East Carolina Pirates at UTSA Roadrunners
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Frank Harris throws 4 TD passes in UTSA's 41-27 victory over East Carolina
The Roadrunners (5-3, 4-0) won their 12th straight regular-season conference game, and 14th consecutive including the Conference USA championship games from the past two seasons. They are tied atop the AAC with No. 22 Tulsa and SMU.
A 36-yard pick-6 by Dontavius Nash gave ECU (1-7, 0-4) its only lead of the game late in the first quarter before the Roadrunners scored 17 second-quarter points, including Harris touchdown completions of 84 yards — a school record for the longest pass play — to Joshua Cephus and 7 yards to Oscar Cardenas.
Harris' final TD pass, a 43-yarder to Tykee Ogle-Kellogg made it 41-20 early in the fourth quarter.
Harris was 20-of-32 passing for 395 yards with an interception. Cephus had four catches for 183 yards including the 84-yard TD and Ogle-Kellogg had two TD receptions. Trey Moore had three sacks to give him a school-record 12 this season.
Alex Flinn was 23-of-43 passing for 225 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for the Pirates, and rushed for 53 more yards. Jaylen Johnson had 105 yards receiving with a touchdown.
UTSA outgained ECU 515-366.
How To Watch
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- TV Channel: Pirates at Roadrunners 2021 College Football, week 9, is broadcasted on ESPN+.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 11:22 | Tykee Ogle-Kellogg 1 Yd pass from Frank Harris (Chase Allen Kick) |
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TD | 1st Period 7:56 | Jaylen Johnson 13 Yd pass from Alex Flinn (Andrew Conrad Kick) |
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TD | 1st Period 7:22 | Robert Henry 10 Yd Run (Chase Allen Kick) |
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FG | 1st Period 1:22 | Andrew Conrad 33 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 1st Period 1:11 | Dontavius Nash 36 Yd Interception Return (Andrew Conrad Kick) |
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FG | 2nd Period 14:52 | Chase Allen 27 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 2nd Period 12:42 | Joshua Cephus 84 Yd pass from Frank Harris (Chase Allen Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 2:11 | Oscar Cardenas 7 Yd pass from Frank Harris (Chase Allen Kick) |
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FG | 2nd Period 0:20 | Andrew Conrad 51 Yd Field Goal |
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FG | 3rd Period 12:03 | Chase Allen 36 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 4th Period 14:03 | Tykee Ogle-Kellogg 43 Yd pass from Frank Harris (Chase Allen Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 0:15 | Chase Sowell 4 Yd pass from Alex Flinn (Andrew Conrad Kick) |
Statistics
 ECU |
 UTSA |
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|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1st Downs | 18 |
| 8-19 | 3rd down efficiency | 9-16 |
| 0-1 | 4th down efficiency | 0-0 |
| 366 | Total Yards | 515 |
| 225 | Passing | 395 |
| 23-43 | Comp-Att | 20-34 |
| 5.2 | Yards per pass | 11.6 |
| 141 | Rushing | 120 |
| 35 | Rushing Attempts | 32 |
| 4.0 | Yards per rush | 3.8 |
| 5-68 | Penalties | 6-80 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 0 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
| 1 | Interceptions thrown | 1 |
| 33:09 | Possession | 26:51 |
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