .......................................................BYU 45-38 ................................60,186 11/18 * CINCINNATI ................................................................TBA 11/25 * at Memphis ...............................................................TBA SCOTTIE MONTGOMERY AGAINST THE COUGARS 12/02 + AAC Championship Game (ABC/ESPN) ...................TBA Including Scottie Montgomery’s seven-year tenure as a collegiate assistant coach (2006-09, 2013-15), Satur- *AAC game; +highest seed campus site; all times Eastern day’s game will mark his fi rst-ever meeting against BYU ... In fact, his most “distant” opponent as a college BYU (1-6) coach was a post-season clash vs. Arizona State in the 2014 Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas). 08/26 PORTLAND STATE ................................................W, 20-6 09/02 + vs. LSU ..................................................................L, 27-0 KALANI SITAKE AGAINST THE PIRATES 09/09 UTAH ....................................................................L,