1995 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 1995 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as an independent during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Steve Logan, the team compiled a 9–3 record and won the 1995 Liberty Bowl.[1] The Pirates offense scored 274 points while the defense allowed 226 points.

1995 East Carolina Pirates football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 19–13 vs. Stanford
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
Record9–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTodd Berry (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Jette (2nd season)
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 35,000)
1995 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Notre Dame   –  9 –3 –0
East Carolina   –  9 –3 –0
Louisville   –  7 –4 –0
Cincinnati   –  6 –5 –0
Southern Miss   –  6 –5 –0
Army   –  5 –5 –1
Navy   –  5 –6 –0
Tulsa   –  4 –7 –0
Memphis   –  3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  2 –9 –0
North Texas   –  2 –9 –0
Tulane   –  2 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27:00 pmat No. 8 Tennessee
PPVL 7–2795,416[2]
September 912:00 pmat No. 22 Syracuse
WNCTW 27–2439,547[3]
September 162:00 pmCentral Michigan
W 30–1733,021[4]
September 232:00 pmat Illinois
L 0–760,545[5]
September 3012:00 pmWest Virginia
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
WNCTW 23–2034,108[6]
October 77:00 pmat Cincinnati
L 10–1314,126[7]
October 212:00 pmTempledagger
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 32–2231,225[8]
October 286:00 pmat Southern Miss
WNCTW 36–3421,293[9]
November 41:30 pmat Army
W 31–2531,743[10]
November 112:00 pmTulsa
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 28–726,410[11]
November 1812:00 pmMemphis
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
SSNW 31–1727,125[12]
December 3112:00 pmvs. Stanford
ESPNW 19–1347,398[13]

Roster

Quarterbacks

  • 5 Marcus Crandell - Junior
  • 9 Dan Gonzalez - Sophomore
  • 15 Ernest Tinnen - Freshman

Running backs

  • 31 Eric Blanton - Senior
  • 40 Damon Davis - Freshman
  • 44 Scott Harley - Freshman
  • 33 Chuck Ingram - Senior
  • 4 Daryl Jones - Freshman
  • 19 Raymond Mabry - Freshman
  • 23 Jerris McPhail - Senior
  • -- Brad Salin - Freshman

Fullbacks

  • 25 Derrck Batson - Senior

Wide receivers

  • 87 Lamont Chappell - Freshman
  • 20 Linwood DeBrew - Sophomore
  • 82 Mitchell Galloway - Junior
  • 84 Chad Hodges - Freshman
  • -- Perez Mattison - Junior
  • 86 Travis Newkirk - Freshman
  • 1 Jason Nichols - Sophomore
  • 85 Mike Sellers - Freshman
  • 80 Larry Shannon - Sophomore
  • 26 Troy Smith - Freshman
  • 15 Allan Winters - Junior
  

Tight ends

  • 83 Dwight Linville - Senior
  • 90 Scott Richards - Junior
  • 88 Sean Richards - Junior

Offensive line

  • 77 Charles Boothe - Senior
  • 64 Lamont Burns - Junior
  • 60 Derek Cernak - Freshman
  • 73 Jake Gilray - Junior
  • 59 Jamie Gray - Junior
  • 50 Mpumi Masimini - Freshman
  • 74 Mark McCall - Junior
  • 67 Shane McPherson - Junior
  • Danny Moore - Freshman
  • 54 Brian Pazcuzzi - Freshman
  • 79 Trey Pittman - Freshman
  • 70 Corey Russell - Freshman
  • 71 Mike Sheehan - Freshman
  • 61 Ron Suddith - Junior
  • 76 Stacey Whitehead - Sophomore
  • 63 Kevin Wiggins - Senior

Defensive line

  • Alphonso Collins - Sophomore
  • 78 Mondell Corbett - Freshman
  • 95 Travis Darden - Freshman
  • 52 Matt Ellison - Freshman
  • 66 Jeff Griffin - Junior
  • 97 Kevin Jorgenson - Sophomore
  • 99 Dwayne Ledford - Freshman
  • 48 Tomha McMillan - Freshman
  • 62 Brad Royal - Freshman
  • 96 Walter Scott - Senior
  • 72 Ed Watkins - Junior
  • 45 Lorenzo West - Junior
  • 97 Terrell Williams - Junior
  

Linebackers

  • 94 Aaron Black - Senior
  • 44 Chris Braddy - Freshman
  • 53 Carlos Brown - Junior
  • 51 Marvin Burke - Junior
  • 58 Freddie Claybrooks - Freshman
  • 57 Roderick Coleman - Freshman
  • 33 B.J. Crane - Junior
  • 7 Morris Foreman - Senior
  • 98 Don Jacobs - Sophomore
  • 93 Brian Johnson - Freshman
  • 84 Jeff Kerr - Freshman
  • 81 Mark Libiano - Senior
  • 89 Kendrick Phillips - Freshman
  • 49 Matt Semenza - Sophomore
  • 32 Shep Sepaniak - Freshman

Defensive backs

  • 1 David Burnell - Freshman
  • 14 Brian Bentley - Freshman
  • 17 David Crumbie - Senior
  • 39 Jamar Epps - Freshman
  • 37 Forest Foster - Freshman
  • 43 Tim McKinnon - Sophomore
  • 35 Kevin Monroe - Freshman
  • 45 Tim Mack - Freshman

Cornerback

  • 13 Hank Cooper - Senior
  • 21 Tim Wise - Sophomore
  • 42 Bernard Lackey - Freshman
  • 3 Emmanuel McDaniel - Senior
  • 38 Deeone McKeithan - Freshman
  • 8 Kelvin Suggs - Freshman
  • 28 Tabari Wallace - Sophomore
  

Safeties

  • 6 E.J. Gunthrope - Junior
  • 22 Daren Hart - Junior
  • 30 Dwight Henry - Junior
  • 11 Tavares Taylor - Freshman

Punters

  • 27 Edward Crabtree - Junior
  • 2 Brandon Lawn - Freshman
  • 10 Matt Levine - Sophomore
  • 11 Stephen Urbaniak - Freshman

Kickers

  • 3 Brian Best - Freshman
  • 24 Chad Holcomb - Junior

Long snappers

  • 65 John Drake - Freshman
  • 55 Jason Shell - Sophomore
  • 47 Brian Williams - Junior

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Emmanuel McDanielDefensive Back4111Carolina Panthers
Jerris McPhailRunning Back5134Miami Dolphins

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Game summaries

Tennessee
See also: 1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Syracuse
See also: 1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team
East Carolina Pirates at #22 Syracuse Orangemen
Period 1 2 34Total
East Carolina 0 7 13727
Syracuse 7 14 3024

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

  • Date: September 9, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 39,547
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • SYR - M. Thomas 8 run (O. Mare kick)

Second quarter

  • SYR - T. Jones 11 run (O. Mare kick)
  • SYR - D. Maddox 8 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)
  • ECU - L. Shannon 5 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick)

Third quarter

  • ECU - D. Batson 30 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick)
  • ECU - S. Richard 20 pass from M. Crandell (kick failed)
  • SYR - O. Mare 24 FG

Fourth quarter

  • ECU - J. McPhail 14 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick)

Central Michigan
See also: 1995 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Illinois
See also: 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
East Carolina Pirates at Illinois Fighting Illini
Period 1 2 34Total
East Carolina 0 0 000
Illinois 0 7 007

at Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois

  • Date: September 16, 1995
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 60,545
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • No scoring

Second quarter

Third quarter

  • No scoring

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring

West Virginia
See also: 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
West Virginia Mountaineers at East Carolina Pirates
Period 1 2 34Total
West Virginia 3 6 8320
East Carolina 14 6 0323

at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina

  • Date: September 30, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 34,108
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • WVU - FG Br. Baumann 33
  • ECU - Shannon 67 pass from M Crandell (Holcomb kick)
  • ECU - M. Crandell 10 run (Holcomb kick)

Second quarter

  • ECU - Shannon 9 pass from M. Crandell (kick failed)
  • WVU - Barber 2 run (two-point conversion failed)

Third quarter

  • WVU - Saunders 50 pass from Boykin (two-point conversion failed)
  • WVU - Safety, M. Crandell tackled in end zone

Fourth quarter

  • WVU - FG Br. Baumann 31
  • ECU - FG Holcomb 27

Cincinnati
See also: 1995 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Temple
See also: 1995 Temple Owls football team
Temple Owls at East Carolina Pirates
Period 1 2 34Total
Temple 0 0 71522
East Carolina 3 10 19032

at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina

  • Date: October 21, 1995
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 31,225
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • ECU - FG Holcomb 28

Second quarter

  • ECU - Crandell 7 run (Holcomb kick)
  • ECU - FG Holcomb 29

Third quarter

  • ECU - Nichols 5 pass from Crandell (two-point conversion failed)
  • TEM - Johnson 11 pass from Burris (Michalski kick)
  • ECU - Harley 7 run (Holcomb kick)
  • ECU - Foreman 31 fumble return (Holcomb kick)

Fourth quarter

  • TEM - Burris 9 run (Michalski kick)
  • TEM - Kersey 23 pass from Burris (Walker reception for two-point conversion)

SMU
See also: 1995 SMU Mustangs football team

Army
See also: 1995 Army Cadets football team

Tulsa
See also: 1995 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Memphis
See also: 1995 Memphis Tigers football team

1995 Liberty Bowl
See also: 1995 Stanford Cardinal football team

References
  1. "1995 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  2. "Vols keep it basic and like the result". The Tennessean. September 3, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Syracuse can't hang on". Hartford Courant. September 10, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "East Carolina dumps CMU". Lansing State Journal. September 17, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Illini ride to victory behind 1-Hoss team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pirates lose a big lead, but grab win". The Charlotte Observer. October 1, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Late field goal gives UC victory". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 8, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Temple's offense arrives too late in loss to E. Carolina". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "USM left stunned in defeat". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Army coughs up the football in loss to East Carolina". The Record. November 5, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "East Carolina bowls over TU". The Daily Oklahoman. November 12, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Pirates topple Tigers". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 19, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Pirates' Liberty Bowl win makes strong statement". The News and Observer. January 1, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "1996 NFL Draft listing". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 7, 2021.


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