The East Carolina University (3-3, 0-2 AAC) football team entered its open date having already matched its 2018 win total just six games into this season. A rare win on the road over Old Dominion University (1-5, 0-2 C-USA) in Norfolk, Virginia during week five and a 10-point loss at the hands of Temple University has displayed the steps taken forward by the Pirates under first-year head coach Mike Houston.
“People can look at the score from the last couple of years and look at our score tonight (Oct. 3 against Temple) and say that the program is improving and that’s all fine and good, but you play the game to win,” Houston said following the loss to Temple.