BYU wide receiver Devon Blackmon (19) runs a reception for a touchdown during the first half in an NCAA college football game against East Carolina, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Provo, Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Daily Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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PROVO, Utah (AP) - Algernon Brown scored on a 9-yard run with 19 seconds left to play and Brigham Young survived a big fourth-quarter comeback to hold off East Carolina, 45-38 on Saturday night.
BYU held a 38-21 lead going into the fourth quarter, but the Pirates scored 17 straight points to tie the game at 38-38 with 4:01 remaining on a 34-yard field goal by Davis Plowman.
The Cougars responded with a 75-yard, 10-play drive capped by Brown's third touchdown of the game.
Tanner Mangum was 24 of 33 for 332 yards and three touchdowns to lead BYU (4-2) while Brown carried 24 times for 134 yards and three touchdowns, including a 53-yard dash early in the third quarter.
Blake Kemp was 28 of 36 for 370 yards and two touchdowns to lead East Carolina (3-3), finding Isaiah Jones from 7 yards out to cut the BYU lead to 38-35.
BYU wide receiver Terenn Houk (11) celebrates with offensive lineman Austin Hoyt (71) after Houk ran a reception in for a touchdown during the first half in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Provo, Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Daily Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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BYU wide receiver Devon Blackmon (19) stays just ahead of East Carolina linebacker Zeek Bigger (44) during the first half in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Provo, Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Daily Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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BYU wide receiver Mitch Mathews (10) dives into the end zone for a touchdown against East Carolina during the first half in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Provo, Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Daily Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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