NCAAF Game Recap - Tulsa at East Carolina
Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:00 PM EST

TxAM
7
LSU
50
F
OSU
56
Mich
27
F
Clem
38
SCar
3
F
UGA
52
GATec
7
F
Bama
45
Aub
48
F
Colo
15
Utah
45
F
Okla
34
OkSt
16
F
FlaSt
17
Fla
40
F
Wisc
38
MIN
17
F
Bayl
61
Kans
6
F
Rut
6
PSU
27
F
OreSt
10
Oreg
24
F
ND
45
Stan
24
F
Cin
24
Mem
34
F
Iowa
27
Neb
24
F
Boise
31
ColSt
24
F
App
48
Troy
13
F
VaTec
30
UVA
39
F
Navy
56
Hou
41
F
Ohio
52
Akr
3
F
WestMI
14
NIU
17
F
Miss
20
MissSt
21
F
Kent
34
E Mi
26
F
Toled
7
C Mi
49
F
BGSU
7
Buff
49
F
MiaOH
27
Ball
41
F
TxTch
24
Tex
49
F
MIZ
24
Ark
14
F
WaSt
13
Wash
31
F
WVU
20
TCU
17
F
ArkSt
30
SoAl
34
F
SoFL
7
UCF
34
F
TxSt
21
CoCar
24
F
Tuls
49
ECU
24
F
NW
29
Ill
10
F
Ind
44
Purd
41
F(1OT)
FLInt
27
Marsh
30
F OT
Lou
13
KY
45
F
Wake
30
Syr
39
F OT
Wyo
6
AF
20
F
MidTN
26
W Ky
31
F
UNCC
38
OD
22
F
NMS
28
Lib
49
F
UNLV
33
NEV
30
F OT
Rice
30
UTEP
16
F
UConn
17
Temp
49
F
UTSA
27
LT
41
F
BC
26
Pitt
19
F
MD
16
MSU
19
F
SMiss
17
FlAtl
34
F
MiaFL
17
Duke
27
F
Tul
20
SMU
37
F
UtSt
38
NM
25
F
UAB
26
NorTx
21
F
Vand
10
Tenn
28
F
GASt
10
GaSo
38
F
IASt
17
K St
27
F
UNC
41
NCSt
10
F
ULMon
30
ULLaf
31
F
BYU
3
SDSU
13
F
Ariz
14
AzSt
24
F
Cal
28
UCLA
18
F
Fres
16
SJSU
17
F
Army
31
Hawaii
52
F

Nov 30, 2019, 12:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Tulsa (4-8)

7

14

14

14

49

East Carolina (4-8)

3

0

7

14

24

Smith’s 5 passing TDs sends Tulsa to win over E. Carolina
Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:44 PM

GREENEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Zach Smith threw a career-high five touchdown passes, Shamari Brooks ran for a career-high 202 yards and Tulsa beat East Carolina 49-24 on Saturday.

Brooks, a junior, finished the season with 1,086 yards rushing.

The Pirates led for 36 seconds when Jake Verity kicked a 51-yard field goal with 1:42 left in the first quarter. With 66 seconds left in the first, Smith threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Sam Crawford Jr. Smith followed with two more TD passes, one to Keylon Stokes for 29 yards and the other to Keenen Johnson for 4 yards and the Golden Hurricane (4-8, 2-6 American Athletic Conference) led 21-3 at intermission. T.K. Wilkerson's 10-yard scoring run 3 1/2 minutes into the third made it 28-3.

Holton Ahlers led East Carolina (4-8, 2-6) with 308 yards passing and three touchdowns. C.J. Johnson had 141 yards on six receptions and a touchdown and Blake Proehl caught a pair of touchdowns.

Passing

Tuls Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
Z. Smith 30 21 70.0 5 331 66 1 132.1
ECU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
H. Ahlers 48 27 56.3 3 308 35 0 96.5

Rushing

Tuls Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
S. Brooks 16 202 12.6 64 0
C. Taylor II 9 67 7.4 31 1
ECU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
H. Ahlers 6 35 5.8 12 0
D. Pinnix Jr. 14 27 1.9 7 0

Receiving

Tuls Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
S. Crawford Jr. 5 93 18.6 66 1
K. Stokes 4 76 19.0 29 1
ECU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Johnson 6 141 23.5 35 1
B. Proehl 8 89 11.1 34 2

Fumbles

Tuls F FL
Z. Smith 1 0
C. Lovick 1 1

Returning

Tuls KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
K. Stokes 2 20.5 0 41 1 0.0 0 0
ECU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Snead 6 13.0 0 18 1 -1.0 0 0
L. Henley 1 13.0 0 13 0 0 0

Punting

Tuls Punt Yds Avg LgPu
T. Bennett 3 120 40.0 48
ECU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Young 7 272 38.9 49

Takeaways

ECU Int Yds InTD
D. Robinson 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

Tuls ECU
Points For 49 24
Total Yards 669 383
Rushing Yards 338 75
Passing Yards 331 308
Passing Completions / Attempts 21/30 27/48
Turnovers 2 1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Fumbles - Lost 2/1 1/1
First Downs 24 24
Penalties - Yards 12/122 7/50
Time Of Possession 45:45 15:15
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 7/12 7/16
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/1 0/1
Punts - Average Yards 3/40 7/39

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Tuls ECU
ECU 13:18 FG Jake Verity 51 yd FG 0 3
Tuls 13:54 TD Sam Crawford Jr. 66 yd pass from Zach Smith (Jacob Rainey kick) 7 3
2nd Quarter Tuls ECU
Tuls 02:51 TD Keylon Stokes 29 yd pass from Zach Smith (Jacob Rainey kick) 14 3
Tuls 10:15 TD Keenen Johnson 4 yd pass from Zach Smith (Jacob Rainey kick) 21 3
3rd Quarter Tuls ECU
Tuls 03:20 TD T.K. Wilkerson 10 yd run (Jacob Rainey kick) 28 3
ECU 08:05 TD Blake Proehl 3 yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Jake Verity kick) 28 10
Tuls 10:50 TD Shamari Brooks 2 yd pass from Zach Smith (Jacob Rainey kick) 35 10
4th Quarter Tuls ECU
Tuls 00:29 TD Corey Taylor II 12 yd run (Jacob Rainey kick) 42 10
ECU 03:43 TD C.J. Johnson 35 yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Jake Verity kick) 42 17
Tuls 08:24 TD Ethan Hall 39 yd pass from Zach Smith (Danny Donley kick) 49 17
ECU 12:24 TD Blake Proehl 34 yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Jake Verity kick) 49 24

Game Information

Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina
Attendance: 27,978
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