N.C. State has a 19-13 lead in the all-time series, including three in a row, but ECU has won two of the three games played at neutral sites. The Pirates won a thriller at the 1992 Peach Bowl ...

Both teams were called for unsportsmanlike conduct, and each saw players get ejected: three players for ECU and five players for NC State. The fight also led to umpire Rod Tucker (per Football ...

The fracas started when NC State defensive back Tamarcus Cooley shoved ECU WR Yannick Smith. Both benches emptied and it went on from there. A Military Bowl official suffered a gash under his left ...

NC State turned the ball over on their final drive which allowed ECU to take two kneel downs and run out the clock. Unfortunately, that was interrupted by a brawl that left one of the officials ...

So I apologize to ECU and their team for the way we responded." Emotions were understandably high for this matchup. NC State and East Carolina are about 80 miles apart, and although they don't ...

While Saturday night’s Military Bowl between East Carolina and North Carolina State was a highly competitive back-and-forth game between the two in-state rivals, it ended in ugly fashion.

Harris had 220 of ECU's 326 yards rushing, and his sensational sprint near the end of the game gave the Pirates (8-5) the lead back after they'd blown a 13-point advantage in the fourth.

But after a run up the middle by Harris, the fight broke out around the hash marks closer to the ECU sideline. East Carolina receiver Yannick Smith appeared to swipe a towel off the waist of NC ...

The two sides traded punts and turnovers in a rain-soaked Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the next several minutes, until ECU veteran running back Rahjai Harris broke off an 86-yard ...

Then they'll see each other again in about eight months. NC State opens the 2025 season at home against ECU on Aug. 30. There is certainly plenty of familiarity between these two programs ...