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34–41
Final/OT
 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, MemphisMEM -10.5
FINALEast Carolina 34, Memphis 41ECU covered +10.5CLOSED MEM -10.5

Highlights

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Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
MEM WINNING
ECU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4OTFINAL

KICKOFF: MEM 79% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 43 PTS

Scoring plays

14 SCORES
Q1
Field Goal Good

Noah Perez 22 Yd Field Goal

10:22
3-0
Rushing Touchdown

Ashton Gray 1 Yd Run (Noah Perez Kick)

2:55
10-0
Q2
Field Goal Good

Philippe Laforge 31 Yd Field Goal

11:27
10-3
Field Goal Good

Noah Perez 30 Yd Field Goal

6:52
13-3
Field Goal Good

Noah Perez 49 Yd Field Goal

0:00
16-3
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Jermane Hayes 59 Yd pass from Marcus Stokes (Philippe Laforge Kick)

13:37
16-10
Rushing Touchdown

TJ Engleman Jr. 4 Yd Run (Mitch Griffis Pass to Landon Sides for Two-Point Conversion)

10:20
24-10
Passing Touchdown

Jemyri Davis 20 Yd pass from Marcus Stokes (Philippe Laforge Kick)

6:31
24-17
Field Goal Good

Philippe Laforge 34 Yd Field Goal

1:28
24-20
Q4
Field Goal Good

Noah Perez 40 Yd Field Goal

12:26
27-20
Passing Touchdown

Jemyri Davis 4 Yd pass from Marcus Stokes (Philippe Laforge Kick)

9:48
27-27
Rushing Touchdown

Marcus Stokes 2 Yd Run (Philippe Laforge Kick)

3:31
27-34
Passing Touchdown

Landon Sides 20 Yd pass from Mitch Griffis (Noah Perez Kick)

1:30
34-34
OT
Rushing Touchdown

Marcus Stokes 5 Yd Run (Philippe Laforge Kick)

0:00
34-41

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Marcus Stokes has 5 total TDs after halftime, Memphis rallies to beat ECU 34-31 in OT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- , Marcus Stokes was 29-of-43 passing for 320 yards and three touchdowns and added two rushing TDs to help Memphis beat East Carolina 41-34 in overtime on Thursday night. Stokes’ 5-yard rushing TD on the first possession of OT capped the scoring. Ellis Ellis Jr . intercepted a pass in the end zone to end the game for Memphis (6-2, 3-1 American Conference). Jermyri Davis had eight receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers. After Stokes capped a 13-play, 80-yard drive with a 2-yard scoring run with 3:31 left in regulation, Mitch Griffis threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Landon Sides on fourth-and-9 about 2 minutes later that made it 34-all and forced overtime. Noah Perez kicked field goals of 22, 30 and a career-long 49 yards for ECU (3-4, 1-2), the last of which made it 16-3 as time expired in the first half.

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Top performers

ECU
PASSINGMitch Griffis14/26, 199 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
RUSHINGTJ Engleman Jr.18 CAR, 92 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGLandon Sides7 REC, 130 YDS, 1 TD
MEM
PASSINGMarcus Stokes29/43, 320 YDS, 3 TD
RUSHINGManny Covey11 CAR, 79 YDS
RECEIVINGJemyri Davis7 REC, 91 YDS, 2 TD

Team stats

ECU · MEM
421
TOTAL YARDS
484
260
PASSING
320
161
RUSHING
164
22
1ST DOWNS
24
5-17
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
4-15
3
TURNOVERS
1
3-23
PENALTIES
9-76
29:01
POSSESSION
30:59

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