East Carolina 56, Memphis 40

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	24
Total Yards	641	493
Passing	150	416
Rushing	491	77
Penalties	10-77	5-38
3rd Down Conversions	5-11	5-17
4th Down Conversions	0-1	3-4
Turnovers	0	2
Possession	29:35	30:25

Air/Ground Leaders
East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pinkney 8/16 105 2 0 Kass 4/10 45 0 0	Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hankins 34/60 416 4 2 Jones 0/1 0 0 0
East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Johnson 20 301 4 70 Pinkney 8 94 1 45	Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Barnes 5 42 0 27 Doss 12 40 1 16
East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rogers 2 43 1 25 Harris 4 26 0 7	Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Calhoun 8 107 1 39 Singleton 6 100 2 32

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	FG	10:36	Matt Reagan 37 Yd Drive: 13 plays, 64 yds, 4:24	0	3
	TD	08:42	Chris Johnson 16 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 60 yds, 1:52	7	3
	TD	05:39	Patrick Pinkney 45 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 63 yds, :35	14	3
SECOND QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	14:33	Chris Johnson 44 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 48 yds, :12	21	3
	FG	06:18	Matt Reagan 24 Yd Drive: 8 plays, 65 yds, 3:02	21	6
	TD	01:09	Duke Calhoun 14 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Matt Reagan Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 83 yds, 2:42	21	13
THIRD QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	14:08	Chris Johnson 70 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 72 yds, :45	28	13
	TD	12:09	Carlos Singleton 5 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Pat Failed) Drive: 7 plays, 56 yds, 1:50	28	19
	TD	10:57	Dominique Lindsay 22 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 66 yds, 1:07	35	19
	TD	05:52	Jamar Bryant 6 Yd Pass From Patrick Pinkney (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 59 yds, 4:35	42	19
	TD	03:34	Joseph Doss 2 Yd Run (Matt Reagan Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 72 yds, 2:12	42	26
	TD	01:30	Steven Rogers 25 Yd Pass From Patrick Pinkney (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 72 yds, 1:58	49	26
FOURTH QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	14:02	Carlos Singleton 14 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Pat Failed) Drive: 9 plays, 65 yds, 2:22	49	32
	TD	05:22	Chris Johnson 50 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 1 plays, 50 yds, :08	56	32
	TD	02:38	Taz Knockum 1 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Martin Hankins Pass To Carlos Singleton For Two-Point Conversion) Drive: 7 plays, 65 yds, 2:44	56	40

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Johnson rushed for a career-high 301 yards and four touchdowns Saturday as East Carolina held onto the top spot in Conference USA's East Division with a 56-40 victory over Memphis.

Johnson scored on runs of 16, 44, 70 and 50 yards as he racked up his rushing stats on 20 carries. The Pirates (6-4, 5-1) finished the day with 491 yards on the ground. Johnson's rushing total was the second-highest in school history, trailing only Scott Harley, who ran for 351 yards against North Carolina State in 1996.

Johnson's touchdowns and a 45-yard first-quarter run by reserve quarterback Patrick Pinkney were evidence of the quick scoring by the Pirates.

Pinkney also threw for two touchdowns -- a 6-yard scoring pass to Jamar Bryant and 25 yards to Steven Rogers. Pinkney threw for 105 yards on the day.

Dominque Lindsay also scored on a 22-yard run as Memphis (4-5, 3-2) gave up more than 400 yards rushing for the first time since 1982 against Georgia.

East Carolina has won five of its last six and defeated five straight C-USA opponents. The Pirates have score at least 30 points in five straight conference games.

The East Carolina victory leaves the Pirates in first place in Conference USA's East Division.

Carlos Singleton caught a pair of touchdown passes from Martin Hankins for Memphis. The scoring passes of 5 and 14 yards came in the second half as the Tigers never got close enough to threaten.

Hankins finished with 416 yards passing and four touchdowns for the Tigers.

Memphis had its two-game winning streak snapped as they were unable to stop the East Carolina running game and big plays.

East Carolina led 21-13 at the half.