Gameday: ECU Travels to Old Dominion | Eastern NC Now

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ECU at Old Dominion (Game 5)
Date	Saturday, Sept. 28
Time	6:00 P.M. (EDT)
Location	Norfolk, Va. (Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium)
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    GREENVILLE, N.C.     East Carolina will officially wrap-up its 2019 non-conference schedule by visiting Norfolk for a 6 p.m. (ET) matchup against Old Dominion on Saturday. The Pirates will be trying to post their third non-league victory of the year - a first since 2014 - when they battle the Conference USA-member Monarchs. ECU will also attempt to post a five-game mark of 3-2 for the first time since the 2015 campaign while also vying to snap a 10-game overall road skid dating back to 2017 before hosting Temple for its first home American Athletic Conference contest next Thursday.

    ECU RECORDS AND STREAKS

• Qualified for 10 bowl appearances since 2000 (eight in the last 13 years) ...
• Has thrown at least one touchdown pass in eight of the last 11 games (14 TD throws) ...
• Has scored six (6) rushing touchdowns in the last three games ...
• Has made at least one field goal (when attempted) in 15-straight games ...
• Has booked 45 tackles for lost yardage in the last seven games (6.4 pg) ...
• Has allowed just two (2) TD passes in last 3 games (0.7 pg) ...
• Has won 36 of the last 39 games when leading at the half ...
• Has won two of the last three games played in Norfolk (last in 1978) ...
• Has won 14 of the last 17 games against Conference USA members ...

    THE SERIES     East Carolina leads 2-0 ... The Pirates used a then-school-record passing performance (447 yards, 46 completions) from Shane Carden to open the series with a victory in Greenville six years ago before benefiting from Jake Verity's game-winning field goal last season.

    HOUSTON AGAINST THE MONARCHS     Including Mike Houston's prior eight-year tenure as a collegiate head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne, The Citadel and James Madison, Saturday's game will mark his first-ever meeting against Old Dominion.

    BOBBY WILDER AGAINST THE PIRATES     Saturday will be Bobby Wilder's third matchup against the Pirates (see above, earlier meetings in 2013 and 2018) ... ECU never competed against Maine (1990-2006) and Boston College (1988-89) while Wilder was a member of those staff s as an assistant.

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