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The Upset Report
2021 · Week 3 · Saturday, September 18, 2021

East Carolina stuns Marshall, 42–38

East Carolina closed as a 10-point underdog and won outright.

Final42–38
Upset size10
Rank in 202168th of 199
10-point underdog

It was the 6th-biggest of 14 upsets in 2021 Week 3, and the 68th-biggest of the 2021 season. East Carolina pulled off 2 other upsets in 2021.

Other upsets in 2021 Week 3

  1. 21, 19
    26.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size26.5
  2. 11-point underdogUnranked beat No. 13Recap
    Upset size17.5
  3. 14.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size14.5
  4. 14.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size14.5
  5. 42, 34
    10.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size10.5

East Carolina’s other 2021 upsets

  1. Week 114-point underdogRecap
    Upset size4
  2. Week 53-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3

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