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East Carolina at Memphis

East Carolina 38, Memphis 19

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -Quarterback Patrick Pinkney ran for two touchdowns to help East Carolina beat Memphis 38-19 Tuesday night.

Dominique Lindsay ran for 139 yards for the Pirates (5-3, 4-1 Conference USA), who warmed up for a game against No. 14 Virginia Tech by rolling up nearly 500 yards on one of the country's worst defenses.

The Tigers, who rank 106th in total defense, fumbled twice to set up early scores for East Carolina.

Will Hudgens completed 33 of 48 passes for 313 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers, who turned the ball over four times.

Pinkney completed 14 of 27 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown, and was picked off once. His only carries were scoring runs of 23 and 3 yards.

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Scoring Summary
ECAPatrick Pinkney 3 yd run (Ben Hartman kick)
MEMMatt Reagan 26 yd FG
ECADwayne Harris 8 yd run (Ben Hartman kick)
ECAPatrick Pinkney 23 yd run (Ben Hartman kick)
MEMCarlos Singleton 14 yd pass from Will Hudgens (Matt Reagan kick)
MEMMatt Reagan 45 yd FG
ECAGiavanni Ruffin 19 yd run (Ben Hartman kick)
ECADarryl Freeney 31 yd pass from Patrick Pinkney (Ben Hartman kick)
MEMMarcus Rucker 43 yd pass from Will Hudgens (blocked XP)
ECABen Hartman 48 yd FG
 
Team Stats
 ECAMEM
First Downs2523
Third Down Efficiency5-136-14
Fourth Down Efficiency1-10-1
Plays-Net Yards75-49774-397
Rushes-Yds47-27525-84
Passing Yds222313
Kick Return Yds105143
Punt Return Yds40
Passes15-28-133-49-1
Punts5-2654-204
Fumbles-Lost0-04-3
Penalties-Yds9-897-49
Time of Poss.33:1326:47
 
Individual Stats
RUSHING
ECA: Dominique Lindsay 22-139, Giavanni Ruffin 14-87, Patrick Pinkney 2-26, Dwayne Harris 3-19, J.R. Rogers 5-6, Team 1--2
MEM: Curtis Steele 15-79, T.J. Pitts 6-22, Lance Smith 1-2, Will Hudgens 1--2, Duke Calhoun 1--6, Team 1--11
PASSING
ECA: Patrick Pinkney 14-26-216-1, Josh Jordan 1-1-6-0, Team 0-1-0-0
MEM: Will Hudgens 33-48-313-1, Team 0-1-0-0
RECEIVING
ECA: Darryl Freeney 5-116, Dwayne Harris 5-56, Andrew Bodenheimer 1-14, Jamar Bryant 1-13, Kevin Gidrey 1-9, Dominique Lindsay 1-8, Alex Taylor 1-6
MEM: Duke Calhoun 9-91, Carlos Singleton 9-70, Marcus Rucker 5-89, Deven Onarheim 2-21, Steven Joachim 2-16, DajLeon Farr 2-10, Brian Hall 2-4, Gregory Ray 1-7, Curtis Steele 1-5