East Carolina is back inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for Thursday night action as it hosts the Florida Atlantic Owls. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2, as the Pirates try to take another step towards bowl eligibility.
ECU comes in around a touchdown favorite, sitting at 4-4 overall, with a 2-2 record in American Athletic Conference play. The Pirates had an open date last week to further feed off the 56-34 win over Temple. FAU, which enters at 2-6 and 0-4 in the league, lost to USF 44-21 this past Friday in Boca Raton.
Thursday will mark ECU’s third-ever matchup with FAU. The Pirates defeated FAU last season in Boca, and topped the Owls in their previous meeting in Greenville in 2013, which also came on Thursday night, ironically…