F-15 pilots with BYU ties will do a flyover before Saturday’s game at ECU

September 20, 2025

By Dave McCann, Deseret News: Moments before kickoff at Saturday’s BYU-ECU battle in Greenville, North Carolina, a pair of F-15 pilots connected to BYU will deliver the first play of the game by zipping over Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium during the national anthem.

Captain Morgan Curriden, an F-15E instructor pilot, and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Eliason, director of operations for the 4th Operations Support Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base near Goldsboro, will share the same fly path in their respective jets, but their journey to this moment couldn’t be more different.

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A dream come true: F-15 pilots with BYU ties will rock Saturday’s game at ECU

The inside story of how these two Air Force pilots — and BYU fans — got flyover duties prior to BYU's game at East Carolina University.

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