College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
East Carolina 41, Connecticut 38
When: 12:02 PM   ET ,  Sunday, September 24, 2017
Where: Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 14036
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
East Carolina 21 6 14 0 41
Connecticut 7 7 17 7 38
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:14
East Carolina   TD  Connecticut 0 - East Carolina 7
Davon Grayson 17 yd. pass from Thomas Sirk (Jake Verity kick)
1st Quarter - 8:52
Connecticut   TD  Connecticut 7 - East Carolina 7
Mason Donaldson 45 yd. pass from Bryant Shirreffs (Michael Tarbutt kick)
1st Quarter - 5:50
East Carolina   TD  Connecticut 7 - East Carolina 14
Davon Grayson 24 yd. pass from Thomas Sirk (Jake Verity kick)
1st Quarter - 3:46
East Carolina   TD  Connecticut 7 - East Carolina 21
Derrell Scott 6 yd. run (Jake Verity kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:12
East Carolina   FG  Connecticut 7 - East Carolina 24
Jake Verity 46 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:51
East Carolina   FG  Connecticut 7 - East Carolina 27
Jake Verity 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:52
Connecticut   TD  Connecticut 14 - East Carolina 27
Nate Hopkins 1 yd. run (Michael Tarbutt kick)
3rd Quarter - 14:50
East Carolina   TD  Connecticut 14 - East Carolina 34
Davon Grayson 75 yd. pass from Thomas Sirk (Jake Verity kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:20
Connecticut   TD  Connecticut 21 - East Carolina 34
Mason Donaldson 12 yd. pass from Bryant Shirreffs (Michael Tarbutt kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:00
East Carolina   TD  Connecticut 21 - East Carolina 41
Hussein Howe 14 yd. run (Jake Verity kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:54
Connecticut   TD  Connecticut 28 - East Carolina 41
Arkeel Newsome 8 yd. run (Michael Tarbutt kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:50
Connecticut   FG  Connecticut 31 - East Carolina 41
Michael Tarbutt 20 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:48
Connecticut   TD  Connecticut 38 - East Carolina 41
Arkeel Newsome 79 yd. pass from Bryant Shirreffs (Michael Tarbutt kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  East Carolina Connecticut
W‑L 1 - 3 - 0 1 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  East Carolina Connecticut
Score 41 38
1st Downs 30 27
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-16
50%
6-for-13
46%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-1
100%
1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 596 596
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 47-170 38-190
Average/Rush 3.6 5.0
Passing
Comp-Att 30-39 24-39
Passing Yards 426 406
Average/Pass Play 10.6 10.2
Penalties-Yards 8-78 4-40
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 37:22 22:38
PLAYER STATS
East Carolina (1 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Sirk 30/39 426 3 0
Connecticut (1 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Shirreffs 24/39 406 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Scott 13 36 2.8 1
H. Howe 4 32 8.0 1
T. Sirk 14 31 2.2 0
T. Dye 6 22 3.7 0
D. Pinnix 6 18 3.0 0
T. Brown 2 16 8.0 0
D. Grayson 1 10 10.0 0
Q. Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Mensah 16 107 6.7 0
N. Hopkins 7 32 4.6 1
B. Shirreffs 8 18 2.2 0
K. Dixon 2 18 9.0 0
A. Newsome 4 15 3.8 1
D. Williams 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Grayson 11 223 20.3 3
T. Brown 9 92 10.2 0
Q. Johnson 6 60 10.0 0
H. Howe 3 44 14.7 0
M. Gray 1 7 7.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
A. Newsome 8 170 21.2 1
M. Donaldson 6 108 18.0 2
Q. Skanes 4 47 11.8 0
A. McLean 1 35 35.0 0
K. Dixon 2 26 13.0 0
T. Beals 1 12 12.0 0
K. Mensah 2 8 4.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Wiggins 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Turner 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Joseph 1.0 8.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Sutton 1.5 3.0
K. Futrell 1.0 4.0
J. Price 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Joseph 1.5 9.0
F. Fatukasi 1.0 1.0
C. Britton 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles