BYU blocked punt sets up game-tying score

But never count the Pirates out.

Kemp threw another touchdown pass, a 7-yard quick-hitter to Isaiah Jones in the fourth quarter, to bring East Carolina to within three at 38-35.

“I was really proud of our kids”. “It was a great game. That was not an easy task”, McNeill said.

BYU is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Height: BYU’s starting receivers Mitch Mathews is 6-foot-6 and Terenn Houk is 6-foot-5.

Ironically, I’ve seen many occasions where the negative side – booing playcalling or penalties – actually appears to drag down the home team, distracting them instead of helping them.

“When you’re in the middle of a game you want to do all you can to keep playing and help your team win, even when you’re hurt”, Magnum said.

“Beau did a good job stepping in, but when it came down to that last drive, I couldn’t stay on the sidelines any longer”, Mangum said. The junior promptly led the Pirates on a nine-play, 77-yard touchdown for a score, then picked up where he left off in the second half. Algernon Brown put up 95 rushing yards on 18 carries. With 8:05 left in the second quarter, Mathews caught a 13-yard reception to make it 21-14.

Tanner Mangum was 24 of 33 for 332 yards and three touchdowns to lead BYU (4-2) while Brown carried 24 times for 134 yards and three touchdowns, including a 53-yard dash early in the third quarter. The Cougars are one of the best in the country at scoring in the fourth quarter, averaging 11.2 points. Davis Plowman’s 34-yard field goal tied it at 38, and on came Mangum to rescue the Cougars.

James Summers earned the start at quarterback for the Pirates and got his squad off to a hot start. So far in this season East Carolina Pirates has 0.0 scored compared to BYU Cougars’s 0.0.

The Cougars had 508 front or back yards of absolute wrongdoing, just afraid of one’s Pirates’ 518 full lawns.

BYU is an eight-point favorite against the Pirates. Mangum found Houk for a 9-yard touchdown, the senior’s first of the year, to double the Pirates’ score 28-14 with 2:14 in the half. Trey Dye recovered the ball at the 1-yard line, which allowed Brown to run the ball into the end zone for his second touchdown, tying the game up 14-14 with 13:20 left until half.

Brown topped off his performance with a game-winning touchdown run of 9 yards, a run Unga approved of.