A stunning Stuart Elliott strike just after the half-hour mark at the JJB Stadium was enough to send them into the third round.

In 1997 the Tigers beat then Premiership Crystal Palace 1-0 in the first leg of a second-round tie at their old ground of Boothferry Park before going through on the away-goals rule at Selhurst Park.

This victory was not quite in that league as manager Phil Brown's side are two divisions higher these days, but it still represents a notable scalp.

The Latics have made an impressive start to this season's Premier League under manager Chris Hutchings as they are riding high in third.

But after reaching the final of this competition in 2005, for the second successive season they have suffered a second-round exit in losing to lower league opposition as a year ago they lost 2-0 at Crewe.

Wigan had already survived one scare following an error in the 21st minute, with Stephen McPhee denied by a point-blank block from Mike Pollitt after Fitz Hall had failed to clear.

They were not so lucky 10 minutes later when Andreas Granqvist sliced an attempted clearance high into the air, allowing Elliott to strike a sweet 20-yard volley past Pollitt.

That led to Brown running onto the pitch and punching the air in delight as he celebrated with the 1,000 City fans in attendance.

Prior to that a Wigan side showing eight changes from Saturday's 1-1 draw at West Ham - inluding a return to the starting line-up for Socceroo Skoko - had played marginally the better football.

Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, one of six Hull changes to the side that won their first league game of the season with a 2-1 home victory over Norwich, produced an early save to deny Caleb Folan.

After Stephen McPhee had drilled a 20-yard drive inches wide of Pollitt's right-hand post, Henri Camara then glanced across the face of goal an incisive David Cotterill right-wing cross.

Myhill later showed superb reflexes in tipping a powerful Hall header over the crossbar after he met an inswinging Cotterill corner.

The 24-year-old then underlined his ability early in the second half by clawing away a 20-yard curled shot from Michael Brown that was destined for the top-right hand corner.

Wigan then proceeded to dominate, but unable to find a way through a resilient Tigers defence, Hutchings brought on $13million Jason Koumas and Nigeria international Julius Aghahowa.

The duo combined for what should have been the equaliser in the 76th minute, with Koumas splitting the City rearguard with a slide-rule pass.

But with just Myhill to beat, Aghahowa showed why he has so far failed to score since his $5million move from Shakhtar Donetsk in January when he blazed a right-foot shot wide.

Hull then managed to hold on through four minutes of injury time to record their upset victory.