Military Bowl: NC State Wolfpack vs. East Carolina Pirates | Full Game Highlights | ESPN CFB

See full game highlights as the East Carolina Pirates came back to defeat the NC State Wolfpack, 26-21, in the Go Bowling Military Bowl behind a huge performance by RB Rahjai Harris rushing for 220 YDS & 1 TD while QB Katin Houser threw for 147 YDS.
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[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

As somebody with deep ties to ECU throughout my life it's nice to have something to cheer about with a team that has often disappointed us over the years.

[@Jeff-b4t]

East Carolina can hold their heads high good team

[@projectunderworldent]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Right! The traffic go through my hometown so I see the excitement and the disappointment when the drive back through.😂😂😂

[@KingNirex]

Yeah because whenever they play nc state they play like their in the national championship game

[@zacharyowens3547]

@@KingNirex not a single team is playing mfn NC State like it’s their championship game, c’mon be fr 😂

[@KingNirex]

@@zacharyowens3547 their fans sure do act like it was their national championship though lol

[@colebarber111]

I just wanna give credit to the commentators for this game…they called it good and with energy all the way to the end. Love it.

[@mschored487]

That TD run to win it was the ultimate Ball Dont Lie after that BS fake whistle on the scoop and score TD

[@buckyoung4578]

They didn't blow the whistle correctly, but made the correct call as forward progress was stopped.

[@Michael-wp4sn]

@@buckyoung4578 So lets say instead of fumbling the QB spun out and got a first down. Should the refs call him back and say your forward progress was stopped so we’re bringing the ball back to that spot? Imo in this hypothetical the QB should get the first and with that same logic ECU should have gotten the TD

[@henrypeterson7411]

@@Michael-wp4sn you can’t go back and make the call, I heard the ref fumbled with his whistle, his incompetency and lack of preparedness changed the outcome of an extremely important play but didn’t matter much because Pirates prevailed anyway

[@rebeccawilds4438]

My cousin! We are all so proud of him! Watch out for Rahjai Harris!

[@DomDeluccia11]

@@Michael-wp4sn Exactly!!! If he spun out of that and got a first they would have kept that first down. Such a BS call

[@deltasierra9769]

ECU and NC State rivalry needs a rebirth

[@AATM.Sports]

This will be a great introduction to a rivalry

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

@@AATM.Sports It is one sided rivalry, as NC State does not consider East Carolina a rivalry (ECU sure does though). I know one thing; the UBE store is Greenville is making money hand over fist.

[@raywilly6830]

@@EyeOfTheWatchertheir media team sure considered us rivals

[@zacharyowens3547]

@@EyeOfTheWatcheryou obviously didn’t see NC State’s media team and fans in 2022 when they beat ECU off a missed field goal. They were acting like they won it all 😂😂

[@taborevan]

ONE OF THE WORST CALLS OFF ALL TIME IT WAS A FUMBLE ALL REFS NEED FIRED ASAP

[@oilrig307]

it was i was at the game it was obvious

[@jerodjohnson7240]

This year period has been the worst officiating of all time. Way to many bad calls in College football this year with many teams getting screwed. It's so Blatantly obvious anymore, and the fans and everyone else ignore it. They are rubbing it in our faces and we sit silent lol. Literally watch the games they want to win, and see the missed calls continuously on the favored teams. I'm glad ECU had Karma on their side.

[@taborevan]

@@jerodjohnson7240 people dont wanna admit all sports period have been rigged for years its atrocious

[@peterstreiff3811]

Congratulations from 🇨🇭 to the East Carolina 🏴‍☠️🏈

[@midnight-2021]

ACC is now 1-9 in these playoffs and bowl games. This is a bad year for the ACC in post-season play.

[@MMX-fh5tn]

Everybody brings their best against the ACC.. ACC games are their Super Bowl...

[@CT-ob2bw]

@@MMX-fh5tnACC is a has been league. It’s soon to be a mid major league just like the AAC. Obvious

[@reidbonvillain5135]

@@CT-ob2bw id say the acc is already a mid major conference along with big 12. SEC and big ten are the only two powerhouse conference around.

[@davidbrown386]

1-9 with three schools left is not only bad. It reminds me of The Titanic

[@mattschrimpf236]

​@@MMX-fh5tnin reality they only need to bring the b or c game

[@rebeccawilds4438]

Didn’t want another ACC loss, but being the cousin of Rahjai Harris, I couldn’t have asked for anything better! Go Pirates 💜💛

[@frederickhansen7108]

Great game , great game . Both teams came to play , unfortunately, someone has to lose !

[@JimmyC-j7y]

In case you missed it, Navy beat Oklahoma.

[@surfdocer103]

Hee-hee!

[@dewalt24walton8]

Shocker of the bowl games so far

[@reedburns2033]

SEC sucks

[@MaeFlower-m1z]

Navy is better than East Carolina though The AAC was underrated

[@tylerhartley5031]

​@@reedburns20331-9 peasant

[@densityman1]

Nice bowl win for the Pirates!

[@henrypeterson7411]

By far one of my craziest sports stories, I just got back into Greenville from Annapolis I have to work at 10am, it was worth it. Go Pirates!

[@marconivlima]

I wish you a wonderful short rest and an amazing workday. :)

[@johnmarcus317]

A true Pirate

[@patrick9876]

Same man! GO PIRATES🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Terrible ref decision to deny a TD Luckily the right team won

[@marktwain368]

That QB Houser is something to behold! Guy can run, guy can throw, guy can discern who to throw it to. Impressive.

[@austinholland6842]

“Forward progress” LMAO. Ball don’t lie

[@Guttaball]

Just gonna leave out the massive fight lol

[@preezypatel]

They’ve been doing that on these recaps lol

[@Soundersfan2023]

You can't be showing college football fights if you want to bring in more fans to the game it is just that simple plus kids are watching and they don't want to see that

[@mathislane178]

@@Soundersfan2023nah the kids def wanna see that

[@Soundersfan2023]

@@mathislane178 what makes you want to say that I'm just curious.

[@thegreatiam8600]

​@@Soundersfan2023we live in a violent world. Violence in movies, music, video games, at home, in school. Not saying it's right but what do you expect when we're raised in violence

[@GitzenShiggles]

The brawl at the end was absolutely uncalled for. I guess they don't teach class at State.

[@Shaboomquisa]

your player flopped like the wind blew him over. weak

[@mathislane178]

@@Shaboomquisanah. bro let it happen cause he has class. state been acting classless all year. sore losers sought to fighting because they can’t play football.

[@mathislane178]

@@Shaboomquisatake the L lil guy 😂

[@henrypeterson7411]

@@mathislane178 of course they can’t play football, the game against Carolina is their Super Bowl

[@Shaboomquisa]

@@mathislane178 bro I love it when they fight quit being a boomer

[@lilsneady]

YOU CAN PAINT THIS ONE PURPLE GO PIRATES PUUUUURPPPLEEEEE

[@justicebradSSD]

GOLD

[@TieCj55]

PURPLE!!!

[@patrick9876]

GOLD!

[@doccecil2636]

These two should play every year.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

that is not going to happen because NC States feels ECU is beneath them, but they are playing each other next season in Raleigh.

[@a-jjjjjjj]

doesn't benefit NC State at all to do that. ECU is not respected enough nationally to be considered a good win but are dangerous enough that it isn't a guaranteed win (obviously)

[@johnw7097]

@a-jjjjjjj The ECU/State series from the 70s and 80s paid off a big chunk of the debt for building Carter Finley. They ought to have to play.

[@NiqueSmith]

The battle of the Old Line State invades the Old Line State. Congratulations to East Carolina Pirates for that stunning victory!!!

[@bradychick6535]

So happy 4 those Pirates.Glad that they didn't let the refs decide the game.Paint it Purple.👉💜😁✌

[@ohioarrowheads7977]

Glad ecu won after that bs call from the refs

[@buckyoung4578]

correct call. Whistle was late or non-existent, but forward progress was stopped.

[@Michael-wp4sn]

@@buckyoung4578 A non whistle means the play didn’t stop. There are no “should haves”, they didn’t blow the whistle td should have been the call

[@land1613]

@@buckyoung4578this guy has clearly never watched football before

[@Rodfather76]

@@buckyoung4578 bs

[@a-jjjjjjj]

@@Michael-wp4sn It feels wrong but I don't actually think that matters. If the knee was down then the play would be retroactively considered dead so I'm not sure why the same wouldn't apply for forward progress.

[@FelipeRubio85]

Let’s go Pirates!!💜💛

[@eYeOfXaxaar]

Congratulations to Coach Doeren for another loss. Why he still has a job leaves me completely baffled.

[@trevinschaerr3732]

Because NC State is a basketball school and doesn’t care as much about football as they should.

[@jkh2180]

He has had four nine win seasons. But at some point the school has to get tired of mediocrity

[@juice_man4439]

Also if you look at who’s he’s beat it’s mostly been the bottom of the league teams. Only 1 or 2 wins over Clemson. The only reason he still has a job is because we’re beat UNC for 4 years in a row. But that’ll be coming to an end with belicheck

[@jsdail]

Dude has survived off wins against UNC each year.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

General Quarters ECU, this is a battle field and you have the High Ground tonight. Those Pirates are going to draft into the pros for years to come... playing this fast already. Let us not forget the Qtr Back, all so well protected, nearly every play.

[@johnmarcus317]

Best team in NC once again!!!!!

[@iamguapo3x]

Duke ?

[@griffin8er845]

“Yay!!! We are the least bad team in the worst state for football!!!”

[@Ecupirate4life]

What makes this better is how this is also a political victory as well. The big 4 NC schools have stopped ECU from joining the ACC for years now, since 1991

[@mathislane178]

@@griffin8er845Nc isn’t worst state for football

[@johnmarcus317]

​@@griffin8er845 ohhhh arent we salty! Hahaha

[@jkh2180]

What a wild 4th quarter

[@SIXPACFISH]

ECU deserves that Win after that Totally Bogus Call by the Crooked Refs.

[@Chief_5]

Go Pirates! 👍

[@Reddeath111]

Thr Almost Competitive Confrence is alive and well this bowl season

[@RealmilitaryEdits]

Watched this game in Annapolis. Let’s go Pirates

[@icelinx]

An FR and and SO-QB ... won't be surprised to see both of them 3 years later in the NFL ...

[@buckyoung4578]

No chance! Both minor league teams with minor league players!

[@icelinx]

@@buckyoung4578 : Such a difference?

[@leslie6217]

Deserved win for ECU even after the refs tried to shaft them.

[@tremoore9831]

It's hard to criticize teams on their bowl performance when the transfer portal is as crazy as it is. But this is something the majority of their conference is going through. So it's hard not to link the two.

[@griffin8er845]

It’s hard to criticize individual schools. However an entire conference sitting at 1-9 is ridiculous. The only school in the ACC who won their bowl game needed a B1G quarterback to do it for them too.

[@JesseDavis7373]

@@griffin8er845and it wasn’t even an ACC school until this year

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@JesseDavis7373Syracuse and Louisville have been in the ACC for years.

[@JesseDavis7373]

@ Louisville won since my post, did Syracuse play as well?

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@JesseDavis7373 Syracuse throttled Wazzu in the Holiday Bowl

[@twanshaw]

Young QB for NC State gotta have visions stepping up in the pocket.

[@JesseDavis7373]

Love how they edited the brawl out of the highlights. Stinks for the Pack, but the Pirates earned that one.

[@leeshepherd9802]

What a game!!

[@tgoptics5674]

Why he walk off with the bowling pins like he was stealing lmfao

[@YOSEMITEVUE-fo9tu]

Pirates win Military Bowl

[@Playsinvain]

What a popular guy Harris seems to be

[@terrellp22]

ACC is 1-8 in bowl games currently, 3 more games to go

[@Osgiliathian45]

It’s 1-6 not 1-8. Clemson and SMU games were not bowl games as they were played in their opponent’s stadium.

[@crypt_yt9328]

And yet a few of the ACC teams beat a good chunk of the sec most times 😂 and the sec struggling against other conferences

[@kingkyogre1225]

The acc should just implode if you’re teams are losing to g5 teams

[@stephenvz7852]

Oklahoma lost to navy eat glass

[@stephenvz7852]

Hope you aren’t a SEC fan lol

[@rockyjforay]

East Carolina has the best pirate 🏴‍☠️ logo in all of sports 🏈

[@ericguerra7319]

ACC is now 1-9 😂😂😂

[@Osgiliathian45]

How?

[@crypt_yt9328]

Wrong

[@griffin8er845]

@@crypt_yt9328 correct. The only team who has won in the ACC is Syracuse.

[@griffin8er845]

@@Osgiliathian45 because everybody besides Syracuse lost their bowl game? Not very difficult to understand…

[@h.donnellgrayiii4276]

3:38 ECU QB#4 so should go by Doogie Houser 😂 i know i know corny, yeah, but I just couldn't resist the easy bait

[@dcspace7198]

With a name like Hollywood Smothers how could you not be badass running back! Imagine Hollywood smothers as a Colorado Buffalo!

[@wordnerd2005]

That little tiny school, schooled the big bad wolves from Raleigh. I'd love to compare NIL on these two teams. ECU just wanted it more.

[@aaronburkegolf5121]

Not tiny school is over 30,000 student body

[@wordnerd2005]

​@@aaronburkegolf512110 thousand student body difference. NCSU has no excuses for this one. They are surrounded by all that money in Raleigh. From a power 4 conference and big NIL.

[@a-jjjjjjj]

ECU is not a tiny school lol

[@bryanmorton5504]

Coach Dave Doeren is the best way for the NC State Wolfpack to be a team and they will never get a ACC championship much less make it to the college playoffs to keep coach Dave Doeren another season is saying to the fans that they are ok with losing and not anything that fans can look forward to. If I was the athletic director I would have fired him in the locker room after the game.

[@JeremiahO-t5x]

One of the loudest bowl games this year

[@Michael-wp4sn]

Forward progress call was bs. If the QB spun out and got the 1st instead of fumbling it would be ridiculous for the refs to call him back because his forward progress was stopped. Not to mention the fumble happened a second after his forward progress was “stopped”

[@sharpes07ify]

Go pirates!!!!! 💜

[@mayberryastronomy6335]

PURPLE!!!!

[@daviddoub8251]

Go Pirates!

[@marconivlima]

They played this game like a Super Bowl. Congrats to all athletes for that. (excluding the brawl)

[@isaiahdavis1163]

Heck yeah!

[@coachmullen1]

I guess we're pretending there wasn't a sprawling fight on the field just before the final play. It's part of the game story. These young men are in college. If they can't control their emotions and win or lose without getting into a fight, then what are they learning as a part of their college experience? They should be called out and criticized for their actions. And, of course, they should be given more chances to grow up. Ignoring it and sweeping it under the rug doesn't accomplish anything.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

It could have been much worse. I fear what will happen if ECU wins in Raleigh next season.

[@marynorton1777]

The acc is my favorite conference go blue devils

[@RKLIFE17]

Absolutely an horrible call by the officiating team

[@KOA_Vear]

LOL ACC Sucks

[@buckyoung4578]

At least they get a decent education at an ACC school.

[@projectunderworldent]

If the SEC didn’t win it all it was the ACC…

[@billmalone5050]

You don't get a good education at the University of the People's Republic of Chapel Hill. You get a woke, left wing, pc brainwashing and indoctrination.

[@billmalone5050]

One does NOT get a good education at the University of the People's Republic of Chapel Hill. What they get is a woke, left wing, PC, commie and anti-American brainwashing and indoctrination.

[@crypt_yt9328]

More like you do 😂

[@AllNJesusFreak]

Boo on them for not showing the fight.

[@curveball135]

Let’s go Pirates!!

[@D1_JOLY15]

How did #20 drop that

[@UltimateKeyboardWarrior]

Where's the fight?

[@asheebret]

16:40 16:52

[@empacttv3954]

The SEC and BIG10 realignment has really hurt the ACC in football and basketball.

[@dcspace7198]

North Carolina state's quarterback should be on a Butterfingers commercial!

[@NiqueSmith]

The battle of the Tar Heel State invades the Old Line State!!!

[@surfershaper]

ARRRRRGHHH Matey A dubs a dub scallywag

[@JSusa440]

Im surprised they would match these two teams up in a bowl game considering they played each other a lot in the regular season over the years not to mention they'll play again in Week 1 of the 2025 season

[@JimmyC-j7y]

ACC playing their bowl games like AOC.

[@crypt_yt9328]

Buddy what😂

[@griffin8er845]

@@crypt_yt9328 1-9

[@KyllaniCargill]

Well call this the north Carolina bowl

[@RaseanBolden_Pharoah252]

Big 252

[@Thegunboyxx]

ACC should drop to D2 or FCS they dont represent college football

[@taborevan]

YEP

[@JimmyC-j7y]

Basketball season is coming!

[@RandomAccessMemorees]

AAC is a Power Conference argue with a wall

[@crypt_yt9328]

Dumbest comment of the night 😂cry

[@crypt_yt9328]

@@taborevanNOPE

[@juice_man4439]

As an NC Stank fan, this game was sickening. First off the forward progress call was BS and we all knew it. I’m glad they got that TD to take the lead. Throwing that pick off the helmet was a gut punch. I can’t stand ECU but they were definitely the better team and deserved the win. How Dave Doeren has hung around so long is a miracle. Most state fans are content with this season because we beat UNC, but I think it was a massive failure. It’s a school that loves mediocrity and I’m tired of it

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Prepare for another lost to ECU next season.

[@juice_man4439]

@@EyeOfTheWatcher I can’t wait!

[@darinp5612]

lol, conveniently skipped the TNB fight at the end

[@betrayal6231]

ACC really showing us why an extra B12 or SEC team needed to be in the playoffs in stead of SMU and Clemson

[@MMX-fh5tn]

Everybody brings their best against the ACC.. ACC games are their Super Bowl...

[@chrisdonahue]

@@MMX-fh5tn cope

[@donovandowden1272]

@@MMX-fh5tnokay 😂

[@zane8784]

​@@MMX-fh5tncupcake*

[@dalewatson2705]

😅​@@MMX-fh5tn😅😅😅

[@johnzdrazil2140]

Congrats EC. Refs blew that fumble call and TD negate.

[@Rodfather76]

Tried to cheat ECU TH=he ball doesn't lie

[@gking407]

Hingle McCringleberry, Penn State University could be followed by …. Hollywood Smothers, North Carolina State University

[@wolfgreen890]

Bro why at the end of the game did the ECU player throw horns down? Wrong game💀

[@henrypeterson7411]

@@wolfgreen890 wolf down haha

[@braydenmeads]

The Wolfpack use a similar hand symbol as the longhorns

[@wolfgreen890]

@@braydenmeads ohhh! My bad

[@joeshores5945]

Question???????. Why do you kick the ball into the end zone and give the offense a twenty five yard gift. Don't make sense.

[@rockyjforay]

They also don’t get to return the ball farther than the 25 yard line, or even for a touchdown.

[@AATM.Sports]

Refs tried to cheat ecu but they still won 😂😂

[@ericguerra7319]

1-9 😂😂😂 ACC SO BAD IT WON'T EXIST IN A FEW YEARS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamescrawford9123]

Talent levels not even close 🤣 the NC State coaching staff must be awful 🤣 that last TD run was karma. How do you call forward progress stopped on that fumble? 🤣

[@PudgyPedalPusher]

East Carolina had to beat their rival and the refs!

[@Ihaveaglitch]

As is tradition

[@a-jjjjjjj]

the call was correct

[@bonthecuber]

As a state fan fml

[@ethano3099]

I could hear the whistle but I disagree with the call

[@wordnerd2005]

How about Miami's QB just quitting on his team today.

[@kentiner63]

Why would any team name themselves, "pirates" ? Why not just call yourselves the "murderers" or the "thieves" ?

[@ashezplayboy]

Was on a 9 win streak on a 25 legger and nc state losing to efffing ecu blew all my tickets. Im so lost..ecu dud nothing all year

[@brentiers]

Why screw the big man like that??

[@chrispotts3794]

I know bowl games don’t matter since so many players opt out, but still… ACC… come on lol

[@crypt_yt9328]

This is a Rivalry….

[@RhiscFactor]

OMGoogle….that was the interim Coach?!?! Beating the starting ncsu qb?!? WOW. State is terrible.

[@super8bitvideos]

NCST lost to a place that someone not from the US would say is a state

[@joelpeterson7097]

ACC is so bad

[@crypt_yt9328]

Stop😂

[@griffin8er845]

@@crypt_yt9328 1-9

[@BryceYoung-q5v]

Put your headphones on; there's a whistle.

[@jefftee0421]

Not until way after the fumble

[@marconivlima]

Haha

[@jkh2180]

I heard the whistle. Idk what everyone else is listening too lol

[@eagleback1255]

*off Doren 😂😂😂

[@timmyg6145]

I just came to see the fight and they didn't show it.. Probably wasn't any good like football😮

[@timmyg6145]

ACC

[@bryanmorton5504]

I've been a Wolfpack fan since I was little football and baseball basketball

[@3rdeyelionheart]

😂😂😂😂 The gAyCC!

[@Trabunkle]

☠ Arrr ☠