ECU knocks off UCF, earns fifth win of season

GREENVILLE, Pitt County — The ECU football team took on Central Florida (UCF) at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Saturday night Oct. 22, 2022.

UCF came in 5-1 on the year but the 4-3 Pirates were up to the challenge.

ECU jumped out in front 17-0 and never looked back in a 34-13 victory over Gus Malzahn's team.

Holton Ahlers threw for 311 yards and a touchdown for ECU and the Pirate defense forced three interceptions from Knights' quarterback John Rhys Plumlee.

Ahlers ran for a score and Keaton Mitchell tacked on two rushing touchdowns in the win.

Former D.H. Conley star C.J. Johnson caught 11 balls for 140 yards and the lone touchdown from Ahlers.

ECU is now 5-3 and will travel to Provo, Utah next week for a road game against BYU.

No. 13 Wake Forest had no issues with Boston College Saturday.

The Demon Deacons blew out the Eagles 43-15 to get to 6-1 on the year.

The Duke Blue Devils were on the road at Miami and they stormed out of Coral Gables with a 45-21 victory.

Blue Devil quarterback Riley Leonard ran for three touchdowns and threw for one.

Former Washington High School star Terry Moore had 10 carries for 30 yards for Duke.

Some other in-state college football final scores include:

North Carolina A&T 38, Robert Morris 14

New Hampshire 40, Elon 22

Chowan 21, Bowie State 15

Virginia State 34, Elizabeth City State 12

Fayetteville State 21, Johnson C. Smith 13

South Carolina State 26, North Carolina Central 24

Newberry 38, Lenoir-Rhyne 24

Shaw 21, Livingstone 14

Maryville 61, North Carolina Wesleyan 7

Charleston 70, UNC-Pembroke 21

Winston-Salem State 40, St. Augustine's 14