East Carolina Wins 42-9 Despite Four Turnovers
East Carolina turned the ball over four times, three lost fumbles and an interception, and won 42-9. Four giveaways and a 33-point margin is not a combination you run into often.
North Carolina Central scored first, a 39-yard Riley Daniels field goal, and that was the last time it led. TJ Engleman Jr. ran in from 5 yards late in the first quarter, and then came the second quarter. Emory Williams hit Michael Allen from 6 yards, Engleman from 8, and Kanen Hamlett from 22. Engleman then broke off an 88-yard run with 1:49 left in the half, and Ayden Duncanson returned an interception 20 yards for a score 20 seconds later. East Carolina scored 35 points in that quarter alone and led 42-3 at halftime.
There was no more East Carolina scoring in the second half. North Carolina Central got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Cobey Thompkins to Nasim Cosby with 31 seconds left in the fourth, and the extra point was blocked, which made it 42-9.
East Carolina gained 489 yards, 341 through the air and 148 on the ground, and its defense recorded eight sacks. Williams went 25 of 36 for 341 yards and three touchdowns, and also lost two fumbles. East Carolina is 2-2.
For fantasy, Engleman scored 36.2 points on 10 carries for 129 yards (88 of them on one run) and two catches for 33 yards, and he had 12.1 points in his first three games combined. Ray Ray Joseph caught 10 passes for 141 yards.