East Carolina University
3-4 , 2-2
Memphis
4-3 , 3-2
East Carolina Falls Short Against Memphis, 27-24
October 22, 2005 | Football
Oct. 22, 2005
ECU-Memphis Post Game Notes (PDF)
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - DeAngelo Williams rushed for 226 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead Memphis to a 27-24 victory over East Carolina.
Williams, who had a career-high 39 rushes in the game, scored on a pair of 1-yard runs as the Tigers (4-3, 3-2 Conference USA) snapped East Carolina's two-game winning streak.
The Pirates (3-4, 2-2) had cut the Tigers' lead to 20-17 on James Pinkney's 6-yard touchdown pass to Chris Johnson with 10:25 left.
But the Tigers answered with a 15-play, 80-yard drive that consumed 8:08. Quarterback Maurice Avery's 1-yard sneak capped the drive and preserved the Memphis victory.
Pinkney hit Phillip Henry with a 2-yard scoring pass with 10 seconds left for the final score.
Pinkney finished 26-of-46 passing for 297 yards, the bulk of the Pirates' 343 yards of offense. It was his seventh consecutive game with 200-plus passing yards, tying a school record.
Aundrae Allison had 10 catches for 108 yards, his fifth game of the season with more than 100 yards in receptions.
Stephen Gostkowski booted a career-long 51-yard field goal to open the Memphis scoring. The Pirates blocked another Gostkowski attempt - from 39 yards - at the close of the half.
Memphis held a 20-10 lead entering the fourth after the Pirates scored on a 27-yard field goal by Robert Lee and a 27-yard pass from Pinkney to Allison.
Team Stats
ECU 0, MEMPHIS 3
MEMPHIS - GOSTKOWSKI, S. 51 yd field goal 8 plays, 15 yards, TOP 3:09
ECU 0, MEMPHIS 10
MEMPHIS - WILLIAMS, DeAng 1 yd run (GOSTKOWSKI, S. kick), 10 plays, 70 yards, TOP 4:12
ECU 0, MEMPHIS 17
MEMPHIS - WILLIAMS, DeAng 1 yd run (GOSTKOWSKI, S. kick), 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:09
ECU 3, MEMPHIS 17
ECU - LEE, Robert 27 yd field goal 9 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:11
ECU 3, MEMPHIS 20
MEMPHIS - GOSTKOWSKI, S. 32 yd field goal 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:22
ECU 10, MEMPHIS 20
ECU - ALLISON, Aundra 27 yd pass from PINKNEY, James (LEE, Robert kick) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:55
ECU 17, MEMPHIS 20
ECU - JOHNSON, Chris 6 yd pass from PINKNEY, James (LEE, Robert kick) 7 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:02
ECU 17, MEMPHIS 27
MEMPHIS - AVERY, Maurice 1 yd run (GOSTKOWSKI, S. kick), 15 plays, 80 yards, TOP 8:08
ECU 24, MEMPHIS 27
ECU - HENRY, Phillip 2 yd pass from PINKNEY, James (LEE, Robert kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:07
