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Sat. 8/29	Sat. 9/12	Sat. 9/19	Thu. 9/24	Sat. 10/3
vs. Marsh TBA	@ SCar TBA	vs. Nor TBA	vs. UCF TBA	@ GaSt TBA

Marshall-ECU game date moved, will honor 1970 crash victims

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) Marshall and East Carolina will open the 2020 football season a week earlier than scheduled to accommodate a national television broadcast marking the 50th anniversary of the worst disaster in U.S. sports history.

The schools announced Thursday that the game originally set for Sept. 5 in Greenville now will be played Aug. 29. The network was not announced.

The schools were bonded forever when Marshall's chartered plane crashed while returning from a game at East Carolina on Nov. 14, 1970. The jet crashed into a hillside short of an airport in rain and fog near Huntington, West Virginia. Among the 75 people killed were 36 football players.

Marshall-ECU game date moved, will honor 1970 crash victims

Leaders
Passing Yards:	H. Ahlers	3387
Passing TDs:	H. Ahlers	21
Rushing Yards:	D. Mauney	446
Rushing TDs:	H. Ahlers	6
Receiving Yards:	C. Johnson	908
Receiving TDs:	T. Snead	5
Interceptions:	J. McMillian	3

Schedule 2020
Date	Opponent	Result / Time
8/29	vs. Marshall	TBA
9/12	at South Carolina	TBA
9/19	vs. Norfolk State	TBA
9/24	vs. UCF	TBA
10/3	at Georgia State	TBA
10/10	at South Florida	TBA
10/17	vs. Navy	TBA
10/30	at Tulsa	TBA
11/7	vs. Tulane	TBA
11/12	at Cincinnati	TBA
11/21	at Temple	TBA
11/28	vs. SMU	TBA

American Athletic Conference
East
	Conference	Overall
21 Cincinnati	7-1	11-3
UCF	6-2	10-3
Temple	5-3	8-5
South Florida	2-6	4-8
East Carolina	1-7	4-8
Connecticut	0-8	2-10
West
	Conference	Overall
17 Memphis	7-1	12-2
23 Navy	7-1	11-2
Southern Methodist	6-2	10-3
Tulane	3-5	7-6
Houston	2-6	4-8
Tulsa	2-6	4-8

Offense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	5162 (63)
Passing Yards:	3466 (37)
Rushing Yards:	1696 (100)
Points per game:	26.8 (78)
Yards per game:	430.2 (46)
Touchdowns:	34 (98)
Field Goals:	24 (7)

Defense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	5632 (113)
Passing Yards:	3139 (94)
Rushing Yards:	2493 (104)
Points per game:	33.7 (111)
Yards per game:	469.3 (119)
Touchdowns:	52 (114)
Field Goals:	10 (17)

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