North Carolina Central at East Carolina
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| North Carolina Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| East Carolina | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4th Quarter |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 10:47 | North Carolina Central field goal. R. Daniels 39 yd FG GOOD |
| 4:39 | East Carolina touchdown. TJ Engleman Jr. run for 5 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:56 | East Carolina touchdown. E. Williams pass to M. Allen for 6 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| 11:01 | East Carolina touchdown. E. Williams pass to TJ Engleman Jr. for 8 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| 9:24 | East Carolina touchdown. E. Williams pass to K. Hamlett for 22 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| 1:49 | East Carolina touchdown. TJ Engleman Jr. run for 88 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| 1:29 | East Carolina touchdown. C. Thompkins pass intercepted, A. Duncanson return for 20 yds, for a TD (N. Perez KICK) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Total first downs | 6 | 15 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 1 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 8 % | 67 % |
| Fourth down | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Total yards | 60 | 476 |
| Total rushing yards | -5 | 135 |
| Total passing yards | 65 | 341 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 27:14 | 17:42 |
| Rushing | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Total rushing plays | 30 | 19 |
| Total rushing yards | -5 | 135 |
| Average yards per rush | -0.2 | 7.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.1 | 10.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 39 | 90 |
| Turnovers | North Carolina Central | East Carolina |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Zion Dobson | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jaylen Moore | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cobey Thompkins | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Plez Lawrence | 9 | -6 | -0.7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Nelson Layne | 14 | -6 | -0.4 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| East Carolina | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| TJ Engleman Jr. | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 2 | 88 | ||||
| DeJuan Lacy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Michael Allen | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Ray Joseph Jr. | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Emory Williams | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Nelson Layne | 13 | 9 | 69 % | 65 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cobey Thompkins | 3 | 1 | 33 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| East Carolina | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Emory Williams | 34 | 25 | 74 % | 341 | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Tyree Saunders | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Luke Bracey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Chance Peterson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mehki Wall | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Plez Lawrence | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zion Dobson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| East Carolina | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Ray Ray Joseph Jr. | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Dillon Lorick | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 52 | ||||
| TJ Engleman Jr. | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Kanen Hamlett | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Michael Allen | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Landon Sides | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Kyler Pearson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ismael Smith Flores | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jason Dickerson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Dawson Quarterman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ja'Keith Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Gerald Lawton | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Zarion Walters | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jakarri Martin II | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| East Carolina | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Emory Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Landon Sides | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Joshua Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Ayden Duncanson | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| Angelo Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Joshua Truesdale | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tevin Tucker | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Maxwell | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zarion Walters | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jakarri Martin II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Sanders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Williams | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Amari Sifford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juju Laguerre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cole Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taeshawn Alston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mekhi Bigelow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wade Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TrayVaughn Swanigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Camereon Cartlidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Pullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Goodridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M.J. Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmanuel Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Branden Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jahzir Dukes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| East Carolina | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| DJ Johnson Jr. | 10 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevon Merrell Jr. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DeMarius Hines | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ayden Duncanson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Zyeir Gamble | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kieran Davis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Lampley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Preston Carr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julien Davis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasiyah Robinson | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamaurri McKinley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Moye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kelton Smith | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Crews Law | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| LJ Porter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashton Levells-Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Akins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick DuJour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jackson Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Collier | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominick Moody | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zyon Ratchford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Evan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Gerald Lawton | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Michael Allen | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Gerald Lawton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Kyler Pearson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Riley Daniels | 1/1 | 39 | 0/0 | 3 | |||||
| East Carolina | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Noah Perez | 0/0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| North Carolina Central | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jake Marcantel | 8 | 335 | 41.9 | 1 | |||||
| East Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tomas O'Halloran | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 26, 2026 5:43 PM.