GREENVILLE, N.C. — Katin Houser passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns, London Montgomery rushed for 125 yards and a score, and East Carolina beat Tulsa 41-27 on Thursday night.
ECU took a 31-14 lead on its first possession of the second half when Montgomery ran for a 51-yard touchdown.
Tulsa scored the next 10 points to get within 31-24. Seth Morgan made a 46-yard field goal and Stephen Kittleman capped an eight-play, 65-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
ECU went 61 yards on its next drive before settling for a 32-yard field goal to make it 34-24 with 10:51 left. Then the Pirates stopped Tulsa on fourth-and-15 near midfield when Rion Roseborough sacked Baylor Hayes.
Houser put ECU ahead 41-24 on a 2-yard run.
Marlon Gunn Jr. added 60 yards rushing and a score for ECU (4-3, 2-1