Tyrod Taylor had a 13-yard touchdown run, Matt Waldron kicked three field goals, and Williams atoned for his critical miscue last week against North Carolina by cracking the 1,000-yard mark for the Hokies (6-3).

They held a 379-277 advantage in total yardage, forced three turnovers, and made just enough plays to bounce back from losses to No. 10 Georgia Tech and the Tar Heels. They also avenged last year’s loss.

Patrick Pinkney was 16-of-33 passing for 167 yards for East Carolina (5-4).

The Owls (7-2, 5-0 Mid-American Conference) won their seventh straight game and are on their longest winning streak since they won the final eight games of the 1973 season.

Temple blew leads of 21-3 and 31-13 against the RedHawks (1-9, 1-5). To put the winning streak in perspective, the Owls won seven games total from 2002-05.

An attorney for Bryant said that the one-year penalty handed down by the NCAA amounted to a “death penalty’’ for his client’s college career, considering that he’s likely to enter next year’s NFL draft.

“I don’t know that there’s much about this type of decision that would help improve a person,’’ Willie Baker, Bryant’s attorney, told the Associated Press. “I think there are other ways that the NCAA might try to develop - a different way of administering, if you want to call it punishment or whatever, but in the end it ought to be something that would be helpful to the student.’’

The NCAA’s decision brings an end to the process that began in late September when Bryant sat out the first of five games while the NCAA investigated his offseason meeting with former NFL player Deion Sanders at a Texas athletic center. Since initially lying to an NCAA investigator about the meeting, Bryant has admitted he jogged with Sanders and went to his home. He also issued apologies both publicly and in a letter to the NCAA.

Baker said the suspension was a result of the lie alone and that Bryant wasn’t found guilty of breaking any other NCAA rules.