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East Carolina senior tight end/fullback Rob Kass is out for the season after suffering a knee injury during the Pirates' 16-3 loss to Virginia Tech on Thursday, ECU coach Skip Holtz said.

This evening, Virginia Tech was an 11A1 2 point favorite at East Carolina. Late in the game, East Carolina trailed 13-3, facing a third-and-13 from their own 16-yard line.

Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor dives for a touchdown during the first half against East Carolina in Greenville on Thursday.

Freshman Ryan Williams ran for a season-high 179 yards and No. 22 Virginia Tech avoided its first three-game losing streak in six years, holding off East Carolina 16-3 on Thursday night.

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It has no bearing on East Carolina's position in the Conference USA race, but today's visit from No.

After two consecutive losses, Virginia Tech is looking for some motivation. Facing East Carolina could help provide just that.

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Game by game, series by series and snap by snap, Josh Jordan is growing more comfortable with being on the field instead of the sideline.

Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman is eligible to play for Florida. Coach Billy Donovan says the NCAA cleared Tishman, a 6-foot-5 freshman from Tel Aviv, Israel, this week.

Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER ECU MEM TD 10:34 7 0 FG 06:17 Matt Reagan 26 Yd 7 3 TD 04:27 14 3 SECOND QUARTER ECU MEM TD 12:02 21 3 TD 00:43 21 10 ECU MEM FG 08:42 Matt Reagan 45 Yd 21 13 TD 04:30 28 13 TD 00:28 35 13 FOURTH QUARTER ECU MEM TD 12:42 35 19 FG 09:59 Ben Hartman 48 Yd 38 19 MEMPHIS, Tenn.

Looking to remain a step ahead in Conference USA's East Division, East Carolina is faced with the foreign experience of playing football on a Tuesday.

Dwayne Harris will be among the first to tell you that he's no Chris Johnson, but he's starting to do a pretty good impression.

Maybe this isn't where you pictured the Pirates would be at the midway point of the college football season; perhaps you were one of those guys who had visions of BCS-busting dancing in your heads.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 6:21 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 6:21 p.m. Rice at East Carolina When: 3:30 p.m. Where: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium , Greenville Records: ECU , Rice Radio: WMFD-AM 630 AM The Blitz: Big plays continue to hurt the Pirates, who gave up three scoring plays longer than 60 yards in a 28-21 loss at SMU ...

Dwayne Harris returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and added two touchdown catches to help East Carolina beat winless Rice 49-13 on Saturday.

With desperation mounting for big plays and points, East Carolina meets the nation's most porous defense when winless Rice visits Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium today at 3:30 p.m. The Pirates are coming off a 28-21 upset loss at SMU in which they moved the ball in tiny spurts but struggled with gaining large chunks of yardage.

Rice Football's next opponent on the schedule is the East Carolina Pirates. The Owls travel to Greenville, North Carolina for the Saturday contest to be played at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

On one hand, East Carolina scored just two offensive touchdowns during its 28-21 loss at SMU on Saturday.

Line: East Carolina by 18. Series Record: Tied 1-1. Last meeting: 2006, Rice 18-17. Rice is winless after six games for the first time since 2005.