UCONN at East Carolina 11/17/18 - NCAA Football Picks & Predictions

UConn and East Carolina are both struggling through difficult seasons and both will be looking for their first conference win when they play in Carolina Saturday. East Carolina is 2-7 overall and UConn 1-9. UConn has lost seven in a row and only one of those games was decided by less than a touchdown. East Carolina has lost its last four.

UConn's biggest struggle has been its defense, which is giving up 49.3 points per game, which is 130th in D-1. The Huskies are averaging 23.8 on offense. The Huskies have a reasonable running game, 26th nationally, averaging 217 yards per game.

East Carolina is averaging 23.2 points and giving up 34.8. The Pirates are eighth nationally in passing at 320 yards per game, but they are 118th rushing at 114 yards per game.

UConn is led by David Pindell, who has passed for 1717 yards, 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He has rushed for 1118 yards and 10 more touchdowns. Kevin Mensah has run for 860 yards an six touchdowns. No one else has a rushing touchdown for UConn. The Huskies have 16 rushing touchdowns and 16 from passing. Freshman Holton Ahlers has taken over the quarterback duties for East Carolina the last three weeks. For the year he has 1359 yards, seven touchdown and six interceptions. The Pirates have 2882 yards passing as a team, 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Ahlers also leads the team in rushing with 441 yards and five touchdowns. Trevon Brown has 999 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.