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Greenville: ECU beats Temple 17-9 at Dowdy-Ficklen

East Carolina won 17-9 on Saturday. T.J. Engleman Jr. ran for 107 yards. ECU is 4-4 (2-2 American). Temple is 2-6 (1-3).

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By Triangle Local Staff · Published

An East Carolina football game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

File photo: Airman 1st Class Rae Perry, USAF (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

What we know

Confirmed

  • East Carolina beat Temple 17-9 on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville.Confirmed by ECU Athletics recap, box score and schedule; Temple Athletics recap and box score
  • The line score was Temple 0-3-3-3 and East Carolina 7-3-7-0.Confirmed by ECU Athletics recap and box score; Temple Athletics recap and box score
  • After the game, ECU is 4-4 overall and 2-2 in the American Conference. Temple is 2-6 and 1-3.Confirmed by ECU Athletics recap, box score and schedule; Temple Athletics recap, box score and schedule
  • Ashton Gray scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter. Noah Perez made a 20-yard field goal before halftime. T.J. Engleman Jr. ran 19 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.Confirmed by ECU Athletics box score; Temple Athletics recap and box score
  • Temple's points all came on Carl Hardin field goals of 41, 46 and 41 yards.Confirmed by ECU Athletics box score; Temple Athletics recap and box score
  • T.J. Engleman Jr. ran for 107 yards. Mitch Griffis threw for 130 yards. Ajani Sheppard threw for 118 yards and ran for 69.Confirmed by ECU Athletics box score; Temple Athletics box score
  • The official boxes list three East Carolina interceptions in the second half, by Zyeir Gamble, Angelo Ross and Ashton Levells-Mitchell.Confirmed by ECU Athletics box score; ECU Athletics recap; Temple Athletics recap for the three-interception total
  • ECU finished with 352 total yards. Temple finished with 249.Confirmed by ECU Athletics recap; Temple Athletics game center
  • ECU next hosts South Florida on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.Confirmed by ECU Athletics 2026 football schedule

What happened

East Carolina beat Temple 17-9 on Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville.

The Pirates are 4-4 overall and 2-2 in the American Conference. Temple is 2-6 and 1-3. ECU's recap, box and schedule, and Temple's recap and box, all list that final.

How it finished

Ashton Gray ran 1 yard in the first quarter. Carl Hardin answered with a 41-yard kick, 7-3. Noah Perez made a 20-yard field goal just before the half, 10-3.

T.J. Engleman Jr. ran 19 yards early in the third quarter, 17-3. Hardin added kicks of 46 and 41 yards. Temple did not reach the end zone.

The numbers

Engleman finished with 107 rushing yards. Mitch Griffis threw for 130. Ajani Sheppard threw for 118 and ran for 69. Those figures are on both official boxes.

The boxes list three East Carolina interceptions after halftime, by Zyeir Gamble, Angelo Ross and Ashton Levells-Mitchell. ECU's recap names the same three. Temple's recap confirms the three-takeaway total.

ECU outgained Temple 352-249, the Pirate recap and Temple's game center both say. Attendance on both boxes was 30,213.

What's next

ECU hosts South Florida on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Greenville, the schedule says.

This site is not East Carolina Athletics.

Photos

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Why it matters

ECU is the Triangle region's other Group of Five program. The home win lifts the Pirates to 4-4 and 2-2 in the American before a Friday night game against South Florida.

Sources

  1. East Carolina Defeats Temple, 17-9 (game recap: 17-9 at Dowdy-Ficklen; Engleman 107 yards and a 19-yard third-quarter score; three second-half interceptions by Gamble, Ross and Levells-Mitchell; Hardin field goals; 4-4, 2-2 and 2-6, 1-3; 352-249 yards; South Florida Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.)

    Official sourcePublished by East Carolina Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

  2. Football vs Temple on 10/31/2026, box score (17-9; line 0-3-3-3 and 7-3-7-0; Gray 1-yard run; Perez 20-yard field goal; Engleman 19-yard run; Hardin 41, 46 and 41; Engleman 107; Griffis 130; Sheppard 118 passing, 69 rushing; Gamble, Ross and Levells-Mitchell interceptions; attendance 30,213)

    Official sourcePublished by East Carolina Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

  3. 2026 Football Schedule (Temple W, 17-9; 4-4, 2-2 American; vs South Florida, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium)

    Official sourcePublished by East Carolina Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

  4. Temple Drops Hard Fought Battle to ECU on the Road (game recap: 17-9; 2-6, 1-3 and 4-4, 2-2; Hardin 41, 46 and 41; Gray 1-yard run; Engleman 19-yard run; Perez 20-yard field goal; three interceptions)

    Official sourcePublished by Temple Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

  5. Football vs East Carolina on 10/31/2026, box score (17-9; same scoring plays; Engleman 107; Griffis 130; Sheppard 118 and 69)

    Official sourcePublished by Temple Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

  6. Football at East Carolina on 10/31/2026, game center (17-9; plays-yards 75-352 and 49-249)

    Official sourcePublished by Temple Athletics · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 8:24 PM

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