DALLAS — East Carolina threw a barrage of bliztes at SMU on Saturday afternoon, but none were as staggering as the one that saw the Pirates score 42 unanswered points in a 49-23 rout in Gerald J. Ford Stadium.
For the second week in a row, ECU fell behind early before offering a resounding answer for the rest of the game. The Pirates (3-2, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) unleashed a season-high 555 yards of offense and six different players scored touchdowns in the win, including a pair by junior quarterback James Summers.
But it was the ECU defense battering the Mustangs for most of the second half that rendered any further SMU comeback impossible.