Austin Davis threw for two touchdowns, including a school record 97-yarder to DeAndre Brown, and Southern Mississippi defeated East Carolina 21-3 on Saturday.

If East Carolina defensive coordinator Greg Hudson had any hair on his head, there might have been times this season when he would have pulled it all out.

T.J. Lee wanted to help East Carolina win a football championship this season. Now all he can do is cheer for his teammates.

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Sometimes it takes working longer, sometimes it takes working harder to win football games.

Six days after beating UCF in overtime, East Carolina did it again. Ben Hartman kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to give ECU a 19-16 victory and moved to 4-1 in Conference USA play.

Skip Holtz would be happy to see his East Carolina football team ground out a victory over Marshall on Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville.

Moments before attempting the game-winning field goal in Orlando, Fla., Sunday night, East Carolina's Ben Hartman and Pirates coach Skip Holtz had their joke time.

After Rob Kass accepted a scholarship offer to play football at East Carolina, his entire family decided to follow him. Younger brother Brian is a standout at Millbrook.

Skip Holtz, the perpetually upbeat East Carolina football coach, is still moving around with plenty of pep in his step.

After allowing an ineligible player to play because of a rules misinterpretation, N.C. State's men's soccer team forfeited a Sept. 27 win over Boston College, school officials said Wednesday.

East Carolina football fans have watched defensive end C.J. Wilson sack quarterbacks, slam running backs and generally create mayhem on many fall Saturdays.

Skip Holtz has rebuilt East Carolina's football program in a short time, and the Pirates hope to keep their 44-year-old coach around for a long time.