The 2017 season's largest margin: East Carolina 48, Cincinnati 20. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for East Carolina. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Gardner MinshewQB2,140 passing yards
- Thomas SirkQB1,655 passing yards
- Hussein HoweRB419 rushing yards
- Darius PinnixRB229 rushing yards
- Tyshon DyeRB217 rushing yards
- Trevon BrownWR1,069 receiving yards
- Davon GraysonWR886 receiving yards
- Quay JohnsonWR464 receiving yards
- Korrin WigginsDB96 tackles
- Jordan WilliamsILB89 tackles
- Devon SuttonDB68 tackles
- Kiante AndersonDL4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: East Carolina 13, Memphis 70. A 57-point margin the season is remembered by.
"ECU Pirate Nation"
2017 sits in East Carolina's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.