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East Carolina quarterback Chaston Ditta (17) looks to pass during the first half of the Military Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

Long ECU touchdown negated by inadvertent whistle in Military Bowl, then Pitt scores 2 plays later

East Carolina’s Marlon Gunn Jr. had a long touchdown run called back because of an inadvertant whistle — and two plays later, Pittsburgh forced a fumble and ran it back for a TD the other way in the Military Bowl. ECU led 10-7 and faced fourth-and-1 from its own 32 in the third quarter when Gunn shed a couple tacklers and went all the way to the end zone. But the play was negated because of the whistle, and Gunn was credited with a 14-yard gain instead. Two plays later, Chaston Ditta fumbled on a sack by Pitt’s Rasheem Biles, who recovered the ball and returned it 23 yards to the end zone.

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