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North Carolina Central vs East Carolina

Final · Week 5 · Sat Sep 26 · 4:00 PM ET · Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

North Carolina Central EaglesNorth Carolina Central2-3

FinalSep 26, 2026

East Carolina PiratesEast Carolina2-2

StreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

NCCU+5000

ECU−100000

Spread

NCCU +37.5−110

ECU −37.5−110

Total O/U

Over 58.5−105

Under 58.5−115

Spread: North Carolina Central +37.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 58.5 (51 points).

Recap

East Carolina routed North Carolina Central 42-9 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville on Sep 26, 2026, a 33-point win to move to 2-2.

They scored 35 unanswered points in the second quarter.

Score by quarter

North Carolina Central Eagles and East Carolina Pirates, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
NCCU	3	0	0	6	9
ECU	7	35	0	0	42

Scoring plays

First Quarter

NCCUField Goal · 10:47Riley Daniels 39 Yd Field Goal3-0
ECUTouchdown · 4:39TJ Engleman Jr. 5 Yd Run (Noah Perez Kick)3-7

Second Quarter

ECUTouchdown · 14:56Michael Allen 6 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3-14
ECUTouchdown · 11:01TJ Engleman Jr. 8 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3-21
ECUTouchdown · 9:24Kanen Hamlett 22 Yd pass from Emory Williams (Noah Perez Kick)3-28
ECUTouchdown · 1:49TJ Engleman Jr. 88 Yd Run (Noah Perez Kick)3-35
ECUTouchdown · 1:29Ayden Duncanson 20 Yd Interception Return (Noah Perez Kick)3-42

Fourth Quarter

NCCUTouchdown · 0:31Nasim Cosby 10 Yd pass from Cobey Thompkins (Riley Daniels PAT blocked)9-42

Team stats

NCCUECU

1st Downs: 16; 17
Total Yards: 208; 489
Passing: 173; 341
Rushing: 35; 148
3rd down efficiency: 4-17; 7-12
Turnovers: 3; 4
Possession: 38:20; 21:40

Top performers

North Carolina Central EaglesEast Carolina Pirates

Passing

Cobey Thompkins8/15, 108 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT

Emory Williams25/36, 341 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Zion Dobson14 CAR, 37 YDS

TJ Engleman Jr.10 CAR, 129 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving

Nasim Cosby2 REC, 43 YDS, 1 TD

Ray Ray Joseph Jr.10 REC, 141 YDS

Sacks

Zarion Walters1

Jasiyah Robinson2.5

Tackles

Joshua Truesdale8

DJ Johnson Jr.10

Player stats

North Carolina Central · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Cobey Thompkins	8/15	108	7.2	1	2	--
Nelson Layne	9/13	65	5.0	0	1	--

North Carolina Central · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Zion Dobson	14	37	2.6	9
Cobey Thompkins	4	11	2.8	18
Jaylen Moore	1	-1	-1.0	0
Plez Lawrence	9	-6	-0.7	3
Nelson Layne	14	-6	-0.4	18

North Carolina Central · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nasim Cosby	2	43	21.5	1	33
RJ Lancaster	2	37	18.5	0	29
Tyree Saunders	1	34	34.0	0	34
Chance Peterson	3	26	8.7	0	14
Luke Bracey	2	18	9.0	0	12
Gino Addison	1	13	13.0	0	13
Mehki Wall	3	8	2.7	0	4
Plez Lawrence	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Zion Dobson	1	-5	-5.0	0	0

North Carolina Central · Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Gerald Lawton	1	0
Brandon Sanders	0	1
Zarion Walters	0	1
Jakarri Martin II	0	1

North Carolina Central · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Joshua Truesdale	8	4	0	0	1	0
Tevin Tucker	6	5	0	0	0	0
Joshua Maxwell	4	4	0	1	0	0
Brandon Sanders	4	3	0	0	0	0
Zarion Walters	4	2	1	1	1	0
Jakarri Martin II	3	3	0	0	0	0
Cameron Williams	3	2	0	0.5	0	1
Amari Sifford	3	2	0	0	1	0

North Carolina Central · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Joshua Maxwell	1	0	0

North Carolina Central · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Gerald Lawton	2	29	14.5	16	0

North Carolina Central · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Gerald Lawton	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

North Carolina Central · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Riley Daniels	1/1	100.0	39	0/1	3

North Carolina Central · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Marcantel	9	371	41.2	1	1	50

East Carolina · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Emory Williams	25/36	341	9.5	3	1	28.4
Mitch Griffis	1/2	0	0.0	0	0	--

East Carolina · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
TJ Engleman Jr.	10	129	12.9	2	88
Michael Allen	5	13	2.6	0	5
DeJuan Lacy	3	11	3.7	0	6
Ray Ray Joseph Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Emory Williams	3	-8	-2.7	0	7

East Carolina · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ray Ray Joseph Jr.	10	141	14.1	0	41
Dillon Lorick	2	60	30.0	0	52
TJ Engleman Jr.	2	33	16.5	1	25
Kanen Hamlett	1	22	22.0	1	22
Michael Allen	3	19	6.3	1	7
Landon Sides	2	18	9.0	0	9
Kyler Pearson	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ismael Smith Flores	1	12	12.0	0	12
Jason Dickerson	1	12	12.0	0	12
Dawson Quarterman	1	7	7.0	0	7
Ja'Keith Hamilton	1	4	4.0	0	4
DeJuan Lacy	1	0	0.0	0	0

East Carolina · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Emory Williams	2	2
Michael Allen	1	1
Landon Sides	1	0

East Carolina · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
DJ Johnson Jr.	10	4	0.5	2.5
David Coleman Jr.	6	4	0	0
Jackson Barker	5	2	0	0
Kevon Merrell Jr.	5	2	0	2
Alex Moye	5	2	0	0
J.D. Lampley	5	1	0.5	2.5
DeMarius Hines	4	1	0	0.5
Preston Carr	4	0	0.5	1

East Carolina · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Ayden Duncanson	1	20	1
Myles Pollard	1	0	0
Angelo Ross	1	0	0

East Carolina · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Michael Allen	2	43	21.5	26	0

East Carolina · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kyler Pearson	4	7	1.8	9	0

East Carolina · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Noah Perez	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

East Carolina · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tomas O'Halloran	4	193	48.3	0	1	54

Game info

VenueDowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC

Attendance43,772

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