North Carolina Central 9, East Carolina 42 · Box Score

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Final · Week 4 · Sat, Sep 26, 2026

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North Carolina Central

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North Carolina Central	3	0	0	6	9
ECU	7	35	0	0	42

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Team stats

North Carolina CentralFCS		ECU
16	First downs	17
208	Total yards	489
173	Passing yards	341
17-28	Comp-Att	26-38
6.2	Yards per pass	9.0
35	Rushing yards	148
42	Rushes	22
0.8	Yards per rush	6.7
4-17	3rd down	7-12
0-0	4th down	0-0
8-62	Penalties-yards	10-120
3	Turnovers	4
0	Fumbles lost	3
3	Interceptions thrown	1
38:20	Time of possession	21:36
2	Sacks	8
4	Tackles for loss	18
2	QB hurries	1
4	Passes defended	2
0	Defensive TDs	1
29	Kick return yards	43
-1	Punt return yards	7
1	Passing TDs	3
0	Rushing TDs	2
3	Kicking points	6

Advanced stats

North Carolina CentralFCS		ECU
-0.46	EPA per play	+0.87
10%	Success rate	70%
2.21	Explosiveness	1.50
-0.13	Rushing EPA per play	+0.57
7%	Rushing success rate	50%
-0.53	Passing EPA per play	+1.05
13%	Passing success rate	81%
8%	Standard downs success	78%
11%	Passing downs success	33%
1.06	Line yards per rush	3.30
0.64	Second-level yards	1.10
0.57	Open-field yards	9.20
57%	Stuff rate	20%
0%	Power success	100%
36%	Havoc caused	74%
4	Scoring chances	7
2.25	Points per chance	5.00
Own 33	Avg. starting field position	Own 31
5	Explosive plays	9
2%	Postgame win expectancy	98%

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

Q110:47
FCS
North Carolina CentralFG
(10:48) #36 R.Daniels field goal attempt from 39 yards GOOD (H: #40 J.Marcantel, LS: #56 J.Kuriyan), clock 10:47
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yds
3-0
Q14:39
East CarolinaTD
(04:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Engleman Jr. rush right for 5 yards gain to the NCCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:39 #43 N.Perez kick attempt good (H: #83 E.Huether, LS: #53 B.Shirley)
Drive: 4 plays, 43 yds
3-7
Q214:56
East CarolinaTD
(14:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 E.Williams pass complete short right to #21 M.Allen caught at NCCU02, for 6 yards to the NCCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:56 #43 N.Perez kick attempt good (H: #83 E.Huether, LS: #53 B.Shirley)
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yds
3-14
Q211:01
East CarolinaTD
(11:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 E.Williams pass complete short left to #4 T.Engleman Jr. caught at NCCU06, for 8 yards to the NCCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:01 #43 N.Perez kick attempt good (H: #83 E.Huether, LS: #53 B.Shirley)
Drive: 5 plays, 78 yds
3-21
Q29:24
East CarolinaTD
(09:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 E.Williams pass complete deep right to #6 K.Hamlett caught at NCCU00, for 22 yards to the NCCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:24, 1ST DOWN #43 N.Perez kick attempt good (H: #83 E.Huether, LS: #53 B.Shirley)
Drive: 2 plays, 44 yds
3-28
Q21:49
East CarolinaTD
(01:58) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Engleman Jr. rush middle for 88 yards gain to the NCCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:49, 1ST DOWN #43 N.Perez kick attempt good (H: #83 E.Huether, LS: #53 B.Shirley)
Drive: 3 plays, 96 yds
3-35
Q21:29
East CarolinaINT TD
Ayden Duncanson 20 Yd Interception Return (Noah Perez Kick)
3-42
Q40:31
FCS
North Carolina CentralTD
Nasim Cosby 10 Yd pass from Cobey Thompkins (Riley Daniels PAT blocked)
Drive: 10 plays, 76 yds
9-42

Score shown North Carolina Central-ECU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Cobey Thompkins	8/15	108	7.2	1	2	--
Nelson Layne	9/13	65	5.0	0	1	--

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Zion Dobson	14	37	2.6	9
Cobey Thompkins	4	11	2.8	18
Jaylen Moore	1	-1	-1.0	0
Plez Lawrence	9	-6	-0.7	3
Nelson Layne	14	-6	-0.4	18

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Nasim Cosby	2	43	21.5	1	33
RJ Lancaster	2	37	18.5	0	29
Tyree Saunders	1	34	34.0	0	34
Chance Peterson	3	26	8.7	0	14
Luke Bracey	2	18	9.0	0	12
Gino Addison	1	13	13.0	0	13
Mehki Wall	3	8	2.7	0	4
Plez Lawrence	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Zion Dobson	1	-5	-5.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Joshua Truesdale	8	4	0	0	1	0
Tevin Tucker	6	5	0	0	0	0
Joshua Maxwell	4	4	0	1	0	0
Brandon Sanders	4	3	0	0	0	0
Zarion Walters	4	2	1	1	1	0
Jakarri Martin II	3	3	0	0	0	0
Cameron Williams	3	2	0	0.5	0	1
Amari Sifford	3	2	0	0	1	0
Juju Laguerre	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Hamilton	2	2	0	0	0	0
Taeshawn Alston	2	1	1	1	0	0
Mekhi Bigelow	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden Walker	2	1	0	0	0	0
M.J. Campbell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Harris	1	1	0	0	0	0
TrayVaughn Swanigan	1	1	0	0	0	0
D'Andre Artis-Boone	1	1	0	0	0	0
Camereon Cartlidge	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Pullen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Dorsey Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Clark	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Trey Goodridge	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Rominger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Branden Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jahzir Dukes	0	0	0	0	1	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Joshua Maxwell	1	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Rec
Gerald Lawton	1	0
Brandon Sanders	0	1
Zarion Walters	0	1
Jakarri Martin II	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Riley Daniels	1/1	100.0	39	0/1	3

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Jake Marcantel	9	371	41.2	1	1	50

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Gerald Lawton	2	29	14.5	16	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Gerald Lawton	1	-1	-1.0	0	0