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ECU's Ahlers throws Birmingham Bowl-record 5 TD passes | |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (AP) Holton Ahlers threw a Birmingham Bowl-record five touchdown passes and accounted for a game-record six TDs to help East Carolina beat Coastal Carolina 53-29 in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium. Ahlers, selected the game MVP, threw for 300 yards on 26-of-38 passing, rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown and caught a pass for 14 yards for the Pirates (8-5). "I was locked in," Ahlers said. "Anytime you have a month to prepare for a game, you better be locked in and play good. We had a good plan to get some quick throws early and get the receivers going. They did a really good job." MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | G. McCall | 2700 | |||
| Passing TDs: | G. McCall | 24 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | C. Beasley | 717 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | G. McCall | 6 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | S. Pinckney | 996 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | J. Brown | 6 | |||
| Interceptions: | L. Boykin | 2 | |||
| Schedule 2022 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/3 | vs. Army West Point | W 38 - 28 | ||
| 9/10 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 31 - 27 | ||
| 9/17 | vs. Buffalo | W 38 - 26 | ||
| 9/22 | at Georgia State | W 41 - 24 | ||
| 10/1 | vs. Georgia Southern | W 34 - 30 | ||
| 10/8 | at Louisiana-Monroe | W 28 - 21 | ||
| 10/15 | vs. Old Dominion | L 21 - 49 | ||
| 10/29 | at Marshall | W 24 - 13 | ||
| 11/3 | vs. Appalachian State | W 35 - 28 | ||
| 11/12 | vs. Southern Miss | W 26 - 23 | ||
| 11/19 | at Virginia | Cancelled | ||
| 11/26 | at James Madison | L 7 - 47 | ||
| 12/3 | at Troy | L 26 - 45 | ||
| 12/27 | at East Carolina | L 29 - 53 | ||
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| East | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| James Madison | 6-2 | 8-3 | ||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 6-2 | 9-4 | ||||||||||
| Marshall | 5-3 | 9-4 | ||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 3-5 | 6-6 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3-5 | 6-7 | ||||||||||
| Georgia State | 3-5 | 4-8 | ||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2-6 | 3-9 | ||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| 24 Troy | 7-1 | 12-2 | ||||||||||
| South Alabama | 7-1 | 10-3 | ||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 4-4 | 7-6 | ||||||||||
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 4-4 | 6-7 | ||||||||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 3-5 | 4-8 | ||||||||||
| Texas State | 2-6 | 4-8 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1-7 | 3-9 | ||||||||||
| Offense (FBS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 5269 (50) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 3200 (51) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 2069 (58) | ||||
| Points per game: | 29.1 (63) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 405.3 (54) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 49 (46) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 8 (131) | ||||
| Defense (FBS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 5437 (115) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 3698 (130) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 1739 (49) | ||||
| Points per game: | 31.8 (116) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 418.2 (106) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 50 (124) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 19 (129) | ||||
