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2023 East Carolina Pirates football
2023 East Carolina Pirates football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 AAC)
Head coach	Mike Houston (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Donnie Kirkpatrick (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Blake Harrell (4th season)
Base defense	3–4, 4–2–5
Home stadium	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 East Carolina Pirates football team

American college football season

The 2023 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates played their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, and compete as members of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Houston, in his fifth season.

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#	NAME	POS	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL-YDS	SACK-YDS	INT-YDS	BU	QBH	FR	FF	BLK	SAF	TD
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Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

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Player	Position	New school
Terrance Copper Jr.	WR	Unknown
Rick D'Abreu	DL	TCU
Owen Daffer	K	NCA&T
Maceo Donald	WR	Unknown
Shawn Dourseau	S	Northern Arizona
Malik Fleming	CB	Houston
Justyn Haynesworth	DT	Maine
Damel Hickman	CB	Georgia Southern
Immanuel Hickman	DE	South Florida
Brandon Higgs	CB	Stony Brook
Taji Hudson	WR	James Madison
Avery Jones	OL	Auburn
Robert Kennedy	S	NC State
Max Lantzsch	TE	New Mexico
Grayson Lewis	OL	LIU
Fletcher Marshall	CB	Unknown
Demetrius Mauney	S	Unknown
D'Angelo McKinnie	TE	Stony Brook
Andre Pegues	WR	Unknown
Juan Powell	CB	Coastal Carolina
Elijah Robinson	DE	Hawaii
Nemo Squire	RB	Gardner-Webb
Nishad Strother	OL	Oregon
Ryan Stubblefield	QB	Incarnate Word
G'Mone Wilson	CB	Unknown
Jireh Wilson	S	UCF

Player	Position	Previous school
Ryan Beckman	OL	Akron
Owen Murphy	OT	Akron
Jonathan Jones	CB	Campbell
Chase Sowell	WR	Colorado
Dustyn Hall	OL	Duke
Omar Rogers	S	Elon
Gerald Green	RB	Georgia Southern
Ryan King	WR	Georgia Tech
Rance Conner	CB	Louisville
Tymir Brown	CB	North Carolina
Dontavius Nash	S	North Carolina
RaRa Dillworth	LB	North Carolina
Tyquan King	LB	North Carolina A&T
B.J. Davis	LB	South Carolina State
Keelan Marion	WR	UConn
Jerry Rice	K	VMI

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	Peacock	L 3–30	109,480
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Marshall*	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 13–31	38,211
September 16	3:30 p.m.	at Appalachian State*	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN+	L 28–43	40,168
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb*	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 44–0	40,589
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	L 17–24	19,598
October 12	7:30 p.m.	SMU	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN	L 10–31	33,444
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN+	L 7–10	39,842
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 27–41	22,629
November 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Tulane	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNU	L 10–13	33,765
November 11	4:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	W 22–7	17,532
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	ESPNews/ESPN+	L 0–10	28,708
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN+	L 27–29	29,567
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	0	3	3
No. 2 Wolverines	7	16	7	0	30

Statistics	East Carolina	Michigan
First downs	12	26
Plays–yards	55–235	62–402
Rushes–yards	26–103	31–122
Passing yards	132	280
Passing: comp–att–int	17–29–1	26–31–0
Time of possession	26:35	33:26

2023_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team

2023 East Carolina Pirates football team

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Schedule

Game summaries

at No. 2 Michigan

vs Marshall (rivalry)

at Appalachian State

vs Gardner-Webb (FCS)

at Rice

vs SMU

vs Charlotte (Homecoming)

at UTSA

vs No. 24 Tulane

at Florida Atlantic

at Navy

vs Tulsa

Roster

Rankings

Statistics

Team

Individual Leaders

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Scoring

East Carolina vs non-conference opponents

East Carolina vs AAC opponents

East Carolina vs all opponents

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 SMU y$	8	–	0	11	–	3
Tulane y	8	–	0	11	–	3
UTSA	7	–	1	9	–	4
Memphis	6	–	2	10	–	3
South Florida	4	–	4	7	–	6
Rice	4	–	4	6	–	7
Navy	4	–	4	5	–	7
North Texas	3	–	5	5	–	7
UAB	3	–	5	4	–	8
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	4	–	8
Charlotte	2	–	6	3	–	9
Tulsa	2	–	6	4	–	8
Temple	1	–	7	3	–	9
East Carolina	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: SMU 26, Tulane 14
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
East Carolina	Passing	Mason Garcia	11/18, 80 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Mason Garcia	8 carries, 36 yards
	Receiving	Javious Bond	3 receptions, 31 yards
Michigan	Passing	J. J. McCarthy	26/30, 280 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Blake Corum	11 carries, 77 yards
	Receiving	Roman Wilson	6 receptions, 78 yards, 3 TD

Statistics	Marshall	East Carolina
First downs	22	13
Plays–yards	68–392	69–269
Rushes–yards	38–131	38–146
Passing yards	261	123
Passing: comp–att–int	17–30–0	13–31–2
Time of possession	30:05	29:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Marshall	Passing	Cam Fancher	15/28, 178 yards
	Rushing	Rasheen Ali	18 carries, 85 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Caleb McMillan	4 receptions, 85 yards, 1 TD
East Carolina	Passing	Mason Garcia	10/23, 62 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Mason Garcia	16 carries, 118 yards
	Receiving	Jsi Hatfield	4 receptions, 57 yards

Statistics	East Carolina	Appalachian State
First downs	14	23
Plays–yards	62–260	75–480
Rushes–yards	27–99	45–239
Passing yards	161	241
Passing: comp–att–int	19–33–3	17–29–1
Time of possession	28:32	31:28

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
East Carolina	Passing	Alex Flinn	17/31, 158 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Rahjai Harris	12 carries, 56 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jhari Patterson	4 receptions, 44 yards
Appalachian State	Passing	Joey Aguilar	17/29, 241 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Nate Noel	25 carries, 193 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Kaedin Robinson	4 receptions, 57 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	Gardner-Webb (FCS)	East Carolina
First downs	11	23
Plays–yards	61–107	76–366
Rushes–yards	40–77	43–182
Passing yards	30	184
Passing: comp–att–int	8–21–0	18–32–0
Time of possession	27:16	32:44

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Gardner-Webb (FCS)	Passing	Matthew Caldwell	7/17, 30 yards
	Rushing	Narii Gaither	12 carries, 45 yards
	Receiving	Narii Gaither Maleek Huggins Karim Page	2 receptions, 9 yards
East Carolina	Passing	Alex Flinn	8/18, 94 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Javious Bond	9 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Jaylen Johnson	6 receptions, 70 yards

Statistics	East Carolina	Rice
First downs	25	14
Plays–yards	83–391	54–277
Rushes–yards	38–145	20–37
Passing yards	246	240
Passing: comp–att–int	21–45–1	19–34–1
Time of possession	34:58	25:02

Statistics	SMU	East Carolina
First downs	14	15
Plays–yards	61–334	77–290
Rushes–yards	23–58	38–97
Passing yards	276	193
Passing: comp–att–int	19–38–0	18–39–1
Time of possession	25:40	34:20

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs (FCS)	0	0	0	0	0
Pirates	13	10	7	14	44

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
SMU	Passing	Preston Stone	19/38, 276 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Jaylan Knighton	11 carries, 26 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Kerley	3 receptions, 69 yards
East Carolina	Passing	Mason Garcia	12/26, 155 yards
	Rushing	Mason Garcia	12 carries, 38 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Chase Sowell	7 receptions, 120 yards

Statistics	Charlotte	East Carolina
First downs	16	9
Plays–yards	67–328	51–127
Rushes–yards	49–184	19–39
Passing yards	144	88
Passing: comp–att–int	11–18–1	15–32–0
Time of possession	41:15	18:45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Charlotte	Passing	Jalon Jones	11/18, 144 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Jalon Jones	26 carries, 127 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Colin Weber	1 reception, 40 yards
East Carolina	Passing	Alex Flinn	11/18, 69 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Kamarro Edmonds	2 carries, 17 yards
	Receiving	Chase Sowell	3 receptions, 27 yards

Statistics	Tulane	East Carolina
First downs	20	10
Plays–yards	69–368	41–190
Rushes–yards	44–155	23–70
Passing yards	213	120
Passing: comp–att–int	16–25–0	10–18–0
Time of possession	38:12	21:48

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tulane	Passing	Michael Pratt	16/25, 213 yards, TD
	Rushing	Makhi Hughes	25 carries, 105 yards
	Receiving	Lawrence Keys III	3 receptions, 77 yards, TD
East Carolina	Passing	Alex Flinn	10/18, 120 yards
	Rushing	Rahjai Harris	13 carries, 52 yards
	Receiving	Jaylen Johnson	3 receptions, 40 yards

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released															Not released

Passing statistics
#	NAME	POS	RAT	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG/G	CMP%	TD	INT	LONG
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Rushing statistics
#	NAME	POS	ATT	GAIN	AVG	TD	LONG	AVG/G
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Kicking statistics
#	NAME	POS	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG
		K	–	–	–	–	–	–	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	–
		K	–	–	–	–	–	–	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	–
	TOTALS		–	–	–	–	–	–	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	–

Kickoff statistics
#	NAME	POS	KICKS	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
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	TOTALS		–	–	–	–	–

Punting statistics
#	NAME	POS	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	I–20	50+	BLK
		P	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	TOTALS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Kick return statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
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	TOTALS		–	–	–	–	–