East Carolina beats Temple 17-9
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East Carolina beat Temple 17-9. Share this game
We had East Carolina favored. It won.
Next: Temple at Navy, Sat Nov 7 · 3:30 PM ET · Temple underdog by 7.5
Next: East Carolina vs South Florida, Fri Nov 6 · 7:30 PM ET · East Carolina favored by 1.5
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An East Carolina fanHow it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave East Carolina a 63% chance, and the closing betting line (East Carolina was a 4-point favorite) put it at 63%.
Favored the whole way: East Carolina never fell below 60%.
Temple never had better than a 40% chance.
East Carolina 17-9 Temple
East Carolina wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Temple 9-17 East CarolinaTemple lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
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What fans said, play by play
The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.
- Q2 14:21
- Q2 9:21Temple fans criticize ECU for going for it on fourth down instead of kicking a field goal
Why is ECU even bothering to pass? Just run it up the middle every down, we literally cannot stop anything.
r/CFB game thread - Q4 5:22Fans rage at the personal foul flag on Temple during East Carolina's drive
Pick that one up too, it's only fair
r/CFB game threadIf there is no penalty, then why throw the fucking flag? Is it sheer incompetence or just some good old fashioned CYA in the event that Jim Bob side judge saw something slightly…
r/CFB game thread
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (East Carolina -4), at 69% for East Carolina (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. The gray band is r/CFB game-thread activity, its loudest stretches in gold.Every drive
East Carolina scored on 3 of its 10 drives; Temple on 3 of its 10.
East Carolina’s drives are teal, Temple’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
When fans got loud
Loud
The biggest reaction came in the fourth quarter.
The jump was loud; the crowd was quiet.
Box score
East Carolina 17, Temple 9
East Carolina covered −4 by 4. The total, 26, stayed under 51.5.
| Team totals | Temple | East Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 249 | 352 |
| Passing | 12 of 22, 128 yds | 17 of 30, 130 yds |
| Rushing | 27 for 121 yds | 45 for 222 yds |
| First downs | 15 | 22 |
| Third down | 1 of 7 | 4 of 12 |
| Fourth down | 0 of 0 | 2 of 4 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties | 3 for 25 yds | 5 for 31 yds |
| Time of possession | 27:05 | 32:55 |
Temple leaders
- Passing Ajani Sheppard 11 of 20, 118 yds, 3 INT
- Rushing Ajani Sheppard 15 for 69 yds; Keveun Mason 8 for 51 yds
- Receiving Jovanni Bermudez 3 for 48 yds; Samuel Brown V 3 for 24 yds
East Carolina leaders
- Passing Mitch Griffis 17 of 30, 130 yds, 1 INT
- Rushing TJ Engleman 16 for 107 yds, 1 TD; Ashton Gray 15 for 58 yds, 1 TD
- Receiving Landon Sides 7 for 58 yds; Nathaniel Joseph 2 for 18 yds
No rain through the game
68° at kickoff · no rain recorded
October game-day temperatures at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Drag along the chart, or step through the game.
Where this weather comes from
Measured at Pitt-greenville_aprt airport, 2.9 miles away. Wind and rain are airport readings near the stadium, not on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games
Temple · 2-5
Rated 90th in our preseason ratings, 116th now.
1-2 in its last three, including a 4-point win over South Florida as a 5.5-point underdog.
Last three games
East Carolina · 3-4
Rated 77th in our preseason ratings, 96th now.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
Week by week
East Carolina
- Wk 3Wat Old Dominion20-17
- Wk 4Wvs North Carolina Central42-9
- Wk 6Wvs Rice28-12
- Wk 7Lat UAB17-30
- Wk 8Lat Memphis34-41
Temple
- Wk 3Lat Toledo48-49
- Wk 4Lvs Army17-21
- Wk 5Wat South Florida17-13
- Wk 6Lvs UConn20-34
- Wk 7Lvs Charlotte31-38
Power rating by week
East Carolina is rated 1.8 points ahead as of week 8. Our power rating by week; higher is better.
Matchups
Biggest mismatch: Temple’s passing EPA against East Carolina, 60 points
Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.
Temple’s passing EPA against East Carolina’s defense
Temple offense, 37th percentile · East Carolina defense, 97th
East Carolina’s explosive plays against Temple’s defense
East Carolina offense, 42nd percentile · Temple defense, 82nd
Temple’s success rate against East Carolina’s defense
Temple offense, 55th percentile · East Carolina defense, 82nd
Season profile, all the rows
Season profile
The series
East Carolina leads the series 12-10
22 meetings since 1982 · East Carolina has won the last 5
- 2025East Carolina 45-14
- 2024East Carolina 56-34
- 2022East Carolina 49-46
- 2021East Carolina 45-3
- 2020East Carolina 28-3
Each line is East Carolina’s chance to win through that meeting.
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
East Carolina fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (100th percentile among FBS fanbases), in line with the numbers.
East Carolina favored by 4 · Total 51.5
How games like this usually go
East Carolina by 4, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 426 games since 2025 with a favorite of 3.5 to 7.5 points.
The market
The spread moved 0.5 points toward Temple.
The total rose 2 points.
Spread: −4.5 → −4 · Total: 49.5 → 51.5
The books’ cut: 4.3%, the margin built into the odds
Home field
East Carolina is worth +4.0 points (±4.1) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 48th percentile.
44% at home, 35% on the road against FBS opponents (19-24 home, 17-31 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.0 at home vs. away over 100 games — inside the ±6.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 321 miles to get here.
Where next
Conference standings
Going into this game: place in the conference, then conference record.
- East Carolina10th1-2
- Temple9th1-2