East Carolina 27, Brigham Young 24
Associated Press
PROVO, Utah - Andrew Conrad kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired, Keaton Mitchell ran for 176 yards and East Carolina beat BYU 27-24.
Conrad, a freshmen, made the game-winning kick with a line-drive wobbler that just cleared the crossbar following two timeouts from BYU.
It was the fourth consecutive win for East Carolina (6-3) while BYU (4-5) has lost four straight.
The Pirates were aided on their final drive with a 15-yard pass interference penalty on fourth-and-8 to get to the BYU 22 with 40 seconds left.
Mitchell carried the ball 21 times that included an 31-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He was later hit in the head by Jacob Boren after catching an 8-yard pass from Holton Ahlers with six minutes left in the game. Mitchell finished the series, but then sat on the bench with his helmet off and didn't play in the final drive. Boren was ejected for targeting.
Ahlers threw for 197 yards and added a pair of short-yardage touchdown runs for the Pirates.
Jaren Hall threw two touchdown passes and was 18-of-25 passing for 144 yards and added 60 yards on the ground for BYU. Lopini Katoa had 116 yards rushing on 20 carries with a 24-yard touchdown run.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
ECU | BYU |
| BYU |
FG |
8:23 |
Jake Oldroyd 36 yd FG |
0 |
3 |
| ECU |
TD |
6:29 |
Keaton Mitchell 31 yd run (Andrew Conrad kick) |
7 |
3 |
| Second Quarter |
ECU | BYU |
| BYU |
TD |
12:56 |
Lopini Katoa 24 yd run (Jake Oldroyd kick) |
7 |
10 |
| ECU |
FG |
9:15 |
Andrew Conrad 23 yd FG |
10 |
10 |
| BYU |
TD |
6:01 |
Puka Nacua 30 yd pass from Jaren Hall (Jake Oldroyd kick) |
10 |
17 |
| ECU |
TD |
2:42 |
Holton Ahlers 1 yd run (Andrew Conrad kick) |
17 |
17 |
| Third Quarter |
ECU | BYU |
| BYU |
TD |
9:58 |
Chase Roberts 2 yd pass from Jaren Hall (Jake Oldroyd kick) |
17 |
24 |
| ECU |
TD |
7:07 |
Holton Ahlers 4 yd run (Andrew Conrad kick) |
24 |
24 |
| Fourth Quarter |
ECU | BYU |
| ECU |
FG |
0:00 |
Andrew Conrad 33 yd FG |
27 |
24 |
| Team Stats |
| |
East Carolina |
BYU |
| First downs |
20 |
22 |
| Rushing |
10 |
13 |
| Passing |
8 |
7 |
| Penalty |
2 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
2-8, 25% |
6-13, 46% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
0-2, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
36-227 |
42-244 |
| Passing Yards |
197 |
144 |
| Return Yards |
60 |
52 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
15-22-0 |
18-25-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
2 |
3 |
| Punts-Average |
36 |
58.7 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
2-20 |
5-50 |
| Time of Possession |
26:04 |
33:56 |
| East Carolina Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| H. Ahlers |
15 |
22 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
| BYU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Hall |
18 |
25 |
144 |
2 |
0 |
| East Carolina Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Mitchell |
21 |
176 |
8.4 |
1 |
| M. Gunn Jr. |
9 |
42 |
4.7 |
0 |
| H. Ahlers |
5 |
18 |
3.6 |
2 |
| J. Hatfield |
1 |
-9 |
-9.0 |
0 |
| BYU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Katoa |
20 |
116 |
5.8 |
1 |
| J. Hall |
8 |
60 |
7.5 |
0 |
| M. Davis |
11 |
46 |
4.2 |
0 |
| P. Nacua |
3 |
22 |
7.3 |
0 |
| East Carolina Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| I. Winstead |
5 |
63 |
12.6 |
0 |
| J. Hatfield |
2 |
60 |
30.0 |
0 |
| C. Johnson |
4 |
45 |
11.3 |
0 |
| R. Jones |
2 |
18 |
9.0 |
0 |
| K. Mitchell |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| K. King |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| BYU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| P. Nacua |
7 |
79 |
11.3 |
1 |
| B. Cosper |
4 |
37 |
9.3 |
0 |
| M. Wake |
3 |
15 |
5.0 |
0 |
| K. Hill |
3 |
11 |
3.7 |
0 |
| C. Roberts |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
1 |
| East Carolina Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| BYU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| East Carolina Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Larsen |
2 |
72 |
36.0 |
| BYU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Rehkow |
3 |
176 |
58.7 |
| East Carolina Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| M. Fleming |
2 |
28 |
14.0 |
| BYU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| East Carolina Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Hatfield |
1 |
32 |
32.0 |
| BYU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| H. Nyberg |
3 |
52 |
17.3 |
| East Carolina Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| A. Conrad |
42 |
| BYU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
