USF football falls at ECU 20-17 on last-second 55-yard field goal
The Bulls tied the game in the fourth before Andrew Conrad's kick at the final gun.
TAMPA - East Carolina beat South Florida 20-17 on Friday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium when Andrew Conrad made a 55-yard field goal as time expired, according to the official box score and USF Athletics recap.
USF led 7-0 in the first quarter on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Luke Kromenhoek to Bryson Rodgers and took a 10-3 lead on Nico Gramatica's 30-yard field goal in the second. ECU tied it before halftime on a 15-yard Emory Williams-to-Landon Sides touchdown and went ahead 17-10 in the third on Sides' 8-yard scoring catch.
Jason Collins Jr. scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth to tie the game at 17-17. Conrad's 55-yard kick capped a 10-play drive and finished the scoring at 20-17. Attendance was listed at 33,708.
Source: USF Athletics box score vs. East Carolina, Nov. 6, 2026 and recap, opened Nov. 7, 2026.