Memphis 27, East Carolina 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	20
Total Yards	343	457
Passing	297	117
Rushing	46	340
Penalties	2-15	10-77
3rd Down Conversions	3-12	7-16
4th Down Conversions	1-2	1-1
Turnovers	0	0
Possession	22:25	37:35

Individual Leaders

East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pinkney 26/46 297 3 0	Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Avery 10/14 117 0 0
East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Johnson 6 22 0 11 Allison 2 20 0 12 Lindsay 5 8 0 7	Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Williams 39 226 2 63 Doss 7 67 0 31 Avery 16 49 1 14
East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Allison 10 108 1 27 Johnson 5 40 1 17 Good 3 58 0 28 Henry 3 39 1 30	Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Robinzine 2 48 0 38 Doucette 2 25 0 20 Williams 1 14 0 14 Williams 1 10 0 10

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	FG	10:46	STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 51 YD FG Drive info: 8 plays, 15 yards.	0	3
	TD	4:57	DEANGELO WILLIAMS 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 70 yards.	0	10
SECOND QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	5:24	DEANGELO WILLIAMS 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 66 yards.	0	17
THIRD QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	FG	10:22	ROBERT LEE 27 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 60 yards.	3	17
	FG	7:00	STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 32 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 65 yards.	3	20
	TD	5:05	AUNDRAE ALLISON 27 YD PASS FROM JAMES PINKNEY (ROBERT LEE KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	10	20
FOURTH QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	10:25	CHRIS JOHNSON 6 YD PASS FROM JAMES PINKNEY (ROBERT LEE KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 78 yards.	17	20
	TD	2:17	MAURICE AVERY 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK) Drive info: 15 plays, 80 yards.	17	27
	TD	0:10	PHILLIP HENRY 2 YD PASS FROM JAMES PINKNEY (ROBERT LEE KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 75 yards.	24	27

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- DeAngelo Williams rushed for 226 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead Memphis to a 27-24 victory over East Carolina.

Williams, who had a career-high 39 rushes in the game, scored on a pair of 1-yard runs as the Tigers (4-3, 3-2 Conference USA) snapped East Carolina's two-game winning streak.

The Pirates (3-4, 2-2) had cut the Tigers' lead to 20-17 on James Pinkney's 6-yard touchdown pass to Chris Johnson with 10:25 left.

But the Tigers answered with a 15-play, 80-yard drive that consumed 8:08. Quarterback Maurice Avery's 1-yard sneak capped the drive and preserved the Memphis victory.

Pinkney hit Phillip Henry with a 2-yard scoring pass with 10 seconds left for the final score.

Pinkney finished 26-of-46 passing for 297 yards, the bulk of the Pirates' 343 yards of offense. It was his seventh consecutive game with 200-plus passing yards, tying a school record.

Aundrae Allison caught 10 passes for 108 yards, giving him a school-record 56 catches this season. He set another mark with his fifth game 100-yard game of 2005.

Stephen Gostkowski booted a career-long 51-yard field goal to open the Memphis scoring. The Pirates blocked another Gostkowski attempt -- from 39 yards -- at the close of the half.

Memphis held a 20-10 lead entering the fourth after the Pirates scored on a 27-yard field goal by Robert Lee and a 27-yard pass from Pinkney to Allison.