Vs. No. 7 CINCINNATI Bearcats(6-0, 4-0 AAC)
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East Carolina at CincinnatiPage 1 Game 7 - Nov. 13, 2020 Game No. 7 - November 13, 2020 EAST CAROLINA Pirates (1-5, 1-4 AAC) vs. No. 7 CINCINNATI Bearcats (6-0, 4-0 AAC) Nippert Stadium (40,000/1915/UBU Speed Series M6-M), Cincinnati, Ohio 7:30 p.m. (EST) EAST CAROLINA CONTACTS THE GAME Head Coach: ..................................................................................Mike Houston East Carolina will be looking to post its second American Athletic Conference victory of the Assistant AD/Media Relations: ..................................................Tom McClellan season - most since 2017 - when it visits Cincinnati on Friday night for a matchup against the Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(252) 737-1274 No. 7 Bearcats. The meeting against UC also opens a two-game roadswing for the Pirates, who Cell Phone: .................................................................................(252) 414-0990 will travel to Philadelphia to face Temple next week. ECU will attempt to even its all-time ledger E-mail Adress: ..................................................................mcclellant@ecu.edu in Cincinnati to 6-6 when it squares off against the Bearcats, and oddly, tonight’s encounter will Director of Media Relations: .......................................................Malcolm Gray mark the fourth time the two teams have met on November 13 (1997, 1999 and 2014). Offi ce Phone: ..............................................................................(252) 737-4523 Cell Phone: .................................................................................. (252) 414-2021 ECU RECORDS AND STREAKS E-mail address: ...................................................................... [email protected] Qualifi ed for 10 bowl appearances since 2000 (eight in the last 14 years) ... Has averaged 421.0 total yards per game in its fi rst fi ve AAC contests this season ... CINCINNATI CONTACTS Has averaged 340.5 passing yards (six overall TD tosses) in its last two games ... Head Coach: ..................................................................................... Luke Fickell Has scored on 35 of 39 redzone visits in its last 10 games (18-of-21 in 2020) ... Associate AD/Communications: ...................................................Ryan Koslen Has kicked at least three fi eld goals in four of the last fi ve games ... Offi ce Phone: ...............................................................................(513) 556-5186 Has forced at least one turnover in 16 of the last 17 games (11 total in the last fi ve) ... Cell Phone: ....................................................................................(513) 497-3132 Has tallied a total of 28.0 TLFs (7.0) and 11.0 sacks (2.8) in its last four games ... E-mail address: ................................................................ryan.koslen@uc.edu Has owned a combined 4:50 average edge in possession time so far in 2020 ... PIRATE IMG RADIO NETWORK Has won 39 of the last 44 games when leading at the half (12-3 since 2015) ... Network: ......................12 stations (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) Talent:.......................................Jeff Charles, Kevin Monroe, Marty Feurer (SL) FAST FACTS Engineer: ...........................................................................................David Horn Record – 1-5 (.167); AAC Record/Standing – 1-4 (.200)/T9th; Last 5 Games – 1-4; Last 10 Games Pregame Show: ..............................................................................6:30 p.m. ET – 2-8; Last 15 Games – 4-11; Streaks – East Carolina will play the 19th game of the Mike Houston 2020 Network Affi liates: WBCN-1660 AM/Charlotte; WGAI-560 AM/Elizabeth Era when the Pirates face off against Cincinnati. ECU’s contest against the Bearcats will be the City; WNCT-107.9 FM/Greenville; WRHD-94.3 FM/Greenville; WKDX-1250 AM/Hamlet; Pirates’ 890th since the start of football in 1932 (445-433-11/.507). WAYS-1050 AM, 101.9 FM/Myrtle Beach, S.C.; WTJZ-1270 AM, 104.9 FM/Norfolk, Va.; WFJA-105.5 FM/Sanford; WAME-550 AM, 92.9 FM/Statesville; WIAM-900 SCHEMES AM, 97.5 FM/Williamston; WNTB-93.7 FM/Wilmington; WTOB-980 AM, 96.3 FM/ Cincinnati utilizes a multiple off ensive attack while also employing a multiple defensive align- Winston-Salem ment. East Carolina will feature a spread look on off ense and are a multiple unit on defense. TELEVISION THE COACHES ESPN2: Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Rocky Boiman (sideline) MIKE HOUSTON (Mars Hill ‘94) is 5-13 (.278) in his second season at East Carolina, while overall he is in his 10th year as a collegiate head coach with an 85-38 (.691) record. When he offi cially INTERNET became the Pirates’ 22nd all-time head football coach on Dec. 4, 2018, Houston fi nished a Live audio streaming: .....................................www.ECUPirates.com (TuneIn) three-year stint directing the James Madison program. Live video streaming: ..................................................................... WatchESPN Houston guided the Dukes to a 37-6 mark, which included three NCAA FCS postseason appearances (2016 national champions, 2017 national runner-up, 2018 second round) and a TICKETS pair of Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) titles. He was named the American Football Coaches For single-game ticket availability (in the ECU allotment), call 1-800-DIAL-ECU or Association (AFCA) FCS National Coach-of-the-Year in 2016 after JMU turned in a 14-1 campaign. visit www.ECUPirates.com for more information. For other questions concerning The appointment to the top Dukes’ football position followed brief head coaching assign- tickets and Nippert Stadium (COVID-19 protocol, seating, parking, etc...), contact ments at Lenoir-Rhyne (2011-13) and The Citadel (2014-15). He led the Bears to a 29-8 ledger the Cincinnati Athletics Ticket Offi ce at (513) 556-2287 or visit the offi cial and a pair of NCAA Division II playoff showings before guiding the Bulldogs to a 14-11 record, a athletics department website - www.GoBearcats.com. Southern Conference co-championship and a venture into the FSC playoff s in 2015. Houston, a Franklin, N.C. native, began his collegiate coaching career as defensive coordina- RANKINGS tor at Brevard College in 2006 before serving in a similar capacity at L-R from 2007 to 2010. East Carolina is unranked, but Cincinnati stands 7th in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls this week. LUKE FICKELL (Ohio State ‘97) is in his fourth season at Cincinnati and sports a 32-13 (.711) record. The appointment to the top Bearcats’ football position, which was announced December 10, 2016, actually marks his second head coaching assignment after directing Ohio State to a bowl and 6-7 record on an interim basis in 2011 after the departure of Jim Tressel. In all, Fickell spent Feel free to call us East Carolina or ECU. However, we respectfully ask 15 years - 12 as defensive coordinator - at OSU from 2002 to 2016 and helped the Buckeyes to that the erroneous designation of Eastern Carolina or fl awed abbreviations seven Big Ten Conference titles, BCS National Championship Game appearances in 2006 and such as E. Carolina, East Caro, ECaro, EC never be used. 2007, and College Football Playoff semifi nal showings under Urban Meyer in 2014 and 2016. East Carolina at CincinnatiPage 2 Game 7 - Nov. 13, 2020 EAST CAROLINA (1-5, 1-4 AAC) THE SERIES 08/29 MARSHALL ....................................Postponed/COVID-19 East Carolina leads 13-10 ... The Bearcats have won eight of the last nine, including the fi rst fi ve of six meetings 09/12 at South Carolina .........................Postponed/COVID-19 as American Conference members ... UC also holds a 6-5 edge in 11 contests in Cincinnati: 09/19 NORFOLK STATE ............................Postponed/COVID-19 Date Site Result Attendance 09/26 * No. 13 UCF (ABC) .................................................L, 51-28 Nov. 15, 1986 .................Greenville, N.C. ..................................................ECU 32-19 .................................16,258 10/03 at Georgia State (ESPNU) ................................ L, 49-29 Oct. 10, 1987 ..................Greenville, N.C. .................................................ECU 56-28 .................................26,371 10/10 * at USF (ESPN+).................................................W, 44-24 Nov. 19, 1988 ............Cincinnati, Ohio ....................................ECU 49-14 ......................... 2,364 10/17 * NAVY (ESPN2) .................................................... L, 27-23 Sept. 16, 1989 ...........Cincinnati, Ohio .................................... ECU 21-14 .........................18,153 10/30 * at Tulsa (ESPN2) ................................................L, 34-30 Oct. 20, 1990 .................Greenville, N.C. .................................................ECU 56-32 ................................27,380 11/07 * TULANE (ESPN+) .................................................L, 38-21 Nov. 23, 1991 ............Cincinnati, Ohio ....................................ECU 30-19 ......................... 8,574 11/13 * at No. 7 Cincinnati (ESPN2) ................... 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, 1992 ...................Greenville, N.C. ..................................................ECU 42-21 .................................34,126 11/21 * at Temple ..................................................................TBA Nov. 20, 1993 ............Cincinnati, Ohio ....................................