2007 East Carolina Pirates football team explained

Year:2007
Team:East Carolina Pirates
Conference:Conference USA
Division:East
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:8–5
Conf Record:6–2
Head Coach:Skip Holtz
Hc Year:3rd
Cooff Coach1:Steve Shankweiler
Cooc1 Year:3rd
Cooff Coach2:Todd Fitch
Cooc2 Year:1st
Def Coach:Greg Hudson
Dc Year:3rd
Champion:Hawaii Bowl champion
Bowl Result:W 41–38 vs. Boise State

The 2007 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and played their home games in Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Holtz, who was in his fourth year with the program.

The Pirates have a local television contract with WITN-TV, an NBC affiliate located in Washington, NC who elects to pick up games that are not picked up by national or regional networks, and all games are broadcast over the radio on the Pirate-ISP Sports Network. The flagship radio stations of the Pirates are Pirate Radio 1250 and 930 AM and Oldies 107.9 WNCT, both located in Greenville, NC. The games are called by the "Voice of the Pirates," Jeff Charles.

Preseason

Recruiting

Coaching staff

bgcolor=silverPositionbgcolor=silverNamebgcolor=silverYears at ECUbgcolor=silverAlma Mater
Head CoachSkip Holtz3rdNotre Dame '86
Offensive coordinator/
Quarterbacks Coach:
Todd Fitch1stOhio Wesleyan '86
Defensive Coordinator
Linebacker Coach:
Greg Hudson2ndNotre Dame '90
Offensive coordinator
Offensive linemen coach:
Steve Shankweiler3rd(13th overall)Davidson '74
Assistant head coach/
Secondarys Coach
Rick Smith3rdFlorida State '71
Director of strength & conditioningMichael Golden2ndCentral Connecticut State '92
Defensive end Coach/
Special teams
Vernon Hargreaves1stConnecticut '86
Wide receiver Coach/
Recruiting coordinator
Donnie Kirkpatrick3rdLenoir-Rhyne '82
Tight ends Coach: Phil Petty3rdSouth Carolina '01
Director of HS football relationsHarold Robinson3rdEast Carolina '72
Defensive tackle CoachThomas Roggeman3rdNotre Dame '85
Running backs CoachWardell "Junior" Smith3rdEast Carolina '97
Director of operationsClifford Snow2ndCentral Connecticut State '83
Staff Assistant/
Defense Coach
Tim Carter2ndTulane '01
Staff Assistant/
Offense Coach
Paul Troth2ndLiberty '05
Administrative Assistant to Coach HoltzCourtney Bishop--
Administrative AssistantAnn Coyle-East Carolina '06
Administrative AssistantRyan Ormond-North Carolina '02

Game summaries

Virginia Tech

See also: 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

See also: Virginia Tech massacre. Recap: Week 1

The Pirates traveled to Blacksburg for an emotional game that marked the first football game since thirty-two students lost their lives in a shooting on the Virginia Tech campus. Prior to the game, the Hokies led the all-time series 8-4-1. The Pirates entered the game without starting quarterback Rob Kass and struggled offensively. After a costly interception returned for a touchdown by Macho Harris followed by a Sean Glennon touchdown pass, the Pirates were defeated by Virginia Tech, 17-7.

North Carolina

See also: 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. Recap: Week 2

The Pirates welcomed the Tar Heels to Greenville for only the second time in this series' history. North Carolina went into the game leading the all-time record 8-1-1 after a 28-17 victory in Greenville in 2003, but they would be unable to repeat. Quarterback Patrick Pinkney led the Pirates offensively and completed 31 of 41 passes for 406 yards, but North Carolina's T. J. Yates would answer by throwing three touchdowns and keeping the game close. A costly mistake by the Tar Heels set up the final drive, where after missing all prior field goals in the game, Placekicker Ben Hartman made the game-winning field goal, leading the Pirates to defeat the Tar Heels in Greenville for the first time ever, 34-31.

Southern Miss

West Virginia

Houston

UCF

UTEP

NC State

UAB

See also: 2007 UAB Blazers football team.

Memphis

Marshall

Tulane

Hawaii Bowl

Postseason

NFL draft picks

Awards

Honors

Statistics

Team

Team Opp
Scoring 403 395
  Points per Game 31 30.4
First Downs 246 300
  Rushing 117 105
  Passing 108 175
  Penalty 21 20
Total Offense 5011 5605
  Avg per Play 5.7 5.7
  Avg per Game 385.5 431.2
Fumbles-Lost 15-5 28-14
Penalties-Yards 104-827 71-699
  Avg per Game 63.6 53.8
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 82-3307 61-2256
  Avg per Punt 40.3 37.0
Time of Possession/Game 28:56 31:04
3rd Down Conversions 71/182 81/201
4th Down Conversions 4/12 11/19
Touchdowns Scored 52 48
Field Goals-Attempts-Long 13-23 21-27
PAT-Attempts 50-50 40-45
Attendance 249219 242242
  Games/Avg per Game 6/41536 6/40374
  Neutral Site Avg 1/41536

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing

Name GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg Td Long Avg/g
Johnson, Chris 13 236 1468 45 1423 6.0 17 70 109.5
Pinkney, Patrick 13 79 402 96 306 3.9 1 45 23.5
Lindsay, Dominique 13 66 225 20 205 3.1 5 22 15.8
Harris, Dwayne 13 20 197 0 197 9.9 1 57 15.2
Williams, Jonathan 10 22 153 3 150 6.8 1 35 15.0
Whitley, Norman 8 6 44 0 44 7.3 0 14 5.5
Simmons, Brandon 11 11 32 4 28 2.5 2 9 2.5
Dodge, Matt 13 3 20 0 20 6.7 0 9 1.5
Kass, Rob 10 33 101 82 19 0.6 2 15 1.9
Brockmeyer, Justin 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0
Ballard, Darnell 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Clay, Brett 4 3 3 14 -11 -3.7 0 3 -2.8
Team 8 3 0 4 -4 -1.3 0 0 -0.5
Total 13 484 2646 268 2378 4.9 29 70 182.9

Passing

Name GP Effic Att-cmp-int Pct Yds Td Lng Avg/g
Pinkney, Patrick 13 131.69 121-200-4 60.5 1358 11 78 104.5
Kass, Rob 10 123.13 96-175-4 54.9 1164 9 72 116.4
Clay, Brett 4 39.88 5-13-1 38.5 26 0 14 6.5
Harris, Dwayne 13 367.33 1-3-0 33.3 80 1 80 6.2
Sloan, Joseph 13 142.00 1-1-0 100.0 5 0 5 0.4
Team 8 0.00 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 13 125.69 224-395-9 56.7 2633 21 80 202.5

Receiving

Name GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Bryant, Jamar 13 48 704 14.7 6 80 54.2
Johnson, Chris 13 37 528 14.3 6 78 40.6
Henry, Phillip 13 27 279 10.3 0 20 21.5
Harris, Dwayne 13 26 246 9.5 2 22 18.9
Rogers, Steven 13 25 252 10.1 2 39 19.4
Drew, Davon 13 19 196 10.3 2 26 15.1
Crowell, Juwon 13 11 144 13.1 1 34 11.1
Lindsay, Dominique 13 9 58 6.4 1 11 4.5
Sonnhalter, Jay 13 7 54 7.7 0 16 4.2
Lee, T.J. 12 5 83 16.6 1 34 6.9
Hickman, Michael 12 4 79 19.8 0 31 6.6
Johnson, Kyle 10 2 5 2.5 0 6 0.5
Kraemer, J.R. 9 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0
Brumsey, Javon 2 1 5 5.0 0 5 2.5
Williams, Jonathan 10 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4
Pinkney, Patrick 13 1 -13 -13.0 0 0 -1.0
Total 13 224 2633 11.8 21 80 202.5

Defense

NameGPTacklesSacksPass defenseFumblesBlkd
Kick
Safety
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF
GP Solo Tackles Ast Total Tackes TFL-Yds Sacks:No.-Yds Pass BrUp QBH No. Int-Yds Int Avg Int for TD Long Int Fumbles:Rcv-Yds FF Blkd Kick -->Eskridge, Van 13 55 49 104 6.5-18 . 1-7 3 . 1-50 . . .
Bell, Pierre 13 45 52 97 5.0-9 . 2-13 2 3 . 1 . .
Wilson, Fred 13 26 55 81 1.5-5 1.5-5 . 1 2 . . . .
Williams, Travis 13 53 24 77 2.5-7 . 2-0 4 1 . 2 . .
Cotton, Quentin 12 35 31 66 11.0-48 1.5-13 1-16 2 6 1-0 1 . .
Hewett, Jerek 13 33 16 49 2.0-7 . 2-0 5 . 1-0 1 . .
Slate, Zack 13 22 27 49 11.5-44 4.5-21 . 1 4 . 2 . .
Milbrook, J.J. 12 26 21 47 4.0-16 . 3-37 . . . 2 . .
Best, Leon 13 21 20 41 1.0-1 . 2-47 3 . . 1 . .
Joseph, Linval 13 13 27 40 8.5-23 1.0-7 . . 5 2-0 . . .
Mattocks, Chris 10 24 15 39 1.0-1 . . 1 . . 1 . .
Chambliss, Jeremy 11 20 18 38 3.0-9 . 1-17 1 . 1-4 1 . .
Ross, Jay 13 13 25 38 4.5-21 2.0-12 . 4 7 2-0 1 . .
Wilson, C.J. 13 17 19 36 10.5-59 7.0-49 . . 12 . 1 2 .
Mack, Dalvon 11 11 17 28 0.5-6 0.5-6 . 1 . . 2 . .
Johnson, Nick 11 14 14 28 1.5-3 . . 1 1 1-0 1 . .
Simmons, Travis 12 17 10 27 . . 1-80 2 . . . . .
Osborne, Lorenzo 13 9 13 22 2.0-21 2.0-21 . . 2 . . . .
Patterson, Melvin 13 5 15 20 2.0-10 . . . . . . . .
Mitchell, Khalif 11 10 9 19 5.5-24 2.0-20 1-0 1 3 1-0 . . .
Robinson, Scott 13 3 13 16 3.5-14 1.5-6 . . 3 . . . .
Marshall, Dekota 13 9 6 15 1.0-9 . . . . 1-0 . . .
Reynolds, Darryl 9 9 6 15 1.0-1 . 1-0 3 . . . . .
Hands, Marcus 4 2 12 14 2.0-10 0.5-4 . . 4 1-0 . . .
Muhwezi, Danny 10 6 7 13 1.5-2 . . . . . . . .
Robinson, Mark 13 3 5 8 2.0-6 2.0-6 . . . . . . .
Smith, Willie 11 2 5 7 1.0-1 . . . 1 . 1 . .
Hartman, Ben 13 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Quintanilla, Juan 7 3 3 6 . . . . . . 1 . .
Lamb, Durwin 11 2 4 6 . . . . 1 . . . .
Williams, Jonathan 10 4 1 5 . . . . . 1-0 . . .
Lindsay, Dominique 13 2 3 5 . . . . . . 1 . .
Raynor, Wilson 13 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Setzer, Brandon 4 1 2 3 0.5-2 . . 2 . . . . .
Simmons, Brandon 11 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Johnson, A.J. 7 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bell, Kris 3 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Drew, Davon 13 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Hampton, Spencer 4 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lee, T.J. 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Harris, Dwayne 13 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Osemene, Nweike 11 1 1 2 1.5-6 1.0-5 . . . 1-0 . . .
Hickman, Michael 12 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Sonnhalter, Jay 13 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Atkins, Chris 2 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Gidrey, Kevin 13 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Crowell, Juwon 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
Rogers, Steven 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pittman, Wesley 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Harper, Craig 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bryant, Jamar 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kraemer, J.R. 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Johnson, Kyle 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pinkney, Patrick 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Henry, Phillip 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Total 13 542 562 1104 98-383 27-175 17-217 37 55 14-54 20 3 .

Special teams

NamePuntingKickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdNo. Yds Avg TB OB
Dodge, Matt 80 3307 41.3 67 11 12 24 0 4 242 60.5 0 0
Hartman, Ben 69 4220 61.2 7 2
Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 82 3307 40.3 67 11 12 24 2 73 4462 61.1 7 2
NamePunt ReturnsKick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Harris, Dwayne 31 250 8.1 0 46 5 89 17.8 0 27
Rogers, Steven 3 8 2.7 0 8
Johnson, Chris 36 1009 28.0 1 96
Williams, Jonathan 14 312 22.3 0 63
Lindsay, Dominique 2 58 29.0 0 33
Lamb, Durwin 1 10 10.0 0 10
Mack, Dalvon 1 5 5.0 0 5
Simmons, Jason 1 10 10.0 0 10
Kraemer, J.R. 1 6 6.0 0 6
Simmons, Brandon 1 7 7.0 0 7
Total 34 258 7.6 0 46 62 1506 24.3 1 96

Notes and References

  1. Web site: East Carolina Pirates Roster. ecupirates.cstv.com. 2009-03-27. 2012-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905203700/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ecu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/footballroster_07.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: 2007 ECU Media Archive. 18 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081223224429/http://ecupirates.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/ecu-m-footbl-2007.html. 23 December 2008. dead. dmy-all.