GREENVILLE, N.C. — Braxton Woodson accounted for three fourth-quarter touchdowns and Navy beat East Carolina 34-20 on Friday.

Woodson threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Nathan Kent to give Navy a 21-6 lead with 10:48 left. East Carolina responded with a 16-play, 78-yard drive, capped by Katin Houser’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Winston Wright Jr., to pull within 21-13 with 5:35 to play.

Woodson broke out for a 38-yard touchdown run with 2:49 left and added a 10-yard TD run after a Houser interception for a 34-13 Navy lead.

Woodson completed 12 of 19 passes for 165 yards and finished the game with 125 yards rushing on 15 carries. Eli Heidenreich added 82 yards on the ground with a 36-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Brandon Chatman also had a touchdown run for the Midshipmen.

Houser was 20 of 36 passing for 219 yards and threw two touchdown passes and an interception for East Carolina (7-5, 5-3 American Athletic Conference), which had its four-game winning streak snapped at the end of its regular season.

Navy (8-3, 6-2) has won two of its last three games and will face conference leader Army on Dec. 14.

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