East Carolina 10, Alabama 48 · Box Score

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Final · Week 1 · Sat, Sep 5, 2026

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ECU	0	7	3	0	10
ALA	10	28	0	10	48

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Team stats

ECU		ALA
5	First downs	28
162	Total yards	487
160	Passing yards	260
11-19	Comp-Att	19-32
8.4	Yards per pass	8.1
2	Rushing yards	227
22	Rushes	49
0.1	Yards per rush	4.6
0-9	3rd down	8-15
0-0	4th down	1-1
7-61	Penalties-yards	6-29
1	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles lost	1
1	Interceptions thrown	0
21:07	Time of possession	38:53
1	Sacks	3
5	Tackles for loss	5
3	QB hurries	3
2	Passes defended	2
0	Defensive TDs	1
—	Kick return yards	39
0	Punt return yards	27
1	Passing TDs	0
0	Rushing TDs	5
4	Kicking points	12

Advanced stats

ECU		ALA
-0.17	EPA per play	+0.36
24%	Success rate	54%
1.80	Explosiveness	1.17
-0.47	Rushing EPA per play	+0.41
9%	Rushing success rate	67%
+0.07	Passing EPA per play	+0.30
36%	Passing success rate	39%
20%	Standard downs success	57%
30%	Passing downs success	47%
-1.50	Line yards per rush	3.35
0.45	Second-level yards	1.21
0.00	Open-field yards	0.70
55%	Stuff rate	12%
0%	Power success	100%
14%	Havoc caused	32%
2	Scoring chances	7
5.00	Points per chance	5.86
Own 26	Avg. starting field position	Own 28
4	Explosive plays	5
0%	Postgame win expectancy	100%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q19:30
AlabamaFG
Conor Talty 41 yd FG GOOD
Drive: 9 plays, 46 yds
0-3
Q14:12
AlabamaTD
EJ Crowell run for 3 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Drive: 9 plays, 86 yds
0-10
Q214:48
AlabamaTD
Daniel Hill run for 4 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Drive: 6 plays, 26 yds
0-17
Q213:41
East CarolinaTD
Mitch Griffis pass complete to Jeremiah Melvin for 1 yd for a TD (Noah Perez KICK)
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yds
7-17
Q210:02
AlabamaTD
Daniel Hill run for 2 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Drive: 7 plays, 86 yds
7-24
Q29:15
AlabamaINT TD
Mitch Griffis pass intercepted Yhonzae Pierre return for 27 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
7-31
Q20:14
AlabamaTD
Keelon Russell run for 3 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Drive: 15 plays, 80 yds
7-38
Q310:54
East CarolinaFG
Noah Perez 34 yd FG GOOD
Drive: 6 plays, 14 yds
10-38
Q414:57
AlabamaTD
Trae'shawn Brown run for 2 yds for a TD (Conor Talty KICK)
Drive: 9 plays, 77 yds
10-45
Q46:15
AlabamaFG
Conor Talty 21 yd FG GOOD
Drive: 12 plays, 70 yds
10-48

Score shown ECU-ALA.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int
Mitch Griffis	10/16	137	8.6	1	1
Emory Williams	1/3	23	7.7	0	0

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Ashton Gray	6	17	2.8	9
Michael Allen	6	15	2.5	7
Mitch Griffis	5	1	0.2	6
Emory Williams	2	-2	-1.0	1
TJ Engleman	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	2	-27	-13.5	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tyler Johnson	1	68	68.0	0	68
Jeremiah Melvin	4	60	15.0	1	30
Nathaniel Joseph	3	23	7.7	0	12
Ismael Smith Flores	2	9	4.5	0	5
Jason Dickerson	1	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Crews Law	6	1	0	1	0	1
Kevon Merrell	6	1	0	0	0	0
Myles Pollard	5	4	0	0	1	0
Cade Law	5	4	0	0	0	0
Kamaurri McKinley	5	3	0	0.5	0	0
Ashton Levells-Mitchell	5	2	0	0.5	0	0
Angelo Ross	5	2	0	0	0	0
Jackson Barker	5	0	0	0.5	0	0
Christian Peterson	4	2	0	0	0	0
DJ Johnson Jr.	4	2	0	0	0	0
Zyeir Gamble	4	1	0	0	0	0
Torin Brazell	3	1	1	1	0	1
DeMarius Hines	3	1	0	0	0	0
Julien Davis	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Moye	3	0	0	0	0	0
Raemon Mosby	2	2	0	0	0	0
Stephen Collier	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jasiyah Robinson	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kendrick DuJour	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Rion Roseborough	2	1	0	0	0	0
Miles Parker	2	1	0	0	0	0
Preston Carr	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dominick Moody	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomas O'Halloran	1	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Akins	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Benton	1	1	0	0	0	0
Javon Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Bowden	1	1	0	0	0	0
Durante Speer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kieran Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Kieran Davis	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Noah Perez	1/1	100.0	34	1/1	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Tomas O'Halloran	8	377	47.1	1	2	57

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Kyler Pearson	1	0	0.0	0	0