Pirates Earn Football Player-of-the-Week Awards
October 07, 2002 | Football
 Art Brown |
 Chris Moore |
Both players were instrumental in ECU's 59-24 C-USA win over visiting Army this past Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Brown, a junior from Winston-Salem, N.C., rushed for 161 yards on 27 carries and scored four touchdowns. Brown, who has at least one touchdown in every game this season, scored three TDs rushing and one receiving as he became the first Pirate since 1996 to reach the end zone four times in a game.
Brown is currently tied for eighth in the nation in scoring, averaging 10.8 points per game. Saturday's performance was his second 100-yard rushing performance of the season. He currently ranks second in C-USA in rushing and leads the team in receptions with 16.
Moore, a redshirt freshman from Havelock, N.C., wreaked havoc on the Army offense as he caused three turnovers, all of which led to Pirate touchdowns. Moore set the tone early in the game as he caused a fumble on Army's second play from scrimmage, then made the first of two interceptions midway of the first quarter. Both plays gave ECU the ball deep in Army territory. Moore also had an interception in the fourth quarter which he returned 41 yards for a touchdown. Moore, who entered the game as the nation's leading tackler among freshmen, also accounted for five tackles and two pass breakups.
This marks the second week this season that ECU has earned a Conference USA Player-of-the-Week honor. Senior cornerback Kelly Hardy was named defensive player of the week following the Pirates' win over Tulane on Sept. 14.
The Pirates have an open date this weekend before returning to action on Oct. 19 against South Florida. That game, slated to kick off at 2 p.m., will be part of ECU's Homecoming Day.
