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Leonard Henry ran for 96 yards and three touchdowns, the last after an interception by Anthony Adams in the closing minutes, as East Carolina held on to beat Texas Christian, 37-30, at Fort Worth, Texas.
David Garrard threw for 221 yards and had two TD passes of more than 50 yards, both scores coming in the first half when the Pirates (5-3, 4-0 Conference USA) built a 27-3 lead.
East Carolina had to hold on after Casey Printers took over at quarterback for TCU (4-4, 2-2) in the second half and led the Horned Frogs on four touchdown drives. Printers completed 24 of 49 passes for 319 yards.
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For the third consecutive year, Florida defensive end Alex Brown was selected as a semifinalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award, which pared its list of possible recipients to 12.
The annual award goes to the top college lineman or linebacker.
Only top-ranked Miami, with offensive tackles Bryant McKinnie and Joaquin Gonzalez, had more than one semifinalist. UCLA’s Robert Thomas also is a semifinalist.
Other semifinalists include Oklahoma linebacker Rocky Calmus, North Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers and Washington nose tackle Larry Tripplett.
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