GREENVILLE — East Carolina finally found a way to stop third-team Appalachian State quarterback Travaris Cadet and held on to win 29-24 on Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Defensive end Scotty Robinson sacked Cadet on second down, and Cadet threw too high for Coco Hillary at the East Carolina 40-yard line on fourth down with 16 seconds remaining.
The Pirates led 29-7 early in the fourth quarter before Cadet came off the sideline to lead Appalachian State to 17 straight points.
Jason Vitaris kicked a 43-yard field goal for Appalachian State, cutting East Carolina's lead to 29-24 with 3:24 remaining.
Earlier...
Cortez Gilbert's interception of Patrick Pinkney has given Appalachian State the ball at midfield trailing East Carolina 29-21 with 6:34 remaining.
The Pirates had led 29-7 early in the fourth quarter.
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Incredibly, Appalachian State is within one score after trailing by 22 points early in the fourth quarter at East Carolina even without Armanti Edwards.
Sophomore third-team quarterback Travaris Cadet has led the Mountaineers to two straight touchdown drives to cut the deficit to 29-21 with 8:41 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Cadet's 1-yard scoring run capped a 62-yard drive.
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Travaris Cadet, a sophomore from Miami who's Appalachian State's third-team quarterback, gave the Mountaineers a lift on his first drive.
Cadet engineered a 12-play, 55-yard drive that included a 4-yard pass on fourth-and-1. Devon Moore capped the drive with a 2-yard scoring run, and Appalachian State trailed East Carolina 29-14 with 13:47 remaining in the third quarter.
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It's never a good sign when your punter is kicking the ball backward, away from the line of scrimmage.
That's all Appalachian State's Sam Martin could do after he couldn't secure a high snap in the end zone midway through the third quarter. Martin booted the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety that stretched East Carolina's lead to 29-7.
It was the Pirates' first safety since 2002, a span of 78 games.
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For a moment, it appeared that Appalachian State was going to make a game of it.
But East Carolina's Nick Johnson intercepted DeAndre Presley's pass after an interception by Jared Reine gave the Mountaineers the ball down 17 points.
The Pirates drove for a 25-yard Ben Hartman field goal and a 27-7 halftime lead.
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Appalachian State showed up after all.
After going more than 18 minutes without a first down, the Mountaineers drove 71 yards in 11 plays for a 3-yard touchdown run by quarterback DeAndre Presley, cutting East Carolina's lead to 24-7 with 8:12 remaining in the second quarter.
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A year after edging the best of the ACC (Virginia Tech) in its season opener, East Carolina is crushing the best of the FCS.
Dominique Lindsay's 21-yard touchdown run with 13:21 remaining in the second quarter made the score 24-0 in the Pirates' favor over Appalachian State.
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The rout is on, and SEC transfers are the ones doing the damage for East Carolina.
Alabama transfer Reyn Willis caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Pinkney with 4:31 remaining in the first quarter to increase the Pirates' lead to 17-0 over Appalachian State.
Kentucky transfer Brandon Jackson ran 39 yards for East Carolina's first touchdown.
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Kicker Ben Hartman, who missed much of the preseason with a hip injury, is back for East Carolina.
Hartman, who's expected to be one of the top place-kickers in the nation this season, kicked a 26-yard field goal to increase the Pirates' lead to 10-0 with 10:05 remaining in the first quarter against Appalachian State.
Key play on the drive was a 41-yard run by Dominique Lindsay. Earlier...
Brandon Jackson won't ever forget his first carry at East Carolina.
Jackson, a Kentucky transfer who once was one of the top recruits out of Oregon ran 39 yards over right tackle for a touchdown to give the Pirates a 7-0 lead over Appalachian State with just 1:31 expired in the game.
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ACC Now?
Mon, 09/07/2009 - 11:57 — wsobchakYeah, App State and ECU are two of the premier members of the ACC.
I understand that the news that sells is local news. But then why bother to name this page "ACC Now", when your only intent is to cover NC teams?
If I were a Pirate fan...
Sun, 09/06/2009 - 18:10 — JPDOhioI would be nervous.
I didn't see the game as I was occupied watching two other pathetic performances (Ohio State on TV and the Cleveland Indians in person). But I hold to an unassailable truth, an excellent 1-AA team should not be able to beat a good 1-A program.
I know, I know...App State did not beat ECU. But the Pirates let them make the game closer than it should have been. The better teams on their schedule will punish them if they let that happen again.
How did ECU look?
Sun, 09/06/2009 - 13:23 — UNC1998are they as good as advertised? Is UNC doomed? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 23:26 — gvillegatryou can call him third team all you want but from all accounts, this guy was better than Pressley all through the summer and should have been 2nd team to start with.
I don't know what Coach was trhinking considering he reminds everyone of ARMANTI EDWARDS!!!
way to hang on Pirates and I am thankful (kind of) the game finally came on MASN somewhere in the 2nd qrt albeit the coverage was dreadful and so were the camera placements.
Ah, so you have MASN. I'm
Sun, 09/06/2009 - 00:24 — mad_maxAh, so you have MASN. I'm stuck with regular old ESPN channels and ABC. Sucks that the broadcast was so crappy though. Anyways, judging by what I heard on the radio, I totally agree with you about who should have been Edwards' backup.
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Sun, 09/06/2009 - 10:40 — gvillegatryour Time Warner cable and get into DTv. A no brainer and the reception does not go out nearly as the nay sayers says it does ... maybe a total of 24 hrs in a calender year ut prolly less. the programming is much better but you do have to pay for your DVR service. a small price to pay if you are a NFL fan.
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Time Warner won't pick up
Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:53 — mad_maxTime Warner won't pick up MASN. Wish I could be watching this one, although it might be over already. How about Greg Paulus so far though? He's got the orange in it right now.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:42 — gvillegatrwhy is the damn game being blacked out?? does anyone know??
C'mon App, make a game out
Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:25 — mad_maxC'mon App, make a game out of it...