Classic Rewind: ECU Tops NC State, 50-29
April 11, 2020 | Football
Game Stats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A crowd of 66,347, the largest ever assembled for a college football game in the state of North Carolina, was on hand to see East Carolina hand NC State a 50-29 defeat at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
Sophomore FB Scott Harley scored three touchdowns and motored for a school-record 351 yards on 42 carries. Harley's rushing performance was the ninth-best single-game tally in NCAA history and the best-ever by a sophomore.
Harley broke loose on two separate runs in the first half, finding the end zone on a 75-yard scamper in the first quarter and reaching paydirt again in the second quarter on a 60-yard run. The Pirate offense amassed 640 total yards in the game, the best offensive performance of the season.
In the second half, the Wolfpack matched the Pirate scores, but could never cut the ECU lead to more than a dozen. QB Dan Gonzalez hit Troy Smith on a 23-yard strike in the fourth quarter to put the Pirates up by 19 points. After a Wolfpack score cut the lead to 12, Gonzalez found SE Larry Shannon on a 43-yard pass that ignited the Pirates faithful in the stands.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A crowd of 66,347, the largest ever assembled for a college football game in the state of North Carolina, was on hand to see East Carolina hand NC State a 50-29 defeat at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
Sophomore FB Scott Harley scored three touchdowns and motored for a school-record 351 yards on 42 carries. Harley's rushing performance was the ninth-best single-game tally in NCAA history and the best-ever by a sophomore.
Harley broke loose on two separate runs in the first half, finding the end zone on a 75-yard scamper in the first quarter and reaching paydirt again in the second quarter on a 60-yard run. The Pirate offense amassed 640 total yards in the game, the best offensive performance of the season.
In the second half, the Wolfpack matched the Pirate scores, but could never cut the ECU lead to more than a dozen. QB Dan Gonzalez hit Troy Smith on a 23-yard strike in the fourth quarter to put the Pirates up by 19 points. After a Wolfpack score cut the lead to 12, Gonzalez found SE Larry Shannon on a 43-yard pass that ignited the Pirates faithful in the stands.
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