East Carolina 52, UCF 38

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	29	16
Total Yards	495	370
Passing	308	210
Rushing	187	160
Penalties	7-63	9-80
3rd Down Conversions	8-18	6-15
4th Down Conversions	1-1	0-0
Turnovers	5	0
Possession	32:45	27:15

Air/Ground Leaders
UCF Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Israel 28/45 308 2 2 Greco 0/2 0 0 1	East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kass 12/23 201 3 0 Pinkney 3/4 9 0 0
UCF Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Smith 29 147 1 36 Greco 3 30 0 23	East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Johnson 23 89 2 18 Harris 1 40 0 40
UCF Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Aiken 8 117 1 34 Guyton 6 72 1 39	East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Johnson 5 89 1 72 Drew 4 43 1 20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UCF	ECU
	TD	14:45	Curtis Francis 93 Yd Kickoff Return (Michael Torres Kick)	7	0
	TD	12:18	Chris Johnson 8 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 43 yds, 2:27	7	7
	TD	03:47	Kamar Aiken 21 Yd Pass From Kyle Israel (Michael Torres Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 86 yds, 3:40	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				UCF	ECU
	TD	10:56	A.J. Guyton 39 Yd Pass From Kyle Israel (Michael Torres Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 54 yds, 2:11	21	7
	TD	09:28	Chris Johnson 72 Yd Pass From Rob Kass (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 77 yds, 1:28	21	14
	TD	01:34	Kevin Smith 1 Yd Run (Michael Torres Kick) Drive: 13 plays, 90 yds, 5:09	28	14
	FG	00:12	Ben Hartman 24 Yd Drive: 8 plays, 58 yds, 1:22	28	17
THIRD QUARTER				UCF	ECU
	TD	14:46	Chris Johnson 96 Yd Kickoff Return (Ben Hartman Kick)	28	24
	FG	12:02	Michael Torres 20 Yd Drive: 7 plays, 55 yds, 2:44	31	24
	TD	08:16	Jamar Bryant 6 Yd Pass From Rob Kass (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 9 yds, 1:19	31	31
	TD	03:18	Davon Drew 20 Yd Pass From Rob Kass (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 60 yds, :16	31	38
	TD	01:24	Chris Johnson 18 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 38 yds, :55	31	45
FOURTH QUARTER				UCF	ECU
	TD	13:42	Rob Kass 6 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 19 yds, 1:37	31	52
	TD	05:39	Kyle Israel 3 Yd Run (Michael Torres Kick) Drive: 12 plays, 63 yds, 2:48	38	52

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Chris Johnson returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown to spark a 28-point third quarter as East Carolina rallied against Central Florida and ran away to a 52-38 Conference USA victory Saturday night.

ECU (3-3, 2-1 C-USA) trailed 28-17 at halftime before the defense, offense and special teams took charge with a 28-3 run.

The defense forced five turnovers in the third quarter to take control away from the Knights (3-2, 1-1 C-USA). The Pirates converted three of the turnovers into scores. In addition to Johnson's kick return, Rob Kass hit Jamar Bryant on a 6-yard scoring pass and then hit Davon Drew on a 20-yard play.

A fourth score off a Central Florida turnover came at the start of the fourth quarter as Kass ran 6 yards up the middle to give East Carolina a 52-31 edge to complete the wild turnaround.

The 52 points are the most for East Carolina since the Pirates beat Houston in three overtimes, 54-48, on Nov. 9, 2002. They are the most in regulation since a 59-24 victory over Army on Oct. 5, 2002.

Johnson set a single-game school record for all-purpose yards. His 372 yards on kickoffs, rushing and receiving broke the mark of 356 set by Scott Harley against North Carolina State on Nov. 30, 1996.

Quarterback Kyle Israel hit 9 of 16 passes for 166 yards in the first half to help the Knights take the lead. He finished 28-for-45 for 308 yards and two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Kevin Smith, the nation's leading rusher, gained 147 yards and scored on a 1-yard run with 1:34 left in the half to give the Knights a 28-14 edge.