East Carolina Pirates

0-3, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ECU	7	14	7	0	28
APP	10	6	20	7	43

Appalachian State Mountaineers

2-1, 2-0 home

Aguilar accounts for 4 TDs, Noel runs for 178 yards and a TD; Appalachian State beats ECU 43-28

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East Carolina Pirates vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers: Full Highlights

Sep 17, 2023, 01:05 am

BOONE, N.C. -- — Joey Aguilar threw three touchdown passes and ran for another TD, Nate Noel ran for 178 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown, and Appalachian State beat East Carolina 43-28 Saturday.

Aguilar completed 17-of-29 passes for 241 yards with an interception for Appalachian State (2-1).

Rahjai Harris scored on runs of 7 and 4 yards and Antoine Jackson had an 8-yard pick-6 for East Carolina in the first half. Shavon Revel returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown with 10:03 left in the third quarter to give the Pirates a 28-22 lead. Less than 2 minutes later, Aguilar hit Milan Tucker for a 35-yard TD that capped a six-play, 79-yard drive and gave Appalachian State the lead for good.

Aguilar added a 1-yard touchdown run at the end of the third quarter and threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to David Larkins to cap the scoring with 5:44 to play.

Appalachian State, which lost 40-34 in double overtime last week at then-No. 17 North Carolina, has won back-to-back games against ECU following six consecutive losses in the series, which dates to 1932. The Mountaineers are 21-12 all time against ECU, but the programs have faced off just four times in the past four-plus decades.

Harris finished with 56 yards rushing on 12 carries for the Pirates.

ECU (0-3) is off to its worst start since it lost three straight to open the 2017 season.

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Kidd Brewer Stadium

8:30 PM, 16 September 2023

Boone, NC

Attendance: 40,168

Team	CONF	OVR
Army	7-0	9-1
Tulane	7-0	9-2
Navy	5-2	7-3
Memphis	5-2	9-2
East Carolina	5-2	7-4
South Florida	4-3	6-5
UTSA	4-3	6-5
Charlotte	3-4	4-7
UAB	2-5	3-8
North Texas	2-5	5-6
Rice	2-5	3-8
Temple	2-5	3-8
Tulsa	1-6	3-8
Florida Atlantic	0-7	2-9

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