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2018 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2018 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates, led by third-year head coach Scottie Montgomery, played their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and were members of the East Division in the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

On November 29, head coach Scottie Montgomery was fired.[1] He finished at East Carolina with a three-year record of 9–26. Defensive coordinator David Blackwell was the interim head coach during their final game of the season. On December 3, ECU hired James Madison head coach Mike Houston as their new head coach.[2]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Pirates predicted to finish in last place in the AAC East Division.[5]

Schedule

  1. ^ The game against North Carolina A&T was originally scheduled for September 1 at 6:00 pm before being postponed to September 2 at 3:30 pm due to inclement weather.[6]
  2. ^ The game between ECU and Virginia Tech, originally scheduled for September 15, 2018, was canceled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.[7] This game was scheduled on October 2, 2018 to replace East Carolina’s game at Virginia Tech and NC State’s game vs. West Virginia, both of which were canceled due to Hurricane Florence.[8]
Schedule Source:[9]

Game summaries

North Carolina

At South Florida

Old Dominion

At Temple

Houston

UCF

Memphis

The high-scoring affair features a combined 1,200 yards by the two teams. Holton Ahlers, in his second start in relief of Reid Herring, led the Pirates in both rushing (17 carries for 57 yards) and passing, completing 34 of his 62 passes for 449 yards (fourth in school history to Shane Carden's 480 in 2013, Blake Kemp's 465 in 2015, and Gardner Minshew's 463 in 217)[20] and three touchdowns without an interception. Trevon Brown had 10 receptions for 193 yards (eighth in ECU history) and two of those touchdowns. The second of these tied the game at 31 midway through the third quarter, but the Pirates were outscored 28-17 the rest of the way in the loss.[19]

At Tulane

UConn

At Cincinnati

At NC State

Note: This game was scheduled on October 2, 2018, to replace NC State's game vs. West Virginia and East Carolina's game at Virginia Tech, both of which were canceled due to Hurricane Florence. This game will not take place if either NC State or ECU qualifies for their respective conference championship.

References

  1. ^ "East Carolina fires football coach Scottie Montgomery". Associated Press. November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Igoe, Stephen. "New coach, new AD — a new era for Pirates". Wilson Daily Times. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "ECU–N.C. A&T Game Postponed Until Sunday, Sept. 2 At 3:30 P.M." ECU Pirates Official Athletics Site. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Safety Concerns, Catastrophic Florence Forecast Forces ECU To Cancel Blacksburg Trip". ECU Pirates Official Athletics Site. September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "NC State, East Carolina to play on Dec. 1, add games in 2025, 2028". FB Schedules. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 ECU Football Schedule | Pirates | FBSchedules.com". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "ECU Game Notes – North Carolina A&T: Game 1" (PDF). August 27, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  11. ^ "North Carolina A&T (2–0) vs. East Carolina (0–1)". ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site. September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "ECU Game Notes – North Carolina: Game 2" (PDF). September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "North Carolina (0–2) vs. East Carolina (1–1)". ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site. September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  14. ^ "ECU Game Notes – South Florida: Game 3" (PDF). September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  15. ^ "South Florida (3–0) vs. East Carolina (1–2)". ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  16. ^ "ECU Game Notes – Old Dominion: Game 4" (PDF). September 28, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  17. ^ "Old Dominion (1–4) vs. East Carolina (2–2)". ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  18. ^ "ECU Game Notes – Temple: Game 5" (PDF). October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Memphis at East Carolina Box Score, November 3, 2018". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  20. ^ "ECU Pirates 2018 Factbook" (PDF).