Temple 20, East Carolina 10
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 1, 2014
Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
46°
Head Official:
Michael Roche
Attendance:
22130
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Temple 20, No. 19 East Carolina 10: Kenneth Harper scored two touchdowns and Tavon Young returned a fumble for a score as the Owls forced five fumbles in a stunning victory of the visiting Pirates.
East Carolina (6-2, 3-1, AAC) came in averaging 39.6 points and 381.9 passing yards - ranking 13th and third in the nation in those categories, respectively - but fell well below those numbers at a soggy Lincoln Financial Field. The Pirates finished with a 428-135 advantage in yardage but were unable to overcome their miscues as their five-game winning streak came to an end.
Temple (5-3, 3-2) rushed for just 65 yards on 37 carries, led by Harper's 29 on 12 attempts, while P.J. Walker struggled to the tune of 7-of-19 for 70 yards. East Carolina's Shane Carden went 24-of-41 for 217 yards while Chris Hairston contributed 153 yards on 21 rushes.
Young opened the scoring at the 7:20 mark of the first quarter when he scooped up a fumble and ran 63 yards to the end zone. The Pirates fumbled on their next possession as well, with Breon Allen's sloppy play leading to Harper's 1-yard run on third-and-goal.
East Carolina finally got on the board late in the half on Warren Harvey's 39-yard field goal, but a fumble by Hairston stalled the Pirates' final drive of the half. East Carolina's first possession of the second half resulted in a blocked field goal by Praise Martin-Oguike and Temple made it 20-3 on Harper's 2-yard run before the Pirates missed a 50-yard field goal and had another drive end in a fumble. Marquez Grayson's 2-yard TD run with 2:15 gave the Pirates a chance but Temple recovered the on-side kick to seal it.
GAME NOTEBOOK: East Carolina committed 12 penalties for 116 yards. ... The Pirates had a 30-10 advantage in first downs and converted 9-of-16 third-down attempts to just 4-of-14 for the Owls.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
East Carolina |
|
Temple |
Cam Worthy
| Player |
Colin Thompson
|
3 |
Receptions |
2 |
36 |
Yards |
26 |
12.0 |
Avg Yards |
13.0 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
East Carolina
|
428 |
211 |
217 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
3 |
Temple
|
135 |
65 |
70 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
5 |