Game notes: East Carolina at Army
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The matchup
- East Carolina (3–3, 1–1 in conference) at Army (4–2, 3–1 in conference), Saturday, November 21, noon ET, Michie Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 11th meeting; East Carolina leads the series 9–1.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Thursday, September 25, 2025: East Carolina 28, Army 6.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1995: East Carolina 31, Army 25.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Army is 1–4 at home against East Carolina.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: East Carolina 28–6 (at East Carolina); 2024: Army 45–28 (at Army); 2004: East Carolina 38–28 (at East Carolina); 2003: East Carolina 38–32 (at Army); 2002: East Carolina 59–24 (at East Carolina).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
East Carolina
- East Carolina is 3–3 (1–1 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 10–48 at No. 13 Alabama; L 24–27 vs. App State; W 20–17 at Old Dominion; W 42–9 vs. North Carolina Central; W 28–12 vs. Rice; L 17–30 at UAB.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- East Carolina is No. 71 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Blake Harrell is 17–8 in his third season at East Carolina.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Blake Harrell is 1–0 against Army.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- T.J. Engleman (RB): 490 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Emory Williams (QB): 655 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- D.J. Johnson Jr. (LB): 42 tackles, 0.5 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, East Carolina beat Temple 28–3.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Army
- Army is 4–2 (3–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 59–3 vs. Bryant; L 24–28 vs. South Florida; W 21–17 at Temple; L 29–31 at Louisiana Tech; W 20–17 vs. Tulane; W 56–24 vs. Florida Atlantic.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Army is No. 41 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jeff Monken is 93–65 in his 13th season at Army.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jeff Monken is 1–1 against East Carolina.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Cale Hellums (QB): 358 passing yards, 3 TD; 719 rushing yards, 13 TD, No. 2 in FBS in rushing touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Samari Howard (WR): 347 rushing yards, 2 TD.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Elijah Walton (LB): 41 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Cale Hellums needs 3 rushing touchdowns to pass Carlton Jones (33, 2002–05) for seventh on Army’s career rushing touchdowns list. He has 31 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 1992, Army lost to No. 19 Boston College 41–24.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Jeff Monken is 0–1 against Blake Harrell’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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