East Carolina Pirates at Navy Midshipmen

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East Carolina Pirates

7-4, 3-2 Away

Final
38 - 35

Navy Midshipmen

2-8, 1-5 Home

Daffer's long FG as time expires gets ECU past Navy 38-35

Maquel Haywood scored on a 98-yard kickoff return that gave Navy (2-8, 2-5 American) a 35-27 lead with 8:33 remaining.

Holton Ahlers answered with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Snead about three minutes later to tie it at 35. The Midshipmen punted with 1:24 to play, and Ahlers connected with Snead on a 46-yard pass on the next play.

East Carolina (7-4, 5-2) then let the clock run before Daffer's game-winning kick.

Ahlers was 27-of-32 passing for 405 yards and threw three touchdown passes. Keaton Mitchell carried the ball 18 times for 94 yards and had a 10-yard touchdown run for the Pirates.

Tai Lavatai threw a pair of short-yard touchdown passes for Navy. Carlinos Acie had 155 yards rushing that included a 90-yard touchdown run.

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Scoring Summary

TD	1st Period 12:14	Keaton Mitchell 10 Yd Run (Owen Daffer Kick)
TD	1st Period 7:01	Mychal Cooper 4 Yd pass from Tai Lavatai (Bijan Nichols Kick)
TD	1st Period 2:58	Tyler Snead 40 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Owen Daffer Kick)
TD	2nd Period 11:13	Chance Warren 4 Yd pass from Tai Lavatai (Bijan Nichols Kick)
FG	2nd Period 5:29	Owen Daffer 37 Yd Field Goal
TD	2nd Period 2:11	Isaac Ruoss 19 Yd Run (Bijan Nichols Kick)
TD	2nd Period 0:18	Ryan Jones 5 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Owen Daffer Kick)
TD	4th Period 14:03	Carlinos Acie 90 Yd Run (Bijan Nichols Kick)
FG	4th Period 8:47	Owen Daffer 25 Yd Field Goal
TD	4th Period 8:33	Maquel Haywood 98 Yd Kickoff Return (Bijan Nichols Kick)
TD	4th Period 5:01	Tyler Snead 28 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Holton Ahlers Pass to C.J. Johnson for Two-Point Conversion)
FG	4th Period 0:00	Owen Daffer 54 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

ECU		NAVY
24	1st Downs	17
6-14	3rd down efficiency	5-8
4-5	4th down efficiency	0-0
563	Total Yards	382
405	Passing	37
27/32	Comp/Att	4/4
12.7	Yards per pass	9.3
158	Rushing	345
35	Rushing Attempts	44
4.5	Yards per rush	7.8
6-50	Penalties	4-33
0	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	0
32:40	Possession	27:20

Game Information

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Location: Annapolis, MD
Attendance: 28,001 · Capacity:

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