GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Gardner Minshew threw for a career-high 444 yards and four touchdowns, Trevon Brown accounted for an American Athletic Conference-record 270 yards receiving and two touchdowns and ECU handled Cincinnati 48-20 on Saturday.
Minshew's 444 yards is the fifth-highest yardage total for a single game in East Carolina (3-8, 2-5 American Athletic) history. Minshew threw a 23-yard touchdown to Tahj Deans, Hussein Howe ran it in from 3-yards out and Minshew threw a 1-yarder to Jimmy Williams and the Pirates built a 21-0 lead with 9:06 left before halftime.
Hayden Moore responded on the following drive with a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kahlil Lewis to make it 21-6 after missing the point after, and Moore later threw a 10-yard score to JaQuay Savage to shave the deficit to 21-13.