Post Game Notes

Oct. 3, 2009

Recap |  Box Score

Individual Notes

Team captains: Terence Campbell (offense), Van Eskridge (defense), Patrick Pinkney (offense) and Jay Ross (defense).
Consecutive starts: Jay Ross (29), C.J. Wilson (28), Sean Allen (19), Cory Dowless (19), Nick Johnson (14), Linval Joseph (14), Alex Taylor (14), Terence Campbell (13), Patrick Pinkney (11) and Travis Simmons (9).
First starts of 2009 season: Emanuel Davis.
Jeremy Chambliss tallied 10 tackles (eight assists) ... Teamed up with Nick Johnson on a one-yard TFL in the first quarter ... Recorded his second career sack (11 yards) in the second quarter ... Picked off second career pass in the fourth quarter with 1:39 remaining to secure the win for the Pirates.
Nick Johnson recorded a career-high 16 tackles (15 assists) ... Had seven tackles in the first quarter with five on Marshall's first offensive possession of the game ... Recorded seven straight games with at least four stops dating back to the 2008 C-USA Championship Game against Tulsa ... Had two TFLs (-1 yard).
Brandon Jackson rushed 10 times for 23 yards and a score (one-yard) ... Long run of the game was 17 yards in the first quarter ... Scored second career rushing TD in the first quarter on a one-yard run ... Caught two passes for 15 yards.
Ben Hartman was 3-for-3 on PATs ... Had 16 game streak with at least one FG made snapped after not attempting a FG on the day.
Patrick Pinkney completed 14-of-23 passes for 131 yards and an interception ... Had eight-game streak with at least one TD pass snapped ... Completed first five passes of the game for 48 yards before an incompletion in the second quarter ... Moved into fifth place on the school's career total offense yardage chart 5,272 ... Scored first rushing TD (30 yards) since Va. Tech in the 2008 season opener from three yards out ... Third career rushing TD (Memphis/2007; Va.Tech/2008) ...
Dominique Lindsay returned to action after missing the last two games with a shoulder injury rushing 18 times for 76 yards ... Scored on a three-yard rushing TD his 10th career TD (9/rush, 1 rcv) ... Four straight games played with a TD dating back to 2007 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl game against Boise State ...
Matt Thompson had a career-high five tackles (three assists) ... Teamed up with Nick Johnson on a three-yard TFL on a three-yard pass play to Cody Slate in the first quarter.
Dwayne Harris had 123 all-purpose yards (28/run, 24/rcv, 38/KOR) which marked the fourth time in five games he has led the Pirates in all-purpose yards (WVU, UNC, UCF, Marshall) ... Caught six passes and moved into sole possession of seventh place on the school's all-time receptions chart with 112 ... With his first catch of seven yards in the first quarter, he extended his current streak to 22 games with at least one catch ... Extended current streak to 15 games with at least two receptions ... In last two games hauled down 16 receptions ...
Michael Brooks recorded a four-yard TFL in the second quarter ... Had a QBH (second quarter - next play) ... Finished with two tackles (solo, assisted).
Van Eskridge forced his second fumble of the season and fifth of his career in the third quarter ... Finished with six tackles (five assists) ... Snapped six game streak with at least eight total stops dating back to the 2008 C-USA Championship Game against Tulsa.
Linval Joseph teamed up with Chris Mattocks on a one-yard TFL in the third quarter ... He experienced first action on offense after being used as a blocking back on the Pirates first two rushing TDs ... Finished with four stops (three assists).
Michael Byrd returned his first kickoff in the third quarter on a fair catch.
Matt Dodge punted five times in the game for 198 yards (39.6 avg.) ... Tied season-long of 58-yarder (North Carolina) in the third quarter ... Eight of 24 punts have gone for 50 or more yards.
Emanuel Davis picked off his fifth career pass in the fourth quarter ... In two games against The Herd, he has three interceptions for 31 yards ... Finished with five stops (three assists).

Team Notes

Attendance: 26,814

With the win, ECU:

Improves to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in Conference USA action
Has won seven of its last nine road games against C-USA members
Has won six of its last eight road games against C-USA East Division members
Has won nine of its last 11 games against C-USA East Division members
Has won its initial C-USA road game in four of the last four seasons (Holtz era)
Has won 14 of the last 15 games when holding an opponent to 24 points or less

On Brandon J,ackson's one-yard TD run in the first quarter, the Pirates extended its streak without being shutout to 145 games. The last time ECU was blanked was against Syracuse on Oct. 4, 1997 inside the Carrier Dome (56-0).
ECU had four players with 10 or more yards (Harris-11, 20; Lindsay-13, 15; Willis-19; Womack-14).
The Pirates had five TFLs in the game for minus 20 yards ...
Darius Marshall became the first Pirate opponent to rush for 100 yards during the 2009 season ... He is also the 23rd opponent to rush for 100 or more yards in the Skip Holtz era.
All three ECU scores came on rushing TDs marking the first time since 2008 vs. UTEP.
On Chambliss' sack in the second quarter, ECU has now recorded at least one sack in 30 of the last 33 games played and 49-of-56 games under Skip Holtz.
With Davis' interception in the fourth quarter, ECU has intercepted at least one pass in 15 of its last 17 games ... Also has recorded 16 picks in the last eight games played.
On Chambliss' interception in the fourth quarter with 1:39 remaining, ECU has forced at least two TOs in 15 of its last 20 games ... Forced 12 TOs in last four games.
ECU had its eight game streak with at least on TD pass snapped dating back to the UCF game in 2008.

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