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Marshall Football 2015

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2015 Game-by-Game CaptainsPurdue-22 D.J. Hunter, 54 Michael Selby, 78 Clint Van Horn, 94 Jarquez SamuelOhio-17 Taj Letman, 54 Michael Selby, 71 Sebastian Johansson, 93 Steve DillonNorfolk State- 3 Davonte Allen, 10 Corey Tindal, 54 Michael Selby, 94 Jarquez SamuelKent State- 17 Taj Letman, 19 Deandre Reaves, 22 D.J. Hunter, 47 Devon JohnsonODU- 31 Evan McKelvey, 54 Michael Selby, 85 Ryan Yurachek, 94 Jarquez SamuelSouthern Miss- 3 Davonte Allen, 31 Evan McKelvey, 85 Ryan Yurachek, 93 Steve DillonFlorida Atlantic-10 Corey Tindal, 30 Evan McKelvey, 38 Tyler Williams, 85 Ryan YurachekNorth Texas-3 Davonte Allen, 17 Taj Letman, 22 D.J. Hunter, 54 Michael SelbyCharlotte-17 Taj Letman, 31 Evan McKelvey, 54 Michael Selby, 85 Ryan YurachekMT-3 Davonte Allen, 31 Evan McKelvey, 85 Ryan Yurachek, 94 Jarquez Samuel

Marshall University Thundering Herd 2015 Football Game NotesMarshall Thundering Herd (8-1, 5-0 C-USA) at Middle Tennessee (3-5, 2-2 C-USA)Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 - 3:30 p.m. ET - Floyd Stadium (30,788) - Murfreesboro, Tn.TV: FOX Sports Net (Brendan Burke-Play-by-Play, Ben Leber-Analyst, Christian Steckel-Sideline)

Marshall University Information

Location______________________________________ _____Huntington, W.Va.Founded______________________________ ____ 1837 (as Marshall Academy)Enrollment____________________________________________ ______ 14,000Nickname______________________________________ ____ Thundering HerdColors _______________________________ ____Green (PMS 356C) and WhiteStadium__________________________________ ___Joan C. Edwards StadiumCapacity_______________________________________________ _____ 38,148Year Opened____________________ __ 1991 (as Marshall University Stadium)Surface______________________________________________ _____ FieldTurfConference__________________________ ____ Conference USA (East Division)Interim President_____________________ ____________________ Gary WhiteDirector of Athletics____________________ ____Mike Hamrick (Marshall, 1980)Head Coach________________________ ___Doc Holliday (West Virginia, 1979)Record at Marshall____________________________ 48-26 overall, 32-13 C-USACareer Record___________________________________________ _____ sameMarshall’s 2014 Record_____________________________________ _____ 13-12014 C-USA Record/Finish_____________________________ ___7-1 (1st, East)Off ense______________________________________________ ______MultipleDefense_____________________________________________ ______MultipleOff ensive Starters Returning/Lost______________________________ _____ 6/5Defensive Starters Returning/Lost______________________________ ____ 7/4Letterwinners Returning/Lost_______________________________ _____67/15

Marshall Football Staff Head Coach_______________ ____________Doc Holliday (West Virginia, 1979)Off ensive Coord./QBs________ ______________ Bill Legg (West Virginia, 1985)Defensive Coord./Secondary___ ____________ Chuck Heater (Michigan, 1975)Running Backs_____________ ____________ Chris Barclay (Wake Forest, 2009)Defensive Ends_____________ ________ Sean Cronin (Georgetown, Ky., 2003)Linebackers_______________ ____________ Adam Fuller (Sacred Heart, 1998)Wide Receivers_____________ ___________ Mike Furrey (Northern Iowa, 2000)Tight Ends/Recruiting Coord.__ ________ Todd Goebbel (Northern Iowa, 1998)Off ensive Line_____________ ____________________ Alex Mirabal (FIU, 1993)Defensive Tackles___________ _______________ J.C. Price (Virginia Tech, 1998)Assistant AD for Football Ops __________ Mark Gale (Oklahoma State, 1981)

2015 Marshall Football ScheduleDate Opponent (TV) Time (ET)/Result

Sept. 6 PURDUE (FS1) W, 41-31Sept. 12 at Ohio (ASN/ESPN3) L, 21-10Sept. 19 NORFOLK STATE (ASN-WVAH) W, 45-7Sept. 26 at Kent State (ASN/ESPN3) W, 36-29 (2OT)Oct. 3 OLD DOMINION (ASN/WCHS) W, 27-7

Oct. 9 SOUTHERN MISS (CBSSN) W, 31-10

Oct. 17 at Florida Atlantic (FOX College Sports) W, 33-17

Oct. 24 NORTH TEXAS (FOX Sports Net) W, 30-13

Oct. 31 at Charlotte (FOX Sports Net) W, 34-10

Nov. 7 at Middle Tennessee (FOX Sports Net) 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 14 FIU (FOX Sports Net) 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 27 at Western Kentucky (FS1) 12 p.m.

Bold - Indicates a C-USA gameHome games in CAPSAll times are Eastern Time Zone and subject to change.

Stat Comparison (Conference USA Ranks)

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Scoring Off ense 31.9 (5th) 34.6 (4th)

Scoring Defense 16.1 (1st) 30.8 (7th)

Total Off ense 396.1 (6th) 440.1 (4th)

Total Defense 352.0 (1st) 404.0 (5th)

Rushing Off ense 173.7 (5th) 129.5 (12th)

Rushing Defense 174.6 (7th) 142.0 (2nd)

Passing Off ense 222.4 (8th) 310.6 (4th)

Passing Defense 177.4 (1st) 262.0 (10th)


Charlotte NotesJunior safety Tiquan Lang – usually No. 21 – wore No. 47 as tribute to senior running back Devon Johnson, who remains out due to injury. Marshall game captains versus Charlotte, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff -- Off ense: Michael Selby, center; Ryan Yurachek, tight end; Defense: Taj Letman, safety; Evan McKelvey, linebacker. Selby leads the team with seven captain selections in nine games in 2015. Defensive tackle Jarquez Samuel’s sack on Charlotte’s fi rst series was the senior nose tackle’s fi rst sack of the season and third of his career. Wide receiver Davonte Allen’s 66-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Chase Litton (6:30, fi rst quarter) is the Herd’s longest completion this season. It also was Allen’s 12th career touchdown catch, moving him into a tie for No. 21 all-time at Marshall with Andre Motley (1988-90). Tyler Williams’ 54-yard punt (4 mins, fi rst quarter) was his 18th punt of 50 or more yards this season and the 56th of his career. Marshall’s nine-play, 97-yard touchdown drive (13:27 second, Litton-to-Yurachek TD) is the Herd’s longest drive by yardage this season, topping an 89-yarder against North Texas one week earlier. Tight end Emanuel Byrd’s 41-yard reception (early second quarter) is the longest by a Herd tight end since Devon Johnson had a 52-yarder against East Carolina on Nov. 29, 2013 – the Herd’s fi rst C-USA East Division-clinching win. Placekicker Nick Smith’s 37-yard fi eld goal miss (13:04, third quarter) ended his streak at 12th straight fi eld goal, and Marshall’s at 19 in a row. Smith’s 12 in a row puts him No. 2 on the Herd all-time list for consecutive successful fi eld goal tries. Craig Ratanamorn made the school record 16 in a row with his last two in 2008 and fi rst 14 in 2009. Justin Haig made his fi nal seven last season prior to Smith’s streak. The last miss was Haig’s 23-yarder in the fi rst quarter (11:26) against UAB at Legion Field on Nov. 22, 2014.

Quarterback Chase Litton’s 486 pass yards ranks third in Herd single-game history. Only Byron Leftwich (576, GMAC Bowl, 2001 vs. East Carolina) and Michael Payton (496, VMI, 1991) have thrown for more yards in a Marshall game. Wide receiver Davonte Allen made 12 catches for 232 yards, the most for the program since Josh Davis had a 264-yard day against Appalachian State in 2002. The 232 ranks sixth in Herd single-game receiving history. Randy Moss owns the record of 288 yards versus Delaware in 1996 Division I-AA playoff s.

The yardage numbers posted by Litton and Allen – who had a 66-yard scoring catch -- were single-game highs in Conference USA this season. Cornerback Corey Tindal’s fourth-quarter interception was his second this season and third of his career. Marshall has won 22 of its last 24 games and 27 of its last 30. Marshall is 22-6 in games played after Oct. 28 in Coach Doc Holliday’s fi ve-plus years a coach, including 12-1 at Edwards Stadium. Marshall has won eight consecutive Conference USA regular-season road games.

Turning Up The “Heat”Marshall defensive coordinator Chuck Heater and his troops are off to a fast start in several national statistical categories. The Herd is in the top 20 in the following:

1st: Passes defended (71)1st: Pass breakups (59)1st: Fourth-down stops (13)1st: Pass effi ciency defense (86.86)1st: Yards/Pass Attempt Allowed (4.8)T-2nd: Completion Percentage Allowed (46.8)T-3rd: Turnovers Gained (21)T-6th: 3-and-outs (5.56/game)T-7th: Defensive touchdowns (3)T-7th: Fumbles Recovered (9)T-10th: Scoring Defense (16.1)T-11th: Interceptions (12)T-11th: 3-and-out percentage (39.4, 50-127)15th: Red Zone Defense (.731)15th: Kickoff Return Defense (17.74)17th: Pass Yards Allowed/Game (176.4)

Topping the League (Team)Marshall leads Conference USA in:Scoring Defense (16.1 points/game)Total Defense (352.0 yards/game)

Pass Defense (177.4 yards/game)Pass Defense Effi ciency (86.9)Kickoff Return Average (25.9 yards/game)Passes Intercepted (12)Kickoff Coverage (41.8 net average)Touchbacks (33)PAT Percentage (1.000, 27-27)

Individually, Evan McKelvey’s 88 tackles is eighth nationally and fi rst in the league by four. Also, Deandre Reaves boasts a league-leading 27.8 kick return average and Taj Letman’s three interceptions are tied for the league lead, as are Corey Tindal’s 11 pass breakups.

PollingThe Thundering Herd received fi ve points in the latest Amway/USA Today Coaches Poll, eff ectively placing the program 36th nationally.

Leaves Fall, Herd WinsThe Herd is 22-6 after Oct. 28 in Doc Holliday’s fi ve-plus years as head coach, including a 12-1 mark at home.

The Best...and...Among Group of Five programs, Marshall has the best winning percentage in the 2014-15 seasons. A look at the top G5 teams during that span:

Marshall (21-2, .913)Memphis (18-3, .857)Boise State (19-4, .826) Toledo (16-4, .800)Houston (16-5, .762)

...Nearly the BestWith back-to-back seasons of double-digit victories – 10 in 2013 and 13 in 2014 -- Marshall entered 2015 owning one of the best FBS totals in that two-plus-season span. Currently, only three FBS teams have more victories since the start of the 2013 season.

Florida State-34Ohio State-34Michigan State-32Marshall-31

Next Man UpCoach Holliday talks frequently about the program’s “Next Man Up” philosophy as it relates to reserves playing well in place of injured starters. It’s been a season-long situation for Holliday’s team, which continues to endure through depth. The Herd has had 34 players start on off ense or defense in 2015 -- 19 of those on the off ensive side.

Effi ciency at its bestThe Herd has averaged more yards per play than the opposition in 22 of its last 24 games (Ohio and Kent State in 2015).

What’s up? … DocMarshall Coach Doc Holliday enters his sixth season on the Herd sideline, and the only current Conference USA head coach who was in the Texas-based league when Holliday arrived is Rice’s David Bailiff .

Holliday, named at Marshall in December 2009, was part of a 23-man FBS coaching-hire class prior to the 2010 season. Of those 23 coaches, only six remain on the job at the schools hiring them in 2010 – Holliday, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly, Ruffi n McNeill at East Carolina, Virginia’s Mike London and Todd Berry of Louisiana-Monroe.

Holliday is 48-26 (.649) in fi ve-plus seasons. The only coaches in his “hiring class” with better records are Fisher (65-12, .844) and Kelly (52-21, .713).

Holliday received a six-year contract extension this past spring, through June 2021, bumping his base and supplemental salary to $755,500. Herd Finishes Under HollidaySince Doc Holliday became head coach in 2010, the Herd has an excellent record of fi nishing off its opponents once it takes the lead. Marshall is 35-6 when it scores fi rst, 35-3 when leading after the fi rst quarter, 38-2 when leading at halftime and 37-3 when leading after three quarters.

10+Since the start of the 2012 season (49 games), MU boasts 911 10+ yard plays, an average of 18.6 per contest. As you might imagine, those numbers have yielded the following: In that same period, off ensive coordinator Bill Legg’s attack has 28 games of 500 or more yards total off ense and 27 games with 40 or more points.

Feel The RushWith a 105-yard eff ort by Hyleck Foster vs. North Texas, the Herd has 22 of those 100-yard rushing performances in the last 23 games, and 33 in the last


37 games.

Protecting the Home TurfMarshall is nationally known for being one of, if not the, toughest places to play in college football. The program has won 85.0 percent (147-26) of its home games in Joan C. Edwards Stadium, the second-highest mark in the country. Baylor, who is in just its second season in McLane Stadium, is fi rst at 10-0 (1.000). Marshall has won 19 of its last 20 home games, dating to an Oct. 27, 2012 loss to UCF (last two home games in 2012, 6-0 in 2013, 6-1 in 2014, 5-0 this season).

Tyler, tooHerd senior Tyler Williams impressed quickly upon his 2012 arrival in the program, winning the punting job as a true freshman walk-on and then setting the school single-season record with a 45.19-yard average. Now, he has a shot at the career average record.

The Fort Wayne, Ind., resident currently has a 44.0-yard average over his three-plus seasons. The school record of 43.4 belongs to Pat Velarde (1982-83). And only 68 of Williams’ 195 career punts have been returned, or 1 for every 2.9 kicks.

In three-plus seasons, Williams has had 57 punts of 50 or more yards, including 12 of 60-plus. He has placed 63 inside the 20, with only 21 touchbacks.

Williams has been especially clutch in 2015, as he is second nationally with 22 kicks that have been downed inside the 20. Williams’ 54 punts rank seventh nationally, and his 2,427 yards ranks sixth.

His stellar performance in the 2013 Military Bowl was a key to the Herd’s victory over Maryland, as Williams pinned the Terps at their own 1, 5, 1 and 8 among his seven kicks. His career-long boot was a 66-yarder at Rice in 2012.

Williams is the fi fth four-year starting punter in Marshall annals, following Bob Esbaugh (1971-74), Chris Hanson (1995-98), Curtis Head (1999-2002) and Kase Whitehead (2008-11).

Happy returnsHerd kick return man Deandre Reaves has set the school record for single-season return yards in each of the last two years – 924 in 2013 and 931 last season. In the loss at Ohio, he also claimed the school’s career record.

Reaves has 2,217 career kick return yards. The school mark that lasted nearly four decades was Ray Crisp’s. who posted 1,966 yards from 1975-78.

Reaves has gotten his kick runback yardage in the last two-plus seasons. He didn’t have a kick return as a freshman in 2012. He has two career kick returns for touchdowns, both for 93 yards (vs. Northern Illinois-2014, at Kent State-2015). Extra PointsSeconds after Tiquan Lang returned an interception 30 yards seven seconds into the win over Purdue, placekicker Nick Smith trotted onto the fi eld for the ensuing extra point.

Smith has a PAT streak to continue. Justin Haig made his fi nal 102 extra points – last missing Nov. 2, 2013 in a win over Southern Miss (third quarter), and Smith kicked one in last season’s victory at FIU.

With four in the win over Charlotte, the Herd streak is 137 when the Marshall faces Middle Tennessee on Saturday. Marshall had a streak of 156 straight when Haig missed in 2013.

Hang on!It’s easy to see why Herd Coach Doc Holliday talks about ball security so often. His fi ve previous Marshall teams have provided a strong indicator of why turnover margin is so important.

Holliday’s six Herd teams have a combined 48-26 record. When Marshall has an edge in turnover margin, it is 27-4. When the turnover number is equal, Marshall is 11-4. But when the opponent is more sure-handed, the Herd is 10-18.

Of Marshall’s 74 games under Holliday, the Herd has played 37 while producing zero or one turnover.

FavoredWhen Alabama kicked off as the underdog against Georgia on Oct. 3, it snapped the Crimson Tide’s 72-game streak of being the favorite, according to Covers.com. The Thundering Herd now holds the distinction of having the longest such streak...33 games. Next is Oklahoma (21) and TCU (16). Marshall’s streak could be in jeopardy this week, however, as Middle Tennessee is currently (as of Sunday, 10:37 p.m. ET) favored by one point.

50+Marshall’s 52-23 win over NIU last season was the 14th time that the

Thundering Herd has reached the 50+-point plateau under coach Doc Holliday. Jim Donnan (1990-95) holds the all-time school mark in that department with 15, while Bob Pruett (1996-2004) also reached that mark 14 times and Cam Henderson (1936-42, 1946-49) did it on 13 occasions.

Perfect vs. Texas at HomeInterestingly enough, Marshall has never lost to a school from Texas at home. The Thundering Herd is a perfect 12-0 against Texas schools in games played in Huntington. Marshall owns two wins over North Texas (1988, 2015), two wins over Houston (2008, 2012), three wins over Rice (2007, 2011, 2014), two wins over SMU (2005, 2009), two wins over UTEP (2006, 2010) and one victory over UTSA (2013).

The graduatesMarshall will play the 2015 season with 13 players already owning their MU undergraduate degrees – a record for a Herd football team. MU had fi ve 2015 seniors (athletic eligibility) graduate last December – wide receiver Davonte Allen, linebacker D.J. Hunter, safety Taj Letman and tight end Joe Woodrum in management, and off ensive guard Sebastian Johansson in sports management/marketing. The roster gained four more graduates in May – cornerback Keith Baxter (health science), defensive end Joe Massaquoi (criminal justice), off ensive tackle Clint Van Horn (political science) and punter Tyler Williams (marketing). Then, four summer graduates were added in August – defensive end Armonze Daniel (management), defensive tackle Steve Dillon (Regents bachelor of arts), kick returner Deandre Reaves (marketing) and linebacker Evan McKelvey (marketing and management). In addition, former off ensive lineman Cam Dees gained his fi nance degree. Dees had to give up football because of multiple knee injuries.

North Texas NotesMarshall game captains versus North Texas, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff -- Off ense: Michael Selby, center; Davonte Allen, wide receiver; Defense: Taj Letman, safety; D.J. Hunter, linebacker.

With wide receiver Justin Hunt making his fi rst career start and running back Remi Watson making his fi rst start of 2015, Marshall has had 34 players make a start on off ense and defense this season.

Defensive end Blake Keller’s 20-yard half-sack of DaMarcus Smith is the fi rst of Keller’s Marshall career.

Marshall’s 89-yard touchdown drive (1:30, second quarter; Hyleck Foster 3-yard run) is the Herd’s longest drive of the season (by yards).

Marshall’s 20 quarterback hurries is a season high, eclipsing 17 in the win over Southern Miss (Oct. 9).

Placekicker Nick Smith’s 32-yard fi eld goal (11:08, fourth quarter) was his 11th straight in 11 attempts this season and the 18th in a row converted by the Herd. Justin Haig made his fi nal seven last season. The last miss was Haig’s 23-yarder in the fi rst quarter (11:26) against UAB at Legion Field on Nov. 22, 2014.

Running back Hyleck Foster had 105 rushing yards on 17 carries. It is the 22nd time in the last 22 games and 33rd time in the last 36 games that Marshall has had a 100-yard rushing performance. It is Foster’s second in as many weeks.

Marshall has won 19 of its last 20 home games, dating to an Oct. 27, 2012 loss to UCF (last two home games in 2012, 6-0 in 2013, 6-1 in 2014, 5-0 this season).

The Herd has allowed only fi ve TDs in four league wins this month, ranking in the top fi ve nationally. Marshall also has gained 11 turnovers in those four games, also a top-fi ve FBS number.

Isabelle “Izzy” Rogner, the Marshall Student Government Association vice president and a Herd cross country and track and fi eld runner, was voted Miss Marshall for Homecoming 2015. Rogner is a junior from Lewisburg, W.Va. Mr. Marshall was Nigel Wallace, a senior from Logan, W.Va.

Florida Atlantic NotesMarshall’s captains against Florida Atlantic, as selected by coach Doc Holliday and staff , are tight end Ryan Yurachek and center Michael Selby on off ense, cornerback Corey Tindal and linebacker Evan McKelvey on defense, and punter Tyler Williams.

On the second play from scrimmage, senior running back Devon Johnson passed Mickey Jackson (1964-66) and Erik Thomas (1993-95) with his 25th career touchdown, good for 11th place all-time at Marshall.

Johnson’s 83-yard day put him over 2,300 rushing yards for his career at 2,335.

Johnson’s 75-yard touchdown was his longest run of the year, besting his previous mark of 73.

Tyler Williams had two punts of 50 yards or more to give his 16 for the season,


with eight of 55 yards or more.

Marshall’s defense recorded its fi rst safety of the season, with D.J. Hunter and Nyquan Harris on the stop. The play marked the Herd’s fi rst safety since Sept. 10, 2011, against Southern Miss, when Vinny Curry took down Kendrick Hardy.

On the fi rst play of the second quarter, Remi Watson had his fi rst touchdown of the season, the 14th of his career.

The Herd defense forced three three-and-outs on FAU drives, giving Marshall 44 for the season.

Hyleck Foster earned his fi rst rushing attempts of the season, carrying 17 times for 122 yards.

Nick Mathews’ 12-yard reception in the second quarter is his longest gain of the year.

Davonte Allen’s 22-yard touchdown gives him three for the season and 11 for his career, tied for 22nd all-time at Marshall with Eric Ihnat (1987-90), Bruce Hammond (1985-96) and Brian Swisher (1982-85).

Freshman quarterback Chase Litton’s touchdown pass to Allen in the second quarter gives him 11 for the season, tying with Eric Kresser for No. 2 in Marshall history in his fi rst fi ve starts.

Tyler Williams’ punt in the third quarter was downed at the nine-yard line, giving him 22 punts downed inside the 20 this season.

In the third quarter, Amoreto Curraj had a kickoff downed in the end zone, giving him 25 on the year.

Ricardo Williams recorded the fi rst sack of his career in the third quarter.

Hyleck Foster’s 66-yard touchdown run at 5:42 in the third quarter was the longest run of his career and his fi rst rushing touchdown.

Nick Smith connected on his 11th consecutive extra point of the year to give the Herd 130 in a row.

Marshall had three players each with 60 yards rushing or more for the fi rst time since Sept. 6. 2014, against Rhode Island (Devon Johnson – 137, Steward Butler – 68, Remi Watson – 66). Hyleck Foster had 122 yards on 17 carries, Devon Johnson had 83 on three attempts and Remi Watson had 66 on 11.

Hyleck Foster’s day of 17 carries and 122 yards gives Marshall 20 performances of 100 rushing yards in the last 21 games, and 30 in the last 34 games.

Rodney Allen’s fourth-quarter interception is his second of the season, and the second of his career.

Deandre Reaves had a career-high seven catches for 55 yards.

Smith converted his eighth consecutive fi eld goal. Marshall has now made 15 in a row dating back to last season at UAB.

Marshall had over 300 yards rushing (326) for the fi rst time since Nov. 8, 2014, at Southern Miss.

Marshall had a season-high 500 yards of total off ense. The last time the Herd gained 500 or more yards of off ense was at the Boca Raton Bowl against Northern Illinois on Dec. 23, 2014 (505 yards).

Marshall’s 35:18 of possession is the largest fi gure in a win since holding it for 36:08 in a 21-17 win over Ohio in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Southern Miss NotesMarshall game captains versus Southern Miss, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff -- Off ense: Ryan Yurachek, tight end; Davonte Allen, wide receiver; Defense: Evan McKelvey, linebacker; Steve Dillon, defensive tackle.

Redshirt freshman defensive end Ryan Bee made his fi rst career start for Marshall.

Sophomore right tackle AJ Addison made his fi rst career start for Marshall. He’s the third starter in six games at right tackle for the Herd (Clint Van Horn, Tom Collins).

Devon Johnson’s 1-yard touchdown run (3:05, fi rst quarter) is his 30th career touchdown, moving him into 12th place in Herd history. It also was his 24th rushing touchdown, putting him in a tie for 11th with Mickey Jackson (1964-66) and Erik Thomas (1993-95).

The fi rst-quarter sack by Nyquan Harris (on the intentional grounding fl ag for USM) was the redshirt freshman tackle’s fi rst career sack.

Placekicker Nick Smith’s 34-yard fi eld goal at 8:36 (second quarter) is Marshall’s 14th consecutive fi eld goal conversion. Smith is 7-for-7 this season and Justin Haig made his fi nal seven last season. The last miss was Haig’s 23-yarder in the fi rst quarter (11:26) against UAB at Legion Field on Nov. 22, 2014.

Defensive end Ryan Bee’s block of Southern Miss’s fi eld goal attempt (4:25, second quarter) is the Herd’s fi rst blocked kick of the season and the 24th blocked kick in Coach Doc Holliday’s fi ve-plus Marshall seasons.

With Devon Johnson’s 82-yard day, he took his career rushing yardage total to 2,252, surpassing Larry Fourquean (2,232 yards from 1980-83) for No. 11 on the Marshall career list.

Chase Litton’s 61-yard touchdown pass to Deandre Reaves is the 10th scoring pass by Litton in his fourth start, a Marshall school record for a quarterback’s fi rst four starts. The 61-yarder also was the longest pass play of the Herd season and the longest since Angelo Jean-Louis caught 77- and 61-yarders from Rakeem Cato in last season’s win over Ohio on Sept. 13, 2014.

Defensive end Ryan Bee’s fumble recovery (4:42, third quarter) is his second in as many weeks.

Punter Tyler Williams’ 53-yard kick late in third quarter is his 20th inside the 20 this season, which leads the FBS in that category. It also is his 13th punt of 50 or more yards in 2015.

Defensive tackle Jarquez Samuel’s fumble return for a touchdown is Marshall’s fi rst fumble-to-touchdown since defensive end Ra’Shawde Myers had one on Nov. 22 last season in a win at UAB. Samuel’s touchdown was the eighth defensive touchdown for the Herd in coordinator Chuck Heater’s three seasons at Marshall.

Cornerback Rodney Allen’s interception (9:22, fourth quarter) is the fi rst of his Marshall career.

Nick Mullens’ 58 pass attempts (1:39 left) rank fi fth for a Herd opposing quarterback. The record is 64 by Ryan Griffi n of Tulane in 2010.

The last time consecutive foes had so few points against the Herd came before Marshall joined C-USA in 2005. In the fi nal two games of 2003, the Herd won at UCF, 21-7, then closed an 8-4 season at home with a 28-0 spanking of Ohio.

The fi ve Southern Miss turnovers were the most the Herd has gained since UAB had fi ve giveaways in an October 2011 loss at “The Joan.”

The fi ve unsuccessful fourth-down attempts were the most by a Marshall opponent in at least the last 16 years of Thundering Herd football.

Old Dominion NotesThe National Anthem in the pregame Military Appreciation Day ceremony was sung by Beckley’s Aretha Gaye Franklin Van Horn, a retired U.S. Army Captain and the mother of Herd All-Conference USA right tackle Clint Van Horn.

Marshall game captains versus Old Dominion, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff , were center Michael Selby and tight end Ryan Yurachek on off ense, and linebacker Evan McKelvey and nose tackle Jarquez Samuel on defense. It is Selby’s team-leading fourth captaincy of the 2015 season.

Redshirt sophomore running back Tony Pittman made his fi rst career start for Marshall.

Nick Smith’s third point-after-touchdown of the game was the 122nd straight conversion for the Herd. The last miss was by Justin Haig on Nov. 23, 2013, at FIU. Smith is 25-for-25 on kicks this season (6-of-6 FG and 19-of-19 PAT).

Corey Tindal’s fi rst-quarter interception was the second of his career (fi rst this season). The pick by Kendall Gant to end the game was Marshall’s eighth of the season.

Redshirt freshman defensive end Ryan Bee had the fi rst two sacks of his Herd career, both in the second quarter. He fi nished the game with 12 tackles, making him only the seventh Herd defensive lineman with at least that many stops in a game since 1997.

Tyler Williams had four punts inside the 20 in the game, giving him 18 of those this season. That’s already the senior’s most inside-the-20 punts in a season, topping his 16 as a 2012 freshman.

Tight end Ryan Yurachek’s 31-yard reception (9:10, third quarter) is the longest in his two Herd seasons.

Yurachek and slot receiver Deandre Reaves each had a career-high six receptions against the Monarchs.


Pittman’s 127-yard rushing day against ODU gives Marshall 19 100-yard rushing performances in the last 19 games.

Smith’s 39-yard fi eld goal (11:10 remaining) is the 13th consecutive fi eld goal conversion for Marshall.

Smith is 6-for-6 this season and Justin Haig made his fi nal seven last season. The last miss was Haig’s 23-yarder in the fi rst quarter (11:26) against UAB at Legion Field on Nov. 22, 2014.

Pittman’s 32 rushes are the most for a Herd running back in a single game since Darius Marshall rushed 32 times for 133 yards against UAB in 2009.

The seven points for ODU are the fewest allowed by Marshall in a Conference USA game since a 27-7 win over UAB in 2009.

ODU’s 2.8 yards per pass is the fewest Marshall has allowed since UCF managed just 1.7 in a 30-14 UCF win in Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Nov. 15, 2008.

Marshall has won 17 of its last 18 games at home.

Kent State NotesMarshall game captains at Kent State, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff , were running back Devon Johnson and wide receiver Deandre Reaves on off ense and safety Taj Letman and linebacker D.J. Hunter on defense.

Antwan Dixon’s 47-yard run for Kent State’s fi rst touchdown (11:33, fi rst quarter) is the longest run against the Marshall defense this season.

Herd running back Tony Pittman’s two touchdowns (3:54, fi rst quarter; double overtime) were his fi rst this season, and the second and third, respectively, of his career (fi rst at Southern Miss, 2014).

Tony Pittman’s 129 yards rushing is his career high for a game (previous was 37 at Southern Miss, 2014).

Deandre Reaves’ 93-yard kick return for a touchdown (8:51, third quarter) was his second career kick return for a touchdown, matching his career long of 93 for a touchdown in last year’s Boca Raton Bowl victory.

Reaves’ kick return touchdown was the third in Coach Doc Holliday’s fi ve-plus Marshall seasons – Reaves’ two and a 100-yarder by Troy Evans versus Southern Miss in 2010.

Linebacker Evan McKelvey’s third-quarter fumble recovery was the fi rst of his Herd career.

Tyler Williams’ 12 punts are his career high number, topping nine in the loss at Ohio on Sept. 12 (two weeks ago).

Tight end Ryan Yurachek’s 17-yard touchdown catch (12:32, fourth quarter) gave him four receptions on the day, matching his career high (multiple times).

Twenty-four punts by the teams combined (Marshall 12-562, Kent State 12-515) ties a Marshall record set on Sept. 14, 1985 at Fairfi eld Stadium, a 31-7 Marshall win over Ohio (Herd 10-368; Ohio 14-601).

Tyler Williams’ 562 punt yards in the game (12 kicks) breaks the Herd single-game record for punt yards belonging to Bob Eshbaugh, 513 vs. Western Michigan in 1972 (Eshbaugh had 14 punts).

Marshall is 8-6 all-time in overtime (includes Division I-AA era). The Herd is 5-6 in FBS era in overtime, the fi rst of those being the win in 2001 GMAC Bowl.

Norfolk State NotesCaptains for the game were Jarquez Samuel, Corey Tindal, Davonte Allen and Michael Selby.

True freshman quarterback Chase Litton, redshirt senior right tackle Tom Collins, sophomore safety Kendall Gant and redshirt senior wide receiver Deandre Reaves each recorded their fi rst start.

The Herd has made 11 consecutive fi eld goals (fi nal seven last season by Justin Haig, four this season by Nick Smith (2 vs. Purdue; 1 at Ohio, 1 vs. Norfolk State); last miss was Haig 23-yarder in fi rst quarter (11:26) at UAB (Legion Field), Nov. 22, 2014.

Redshirt freshman Emanuel Beal recorded his fi rst catch in the fi rst quarter on a fi ve-yard pass from Chase Litton.

Tyler Williams’s 65-yard punt in the fi rst quarter set a new season long (previously 60 vs. Purdue). His career high is 66, which he set at Rice as a freshman (Sept. 22, 2012).

Redshirt sophomore Tony Pittman’s two carries on the fi rst-quarter touchdown drive are his fi rst of the season.

Chase Litton recorded his fi rst two touchdown passes to redshirt senior Deandre Reaves (0:04 fi rst quarter, 11:14 second quarter). The TD receptions are the fi rst of Reaves’ career.

With 122 yards against Norfolk State, running back Devon Johnson moved to 12th all-time in career rushing yards with 2,161, passing Steward Butler (2,063) and Orlando Hatchett (2,143).

In the second quarter, Tony Pittman’s reception for eight yards on a fi rst down was the fi rst of his career.

Devon Johnson’s one-yard rushing touchdown at the 4:48 mark in the second quarter was his 23rd career rushing touchdown and his 29th career touchdown. He now sits at 13th all-time in career rushing touchdowns and tied for 12th all-time in touchdowns with Orlando Hatchett (1989-92).

Deandre Reaves had a career-high 82 yards against Norfolk State. His 36-yard touchdown reception is his longest reception of his career.

In the third quarter, Devon Johnson reached the 100-yard rushing mark for the 12th time in his career. Since World War II, only Chris Parker (31) and Doug Chapman (20) have more for the Thundering Herd.

At the 8:28 mark in the third quarter, redshirt senior Davonte Allen recorded his fi rst touchdown of the season (11 yards).

Redshirt freshman running back Keion Davis’ rush at the 3:56 mark in the third quarter was the fi rst of his career. His one-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining in the third quarter was the fi rst of his career.

Chase Litton tied the Marshall record for a fi rst-time starter with four touchdown passes, held by Stan Hill (as a sophomore in 2002). His four touchdown passes are the most by a Herd freshman quarterback debut.

Redshirt senior safety Taj Letman’s interception at the 13:41 mark of the fourth quarter was his third of the season and his third-straight game with a pick.

Junior wide receiver Justin Hunt caught his fi rst touchdown of the year , a 25-yarder, at 9:22 in the fourth quarter.

True freshman wide receiver Nick Mathews (nine yards) made the fi rst catch of his career at 7:39 of the fourth quarter.

The Herd is 16-1 all-time vs. FCS (former Division I-AA opponents) since moving to FBS level in 1997, losing only to New Hampshire, 48-35, in 2007.

The Herd shutout Norfolk State in the second half, a fi rst for the Herd since Nov. 8, 2014, at Southern Miss, where Marshall won 63-17, and outscored the Golden Eagles 35-0 in the second half.

Ohio NotesMarshall game captains at Ohio, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff , were guard Sebastian Johansson and center Michael Selby on off ense and tackle Steve Dillon and safety Taj Letman. Selby was a captain for the second straight game.

Junior Devontre’a Tyler made his fi rst career start at middle linebacker for the Herd.

The Herd 2015 roster has only two players who played in the 2011 game at Ohio – redshirt seniors Keith Baxter (cornerback) and Evan McKelvey (linebacker).

Redshirt freshman right guard Jordan Dowrey made his fi rst career start for the Herd.

Herd safety Taj Letman’s interception (2:56 fi rst quarter) was his second this season and seventh of his career. It’s the Herd’s fi fth pick in 2015.

Devon Johnson’s 73-yard touchdown run (10:07 second quarter) was the second-longest run of his Herd career. He had a 75-yard yarder (no touchdown) in a 2014 win at UAB. It also was Johnson’s 28th touchdown (rush and receive) in his last 19 games.

Devon Johnson passed the 100-yard rushing mark in the second quarter with his 73-yard touchdown run. He has 11 games of 100 or more yards rushing in his Herd career, tied for fi fth with Ahmad Bradshaw. The top four are Chris Parker (31), Doug Chapman (20) and Ron Darby and Darius Marshall (12) tied for third.

With 28 career touchdowns (22 rushing, six receiving), Devon Johnson has tied former teammate and tight end Gator Hoskins for No. 13 on the all-time Marshall career touchdown list. No. 12 is Orlando Hatchett (29 from 1989-92).


CAREER STARTS

OFFENSE TIGHT ENDS QUARTERBACKS RUNNING BACKS OFFENSIVE LINE WIDE RECEIVERS#85 Ryan Yurachek (9) #11 M. Birdsong (2) #8 Remi Watson (7) #71 Sebastian Johansson (34) #3 Davonte Allen (23) #14 Chase Litton (7) #47 Devon Johnson (18) #78 Clint Van Horn (25) #4 Deon-Tay McManus (7) #23 Tony Pittman (1) #54 Michael Selby (23) #2 Hyleck Foster (2) #67 Sandley Jean-Felix (9) #19 Deandre Reaves (7) #76 Nate Devers (1) #9 Justin Hunt (2) #58 Jordan Dowrey (8) #68 Tom Collins (2) #74 A.J. Addison (4) DEFENSEDEFENSIVE LINE DEFENSIVE BACKS SAFETIES LINEBACKERS#94 Jarquez Samuel (27) #10 Corey Tindal (35) #17 Taj Letman (36) #22 D.J. Hunter (37)#93 Steve Dillon (11) #5 Keith Baxter (22) #21 Tiquan Lang (17) #31 Evan McKelvey (21)#59 Gary Thompson (9) #7 Antavis Rowe (1) #14 Kendall Gant (3) #51 Devontre’a Tyler (8) #13 Armonze Daniel (7) #73 Joe Massaquoi (1) #91 Ryan Bee (4)

THUNDERING HERD SPECIALISTSLONG SNAPPER KICKER PUNTER HOLDER#88 Matt Cincotta (49) #48 Nick Smith (9) #38 Tyler Williams (49) #38 Tyler Williams (23)

With a 42-yard kick return to start the second half, senior Deandre Reaves reached 1,982 career kick return yards, eclipsing the former Herd record of 1,966 set by Ray Crisp from 1975-78.

With 7:30 remaining in the game, Devon Johnson totaled 2,039 rushing yards for his Herd career. He is the 15th back in Herd history to reach 2,000.

Herd redshirt senior defensive end Armonze Daniel’s fi rst-down sack (late third quarter) was the fi rst of his career.

Tyler Williams’ nine punts in the game are the most in his 42-game Herd career.

Purdue NotesMarshall game captains versus Purdue for the 2015 opener, as selected by Coach Doc Holliday and his staff , were tackle Clint Van Horn and center Michael Selby on off ense and nose tackle Jarquez Samuel and linebacker D.J. Hunter on defense.

Marshall had eight players make their fi rst Herd career starts, including six on the off ensive side of the ball. The new starters on off ense were quarterback Michael Birdsong, receivers Hyleck Foster and Deon-Tay McManus, tight end Ryan Yurachek, right guard Nate Devers and left tackle Sandley Jean-Felix. The two fi rst-time starters on defense were end Joe Massaquoi and nickel back Antavis Rowe. Birdsong, a transfer from FCS member James Madison, previously had made 14 starts for the Dukes.

Junior safety Tiquan Lang’s two interceptions returned for touchdowns (fi rst quarter, 14:53; fourth quarter, 1:20) are a fi rst for the Herd. No other player in Marshall history has returned two interceptions for scores in a single game. His two interceptions for touchdowns ties the Marshall season record for a single player. Marshall had two versus Akron in 1997 (by Tim Dempsey and B.J. Summers) and two against East Carolina in 2001 (by Ralph Street and Terence Tarpley).

Lang’s fi rst “pick-six” may very well be a record. Nebraska also scored seven seconds into its 1996 meeting with Texas Tech on a fumble return and Marshall Media Relations research following the game did not produce anything faster.

Lang joins Shawn Ferguson of Cincinnati in 1998 as the only C-USA players with two interceptions for touchdowns in one game.

Lang’s picks are the third and fourth of his career, and the fi rst two touchdowns of his career. They are the fi fth and sixth interception touchdown returns for the Herd in defensive coordinator Chuck Heater’s three Marshall seasons. There were three in 2013 (Raheem Waiters, Gary Thompson, Monterius Lovett), one in 2014 (Corey Tindal) and Lang’s two Sunday.

Marshall’s team total of 117 interception return yards is the third most in school history (164 vs. Weber State 1987 on seven INTs and 141 vs. Akron 1997 on three INTs).

Lang had a career high 17 tackles. His previous high was 10 in a 2014 home victory over Ohio University.

Marshall’s fi rst punt of the season, a 54-yarder by senior Tyler Williams, was the senior’s 39th punt of 50 or more yards in his Herd career.

The 60-yard punt by Herd senior Tyler Williams (6:46, third quarter) was the 10th of his career to travel 60 or more yards.

Senior running back Devon Johnson’s fi rst-quarter touchdown reception was his 26th career touchdown (20 rush, six receiving), tying him for 15th on the Herd career list with Mike Barber (1985-88) and Erik Thomas (1993-96).

Slot receiver Nick Mathews (0:38 left, fi rst quarter), of Haymarket, Va., became the fi rst true freshman to play for Marshall this season. Coach Holliday’s team played 10 redshirt freshmen against Purdue.

Marshall’s four interceptions were the most for the Herd since getting four picks in a 32-14 victory at Miami (Ohio) in October 1999. That game was the Herd’s fi rst win in Oxford, Ohio, in 60 years. Only four times in history has Marshall intercepted more than four passes in a game – seven against Weber State in 1987 and Appalachian State in 1990, and fi ve against Western Michigan in 1956 and East Tennessee State in 1989.

Sunday’s attendance of 38,791 is the third largest crowd in Joan C. Edwards Stadium history (1991-present; capacity is 38,148). It was the opening game of the 25th season for “The Joan.” Here’s a look at the largest crowds:

41,382 … West Virginia 24, Marshall 21 -- Sept. 10, 201040,383 … West Virginia 48, Marshall 23 -- Sept. 8, 200738,791 … Marshall 41, Purdue 31 -- Sept. 6, 201536,914 … Kansas State 21, Marshall 19 -- Sept. 10, 200534,424 … Virginia Tech 30, Marshall 10 -- Sept. 24, 2011


Marshall vs. Ranked OpponentsSince moving to Division I-A (FBS) in 1997, the Herd has enjoyed a pair of landmark victories against nationally-ranked opponents. The following is the Marshall Thundering Herd’s game-by-game results against NCAA FBS opponents ranked in the Associated Press (since 1936), UPI (1950-92), CNN (1993-96), ESPN/USA Today (1997-2004) or USA Today (since 2005) Top 25 polls since 1936. Date Opponent Result

9/11/76 Miami (Ohio) W, 21-16

#20 (Associated Press)

8/31/95 NC State L, 16-33

#25 (CNN)

12/27/99 BYU (Motor City Bowl) W, 21-3

#25 (ESPN)

9/9/00 Michigan State L, 24-34

#24/23 (Associated Press/ESPN)

9/1/01 Florida L, 14-49

#1 (Associated Press/ESPN)

9/12/02 Virginia Tech L, 21-47


9/6/03 Tennessee L, 24-34

#11 (Associated Press/#12 (ESPN)

9/20/03 Kansas State W, 27-20


9/11/04 Ohio State L, 21-24


9/18/04 Georgia L, 3-13




9/2/06 West Virginia L, 10-42


9/23/06 Tennessee L, 7-33




9/6/08 Wisconsin L, 14-51

#11 (Associated Press)


#14/#15 (Associated Press/ESPN)

9/2/10 Ohio State L, 7-45


9/10/10 West Virginia L, 24-21 OT

#22/#23 (Associated Press/ESPN)


#24 (Associated Press/USA Today)


#13/#11 (Associated Press/USA Today)

10/22/11 Houston L, 63-28

#21/20 (Associated Press/USA Today)


#11/11 (Associated Press/USA Today)

Marshall Football on National TV

Marshall football games began appearing on local television as far back as the 1950s, however the Thundering Herd made its national television debut in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship game against Northeast Louisiana. Marshall has appeared on national television (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN3, CSTV, Fox, CBS , ABC, American Sports Network) 113 times posting a record of 61-52. The following is a list of Herd national television appearances with results:

12/19/87.................NE Louisiana (ESPN)................................................................... L, 43-42 12/21/91.................YSU (CBS) ....................................................................................... L, 25-17 12/19/92.................YSU (CBS) ......................................................................................W, 31-28 12/18/93.................YSU (ESPN) .......................................................................................L, 17-5 12/16/95.................Montana (ESPN) .......................................................................... L, 22-20 12/21/96.................Montana (ESPN) .........................................................................W, 49-29 12/5/97 ...................Toledo (ESPN2) ...........................................................................W, 34-14 12/26/97.................Ole Miss (ESPN2) ......................................................................... L, 34-31 12/4/98 ...................Toledo (ESPN2) ...........................................................................W, 23-17 12/23/98.................Louisville (ESPN2) ......................................................................W, 48-29 10/14/99.................Toledo (ESPN)..............................................................................W, 38-13 11/26/99.................Ohio (Fox) ....................................................................................... W, 34-3 12/3/99 ...................Western Michigan (ESPN2) ....................................................W, 34-30 12/27/99.................BYU (ESPN2) .................................................................................. W, 21-3 9/9/00 .....................Michigan St. (ESPN) ................................................................... L, 34-24 10/5/00 ...................Western Michigan (ESPN) ........................................................ L, 30-10 12/2/00 ...................Western Michigan(ABC) ..........................................................W, 19-14 12/27/00.................Cincinnati (ESPN2) ....................................................................W, 25-14 9/1/01 .....................Florida (ESPN2) ............................................................................ L, 49-14 11/30/01.................Toledo (ESPN)............................................................................... L, 41-36 12/19/01.................East Carolina (ESPN2) ...............................................................W, 64-61 9/12/02 ...................Virginia Tech (ESPN) ................................................................... L, 47-21 9/20/02 ...................UCF (ESPN2) ................................................................................W, 26-21 11/12/02.................Miami (ESPN) ...............................................................................W, 36-34 11/30/02.................Ball State (ESPN2) ......................................................................W, 38-14 12/7/02 ...................Toledo (ESPN2) ...........................................................................W, 49-45 12/18/02.................Louisville (ESPN2) ......................................................................W, 38-15 9/6/03 .....................Tennessee (ESPN2) ..................................................................... L, 34-24 9/12/03 ...................Toledo (ESPN)............................................................................... L, 24-17 9/13/03 ...................Kansas State (Fox Sports Net) ...............................................W, 27-20 11/12/03.................Miami (ESPN2) ................................................................................L, 45-6 11/19/03.................UCF (ESPN2) .................................................................................. W, 21-7 9/11/04 ...................Ohio State (ABC) ......................................................................... L, 24-21 9/29/04 ...................Miami (ESPN2) ............................................................................W, 33-25 11/5/04 ...................Akron (ESPN2).............................................................................. L, 31-28 12/23/04.................Cincinnati (ESPN) ........................................................................ L, 32-14 9/10/05 ...................Kansas State (ESPN2)................................................................. L, 21-19 10/1/05 ...................SMU (CSTV) ........................................................................ W, 16-13 (OT) 10/8/05 ...................Virginia Tech (ESPN2) ................................................................ L, 41-14 10/15/05.................UAB (CSTV on i) ..........................................................................W, 20-19 10/22/05.................UTEP (CSTV on i) ............................................................................L, 31-3 10/29/05.................Tulane (CSTV) ..............................................................................W, 27-26 11/8/05 ...................Southern Miss (ESPN2) ....................................................L, 27-24 (OT) 11/26/05.................Memphis (CSTV) ............................................................................L, 26-3 9/16/06 ...................Kansas State (FSN) .........................................................................L, 23-7 10/4/06 ...................UCF (ESPN2) ................................................................................. L, 23-22 11/4/06 ...................Tulane (CSTV) ..............................................................................W, 42-21 11/25/06.................Southern Miss (CSTV) ..................................................................L, 42-7 8/1/07 .....................Miami (Fla.) (ESPNU) .....................................................................L, 31-3 8/8/07 .....................West Virginia (ESPN2) ................................................................ L, 48-23 10/2/07 ...................Memphis (ESPN2) ....................................................................... L, 24-21 10/21/07.................Southern Miss (ESPN)................................................................ L, 33-24 10/27/07.................Rice (CSTV) ...................................................................................W, 34-21 10/3/08 ...................Cincinnati (ESPN) ........................................................................ L, 33-10 10/28/08.................Houston (ESPN2) .......................................................................W, 37-23 11/8/2008 ..............East Carolina (CBSSN).......................................................L, 19-16 (OT) 11/22/2008............Rice (CBSSN) ................................................................................. L, 35-10 10/24/2009............East Carolina (CBSSN)................................................................ L, 21-17 11/1/2009 ..............UCF (ESPN) .................................................................................... L, 21-20 12/26/2009............Ohio (ESPN) .................................................................................W, 21-17 9/2/2010.................Ohio State (Big Ten) ......................................................................L, 45-7 9/10/2010 ..............West Virginia (ESPN) .........................................................L, 24-21 (OT) 10/2/2010 ..............Southern Miss (CBSSN) ............................................................. L, 41-16 10/13/2010............UCF (ESPN) .................................................................................... L, 35-14 11/27/2010............Tulane (CBSSN) ...........................................................................W, 38-23 9/4/2011.................West Virginia (ESPN) .................................................................. L, 34-13 9/10/2011 ..............Southern Miss (CSS)..................................................................W, 26-20 9/17/2011 ..............Ohio (ESPN3) ...................................................................................L, 44-7 9/24/2011 ..............Virginia Tech (CBSSN) ................................................................ L, 30-10 11/12/2011............Tulsa (Fox Sports Net) ............................................................... L, 59-17 11/17/2011............Memphis (Fox Sports Net) ......................................................W, 23-22 11/26/2011............East Carolina (CBSSN)..................................................... W, 34-27 (OT) 12/20/2011............FIU (ESPN).....................................................................................W, 20-10 9/1/2012.................West Virginia (FX) ........................................................................ L, 69-34 9/8/2012.................Western Carolina (FCS) ............................................................W, 52-24 9/29/2012 ..............Purdue (Big Ten) .......................................................................... L, 51-41 10/6/2012 ..............Tulsa (CBSSN) ............................................................................... L, 45-38 10/20/2012............Southern Miss (CBSSN) ............................................................W, 59-24 10/27/2012............UCF (CBSSN) ................................................................................. L, 54-17 11/23/2012............East Carolina (CBSSN).................................................... L, 65-59 (2OT) 8/31/2013 ..............Miami (Ohio) (CBSSN) ..............................................................W, 52-14 9/14/2013 ..............Ohio (ESPNews)........................................................................... L, 34-31 9/21/2013 ..............Virginia Tech (ESPNU) .................................................... L, 29-21 (3OT) 10/12/2013............Florida Atlantic (FCS) ................................................................W, 24-23 10/24/2013............Middle Tennessee (FS1) ............................................................ L, 51-49 11/2/2013 ..............Southern Miss (CBSSN) ............................................................W, 61-13 11/14/2013............Tulsa (FS1) ....................................................................................W, 45-34 11/23/2013............Florida International (FCS) .....................................................W, 48-10 11/29/2013............East Carolina (CBSSN)...............................................................W, 59-28 12/7/2013 ..............Rice (ESPN2) ................................................................................. L, 41-24 12/27/2013............Maryland (ESPN) ........................................................................W, 31-20 8/31/2014 ..............Miami (Ohio) (ESPN3) ...............................................................W, 42-27 9/6/2014.................Rhode Island (American Sports Network) .......................... W, 48-7 9/13/2014 ..............Ohio (CBSSN) ...............................................................................W, 44-14 9/20/2014 ..............Akron (ESPN3).............................................................................W, 48-17 10/4/2014 ..............Old Dominion (Fox Sports Net) ............................................W, 56-14 10/11/2014............Middle Tennessee (Fox Sports Net).....................................W, 49-24 10/18/2014............FIU (American Sports Network) ...........................................W, 45-13 10/25/2014............Florida Atlantic (FS1) ................................................................W, 35-16 11/8/2014 ..............Southern Miss (American Sports Network) .....................W, 63-17 11/15/2014............Rice (FOX Sports Net) ...............................................................W, 41-14 11/22/2014............UAB (American Sports Network) ..........................................W, 23-18 11/28/2014............WKU (FS1) .............................................................................L, 67-66 (OT) 12/6/2014 ..............Louisiana Tech (FS1) .................................................................W, 26-23 12/23/2014............Northern Illinois (ESPN) ...........................................................W, 52-23 9/6/2015.................Purdue (FS1) ................................................................................W, 41-31 9/12/2015 ..............Ohio (American Sports Network/ESPN3) ........................... L, 21-10 9/19/2015 ..............Norfolk State (American Sports Network) .......................... W, 45-7 9/26/2015 ..............Kent State (American Sports Network/ESPN3) ...W, 36-29 (2OT) 10/3/2015 ..............Old Dominion (American Sports Network) ........................ W, 27-7 10/9/2015 ..............Southern Miss (CBS Sports Network) .................................W, 31-10 10/17/2015............Florida Atlantic (FOX College Sports) .................................W, 33-17 10/24/2015............North Texas (FOX Sports Net)................................................W, 30-13 10/31/2015............Charlotte (FOX Sports Net) ....................................................W, 34-10


2015 Conference USA Standings Conf. OverallEAST DIVISION W L W L Marshall 5 0 8 1WKU 5 0 7 2Middle Tennessee 2 2 3 5FIU 2 3 4 5Florida Atlantic 2 3 2 6Old Dominion 1 3 3 5Charlotte 0 5 2 6 WEST DIVISION W L W L Louisiana Tech 4 1 6 3 Southern Miss 4 1 6 3Rice 2 2 4 4UTEP 1 3 3 5 UTSA 1 3 1 7North Texas 0 4 1 7 UPCOMING CONFERENCE USA SCHEDULE (all times ET)

Friday, Nov. 6Rice at UTEP, 8 p.m. ET (CBSSN)

Saturday, Nov. 7Charlotte at FIU, 12 p.m. (ASN)Florida Atlantic at WKU, 12 p.m. (FSN)Marshall at Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. (FSN)North Texas at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m. (FOX College Sports)Old Dominion at UTSA, 7 p.m. (ASN)

2015 Season Superlatives

Overall Record .......................................................................................8-1Current Streak ..................................................................................... W-7C-USA Record ........................................................................................5-0Division Record .....................................................................................3-0Non-Conference Record ....................................................................3-1Home Record .........................................................................................5-0Current Home Streak ........................................................................ W-6Road Record ..........................................................................................3-1Current Road Streak .......................................................................... W-3Day Games .............................................................................................7-0Night Games ..........................................................................................1-1Natural Grass .........................................................................................1-0Artifi cial Turf ..........................................................................................7-1MU wins Coin Toss ...............................................................................4-0MU loses Coin Toss ..............................................................................4-1MU leads after 1st Quarter ...............................................................7-0MU trails after 1st Quarter ................................................................0-1MU leads at Halftime ..........................................................................6-0MU trails at Halftime ...........................................................................2-1MU leads after 3rd Quarter ...............................................................6-0MU trails after 3rd Quarter ...............................................................2-1In September .........................................................................................3-1In October ..............................................................................................5-0In November ..........................................................................................0-0In December ..........................................................................................0-0vs. Top 25 teams ...................................................................................0-0vs. unranked teams .............................................................................8-1With 100-yard rusher ..........................................................................5-1vs. 100-yard rusher ..............................................................................4-0With 300-yard passer ..........................................................................1-0vs. 300-yard passer ..............................................................................1-0When MU scores fi rst ..........................................................................5-0When Opp. scores fi rst .......................................................................3-1On American Sports Network .........................................................3-1On ESPN ..................................................................................................0-0On CBS Sports Network .....................................................................1-0On Fox Sports Net ................................................................................2-0On Fox College Sports ........................................................................1-0 On Fox Sports 1 ....................................................................................1-0

LAST MEETING

BOGACZYK: Cato Gets NCAA Record; Herd Rolls to 6-0 (10/11/14)

By JACK BOGACZYK

HERDZONE.COM COLUMNIST

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The big numbers continued to add up for Marshall on another football Saturday.

The Herd remained the only team in major college football to score at least 40 points in every game in 2014, as Coach Doc Holliday’s unbeaten club rolled to a 49-24 Conference USA victory over Middle Tennessee on Homecoming at Edwards Stadium.

And while the Herd (6-0, 2-0) gained an 11th consecutive home win with a 20th performance of 500-yards-plus in the last 32 games, it was another consecutive streak that made the afternoon extra special.

With a 26-yard scoring pass in the fi rst minute of the second quarter, Herd quarterback Rakeem Cato tied the NCAA major college record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass. At 38 and counting, he’s tied for the FBS record with Russell Wilson, who reached that number from 2009-11 at NC State and Wisconsin.

Only four NCAA quarterbacks have longer TD-game streaks, and all played at lower levels than the Herd senior from Miami, who heads to his hometown and a date at FIU next Saturday night with a chance to break the mark.

Of course, that’s all background noise to Cato, who enjoys much more the notion that the Herd is unbeaten and has a chance on Sunday to make the national polls for the fi rst time since the 2002 Herd fi nished an 11-2 season after as GMAC Bowl win over Louisville at Nos. 19 (coaches) and 24 (AP media) in the fi nal polls.

“It’s a blessing to tie Russell Wilson,” Cato said of the QB who led the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl XLVIII title last winter. “I think Russell’s a great quarterback; he’s someone I look at on my own time. I just want to thank Coach (Doc) Holliday and Coach (Bill) Legg for putting me in the position week-in, week-out so I can throw it to those guys.

“It’s not just me. Look at my off ensive line. They do a heck of a job, improving every day, getting better. The will on our off ensive side of the ball, all the guys, thanks to them. Without those guys, there’s no consecutive touchdown passes thrown.

“I get to be around a good group of guys, and as long as I can do that, I’ll keep achieving minor records and minor goals.”

The Herd had 589 yards total off ense against the Blue Raiders (4-3, 3-1) - a team most Herd players regarded the best team MU has faced. Cato was a pedestrian - for him - 17-of-33 passing for 337 yards and three touchdowns. The Herd’s only two turnovers were a Cato interception and fumble.

The Herd was again without injured outside receiver Davonte Allen and lost freshman Angelo Jean-Louis to a rib injury in the fi rst quarter. But Cato kept on pitching, hitting fellow senior Wilkins for two scores among seven pass catchers.

“I’m very proud to be part of that record; I’ve been around Cato a long time,” said Wilkins, the Hialeah, Fla., native who led Marshall with fi ve catches for 77 yards. “Hopefully he’ll be able to break it next week, down at home. That would be a very special moment there.”

Cato certainly wasn’t the whole story for the Herd.

Running back Devon Johnson tractored his way through the Blue Raiders for 134 rushing yards and three touchdowns. It was his fi fth 100-yard ground game in six this season. Johnson now has 11 rushing touchdowns on the season. The last Herd back with more was Ahmad Bradshaw’s 19 in 2006.

And the Herd defense was strong again when it counted most, Middle Tennessee was only 3-of-14 on third down conversions.

Linebacker Neville Hewitt had 14 Herd tackles, the most for a Marshall player since D.J. Hunter turned in 18 in the double-overtime loss at East Carolina to end the 2012 season. Safety A.J. Leggett had his third interception of the season, as the Herd played with a verve rooted in last season’s 51-49, last-play loss at Middle.

“We went out with the mindset we weren’t going to let that happen again,” Hewitt said. “That’s how we set the tone. We want to go out there fi rst and get a stop and turn it over to the off ense.”

And that’s what Holliday’s team has pretty much done, with the MU defense on the fi eld for the fi rst series in all six games. The results?

On those fi rst series, the six foes have gained 7, minus-7, 84, 36, 13 and minus-1 yards - or 132 yards in 30 plays. The 84 was Ohio’s fi rst drive on Sept. 14 - and 53 of those came on the fi rst play of the game, but the Herd stiff ened in the red zone and the Bobcats missed a 19-yard fi eld goal.

While opponents have gotten zero points from those drives (fi ve punts and a missed FG), the Marshall off ense has followed with 31 points -- four touchdowns and a fi eld goal in the last fi ve games, after punting on its fi rst possession in an opening triumph at Miami (Ohio), where the Herd scored a TD the second time it had the ball.

“They are playing extremely well,” Holliday said of the Herd defense. “We put them in a bad situation in the second half and it is not acceptable ... They are well coached; they tackle well. They are athletic and can run. I thought some guys stepped up today. We had some injuries, and we had some other guys step up. That is what good football teams do.”

The Herd is 12-1 since that loss last season at Middle Tennessee - the C-USA title game defeat at Rice last December -- and Leggett said one reason for that is Holliday’s team “knows how to handle adversity when we face it now. We just need to keep on doing what we’re doing, playing hard, playing together.”

Holliday said he’s “excited about where we are at this point ... This football team is a special bunch. These kids like each other. They are fun to be around. They care about each other. That is why we are good.

“They trust each other and when something happens to one of them, it hurts all of them. They think a lot of each other, they trust each other, they care about each other, and that’s why we are playing the way we are.”

Legg, the Herd’s off ensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, called Cato’s NCAA record-tying day “cool,” but said the reason the senior QB is the kind of player who can reach such achievements is that Cato can compartmentalize.

“The most important thing is we’re 1-0 this week, and 6-0 on this season and he’s going to tell you the same thing,” the veteran Herd coordinator said. “That record? Somewhere down the line we’ll sit down and look back and we’ll reminisce and we’ll talk about `Wow, that’s very impressive, very impressive, you know?’ Right now, it’s about 1-0 to make us 6-0.

“The best thing he did is manage the game, took what they gave him. He forced one or two things, which I got on him on the phone (prom the coaches’ box upstairs) a little bit, but you’re always going to have one of those once in a while. You’re never going to be perfect; you’d like for it to be, but none of us is perfect.

“Still, it was awfully good decision-making, putting us in the right play. He checked a number of times today that made a huge diff erence, whether it was getting a fi rst down, creating a big play or putting the ball into the end zone. The (second) TD pass to Craig, that was Rakeem’s (call).

“He does the things you want your quarterback to do, from the neck up. And all the stuff from the neck down is between what God gave him and all of the hard work he’s put into it. That shines, because of what he’s doing from the neck up. The thing that I’m most proud of Rakeem doing is and I’m most pleased with is what he does from the neck down, managing things.”

Holliday’s reference point on Cato wasn’t so much a guy who has won a Super Bowl, but two quarterbacks who were the two to guide Marshall teams that had the kind of season like this one.

“I’ve said it many times, how proud I am of what this kid has accomplished,” Holliday said. “He took some criticism early on, but the people who criticized him didn’t know him. He is a tremendous kid.

“Where he has come from and overcome it is unbelievable for him, and he deserves everything he gets because he is great for Marshall University. Look what has come from Marshall. You talk about Chad Pennington and Byron (Leftwich), and now you can put Cato in those same words and terms. It is just unbelievable. I am glad he is on our team.”

And Cato is glad he is part of the Herd.

“It’s a blessing,” Cato said of the opportunity to take the NCAA record in his own backyard next week. “But we’re going down there for a business trip. It’s not about my record. It’s about one thing, and that’s getting a W.

“If I get the record, that would be a great deal, but if I don’t, just get the W. If I don’t get the record but we get the win, I’ll stay a proud man, still the same quarterback like I am every week.”


Doc HollidayHead Coach - Sixth Season(48-26 overall, 32-13 C-USA)

In fi ve seasons, Marshall Coach John “Doc” Holliday has brought Thundering Herd football back into the national picture.

His 2014 Herd (13-1) won the school’s fi rst Conference USA Championship with a thrilling comeback, title-game win over Louisiana Tech. MU headed to the Boca Raton Bowl, where it routed Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois, 52-23. The Herd fi nished the season in the major polls – No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 23 in the Associated Press media poll.

The Herd coach was named the 2014 Conference USA Coach of the Year in voting by his peers.

Holliday received a six-year contract extension (through July 2021) for $755,500 annually on April 8. He takes a 40-25 record into the 2015 season, and the Herd has won 19 of its last 21 games overall and 14 of the last 15 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

The 2014 title season followed a successful 2013, as Marshall went 10-4, won the C-USA East Division crown and downed ACC member Maryland in the Military Bowl -- the Terps’ last game before heading to the Big Ten.

In December 2014, Holliday was named the 15th annual Gazette-Mail Sportsman of the Year by Charleston Newspapers. In April 2015, the Herd coach was honored as the 2014 Lowell Cade Sportsperson of the Year by The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington).

Holliday, named as Herd coach on Dec. 17, 2009 in his fi rst collegiate head coaching job, is widely regarded as one of the top recruiters in the nation. He has more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience, including previous stops at Florida, North Carolina State and West Virginia, his alma mater.

Marshall displayed balance on off ense and a strong defense throughout the 2014 season and boasted 10 all-conference fi rst team selections as voted by C-USA coaches, as star players like quarterback Rakeem Cato, center Chris Jasperse, defensive tackle James Rouse and cornerback Darryl Roberts were team leaders.

In 2013, Holliday took the Herd where it hadn’t been in its previous eight years in Conference USA … nine regular-season victories, seven league wins and a berth in the C-USA title game, mostly on the strength of an unblemished 6-0 mark at home for the fi rst time since 2002.

The Herd’s 31-20 win over Maryland was one of only two bowl victories by teams from non-AQ BCS conference teams over BCS league schools in the 2013 postseason. Marshall also boasted the best (scoring) defensive turnaround in the nation (19.9 fewer points allowed per game).

In fi ve seasons, Holliday’s program has had 33 All-Conference USA selections (fi rst and second team, and honorable mention), including 17 this season.

During his time in Huntington, Holliday’s teams have consistently improved as the season stretches into the winter months. The Herd is 21-6 under Holliday after Oct. 29, including an eye-popping 12-1 mark in the friendly confi nes of Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

In 2011, the Herd went 7-6 against the 16th-toughest schedule in the nation, a slate that was ranked second among non-BCS schools. Two of those victories came against eventual C-USA champion Southern Miss and Big East co-champ Louisville, the latter coming on the road for the program’s fi rst non-conference road win since the early 2000s. Marshall also won fi ve Conference USA games, the most for the program since it had joined the league in 2005.

During his coaching career, Holliday has coached in 23 bowl games, three national championship games and coached 12 players that have gone on to the National Football League. He has also coached fi ve All-Americans.

A native of Hurricane, W.Va., Holliday was a three-year letter-winner at linebacker at West Virginia (1976-78) and has earned bachelor’s (1979) and master’s (1981) degrees from WVU. He won a state high school wrestling title at 175 pounds (all divisions) in 1975 at Hurricane.

Holliday and his wife, Diana, have four children -- Meghan, Cade, Chase and Cody.


2015 Marshall Football Fall Roster2 Hyleck Foster 5-11 185 RB SO Gaff ney, S.C. (Gaff ney) 3 Davonte Allen 6-2 200 WR RS SR Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central) 4 Deon-Tay McManus 6-1 228 WR RS SO Bal more, Md. (Atlanta Sports Academy) 5 Keith Baxter 6-0 193 DB RS SR Homestead, Fla. (Homestead) 5 Donquell Green 5-8 170 WR SO Waynesboro, Ga. (Burke County) 6 Doyle Grimes 6-1 210 LB FR Miami, Fla. (South Dade)7 Antavis Rowe 5-11 167 DB SO Atlanta, Ga. (Washington) 8 Remi Watson 5-11 207 RB RS SR Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson) 9 Jus n Hunt 6-3 203 WR JR Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven) 9 Shawn Pe y 6-2 241 LB RS JR Greenbelt, Md. (U. of Maryland) 10 Gunnar Holcombe 6-3 212 QB RS JR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (University School) 10 Corey Tindal 5-10 182 DB RS JR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Atlanta Sports Academy) 11 Rodney Allen 5-11 180 DB RS SO Dallas, Texas (Lincoln) 11 Michael Birdsong 6-5 241 QB RS JR Matoaca, Va. (James Madison U.) 12 Kyle Gallup 6-2 211 QB FR Greenwood Village, Colo. (Chapparal)12 Chris Williams-Hall 6-0 186 DB RS FR Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson)13 Armonze Daniel 6-4 251 DL RS SR Avon, Ind. (Avon) 14 Kendall Gant 6-3 199 S SO Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson) 14 Chase Li on 6-6 211 QB FR Tampa, Fla. (Wharton)15 Raylen Elzy 6-4 206 WR FR Lithonia, Ga. (Georgia Sports Prep Academy)16 Antonio Howard 5-10 173 DB FR Hialeah, Fla. (Hialeah-Miami Lakes)16 Coy Pe 6-2 175 QB FR Barboursville, W.Va. (Cabell Midland)17 Taj Letman 6-3 190 S RS SR Elberton, Ga. (Elbert County) 18 Keion Davis 6-1 206 RB RS FR Fairburn, Ga. (Langston Hughes)19 Deandre Reaves 5-10 181 WR RS SR Sterling, Va. (Dominion) 20 T.J. Griffi n 5-9 185 DB FR Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes)21 Emanuel Byrd 6-3 236 TE JR Albany, Ga. (Georgia Military College)21 Tiquan Lang 5-9 182 S JR Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes) 22 D.J. Hunter 6-0 210 LB RS SR Middletown, Ohio (Middletown) 23 Tony Pi man 5-10 212 RB RS SO Hampton, Va. (Phoebus) 24 Michael Johnson 5-9 172 DB JR Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington) 25 Kaleb Harris 6-3 226 TE RS FR Creston, Ohio (Norwayne) 27 Deiondre Coleman 5-10 157 DB FR Louisville, Ky. (Male)28 D’Andre Wilson 5-10 169 DB RS SO Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach) 29 Malik Gant 6-2 182 S FR Washington, D.C. (Woodson)30 Kaare Vedvik 6-4 208 P/K RS SO Stavanger, Norway (McPherson (Kan.)) 31 Evan McKelvey 6-1 220 LB RS SR Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley) 32 Delvin Weems 5-8 185 RB FR Tucker, Ga. (Tucker)33 Marquis Couch 6-1 207 LB FR Miami, Fla. (Miami Central)34 Ellis Cain 5-10 204 RB FR Louisville, Ky. (Male)35 Zach Acord 5-10 165 WR FR Logan, W.Va. (Logan)35 Frankie Hernandez 6-2 205 LB RS FR Largo, Fla. (Largo)36 Cody Carter 5-10 176 DB RS JR Barboursville, W.Va. (U. of Charleston) 37 Chase Hancock 6-2 211 LB RS FR Daniels, W.Va. (Woodrow Wilson) 38 Tyler Williams 6-0 203 P SR Fort Wayne, Ind. (Atlanta Sports Academy) 39 Amoreto Curraj 6-3 218 K RS SO Tampa, Fla. (Leto) 40 Corey Neely 6-1 175 S JR Rock Hill, S.C. (Georgia Military College)41 Davon Durant 6-2 233 LB JR Greenwood, S.C. (Butler CC/Arizona State)42 Aus n McGugan 6-2 208 K FR Grayson, Ga. (Grayson)42 Blaine Thompson 5-9 204 LB RS SO Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Wando)44 Blake Keller 6-2 237 DL RS SO Bradenton, Fla. (U. Central Florida) 45 Raheim Huskey 6-2 208 LB RS SO Gaff ney, S.C. (Gaff ney) 46 Daryl Nickerson 5-8 170 WR FR Durham, N.C. (Riverside)47 Devon Johnson 6-1 243 RB SR Richlands, Va. (Richlands) 48 Kyle Camacho 6-0 221 LB RS SO Greenwich, Ct. (Greenwich)48 Nick Smith 5-10 177 K RS SO Plain City, Ohio (Alder) 49 Wya Ford 6-1 177 LB FR West Union, W.Va. (Doddridge County)50 Melvin Stubbs 5-11 220 LB RS FR Parkersburg, W.Va. (Parkersburg)51 Devontre’a Tyler 6-1 240 LB JR Arcadia, Fla. (Iowa Central CC)52 Eli Gates 6-4 215 LS RS FR Mar nsburg, W.Va. (Hedgesville) 54 Nyquan Harris 6-2 293 DL RS FR Norfolk, Va. (Lake Taylor)54 Michael Selby 6-2 289 OL JR Sandersville, Ga. (Washington County) 55 Aaron Plan 6-1 238 DL RS SO Hallandale, Fla. (Hallandale) 57 Ma Harless 6-2 267 OL RS FR Cyclone, W.Va. (Westside) 57 Zach Higginbotham 5-11 228 LB RS SO Cincinna , Ohio (Country Day/University of Cinn.)


58 Jordan Dowrey 6-1 299 OL RS FR Winchester, Va. (Handley) 59 Gary Thompson 6-2 249 DL RS JR La Mesa, Ca. (Helix) 61 Levi Brown 6-4 267 OL FR Franklin, Ga. (Heard County)62 Kyle Varnell 6-5 209 LS FR Norcross, Ga. (Norcross)63 Will Mendoza 6-6 282 OL RS FR Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) 65 Cody Collins 6-1 279 OL RS SO Trotwood, Ohio (Trotwood-Madison) 66 Jason Jean 6-4 251 OL FR Miami, Fla. (Miami Central)67 Sandley Jean-Felix 6-5 322 OL RS SO Sunrise, Fla. (Boyd Anderson) 68 Tom Collins 6-6 270 OL RS SR Williamstown, W.Va. (Bethany College) 69 Aaron Dopson 6-4 233 DL FR Hagerstown, Md. (North Hagerstown)70 Ryan Riedel 6-1 279 OL RS JR Hun ngton, W.Va. (Cabell Midland) 71 Sebas an Johansson 6-5 297 OL RS SR Karlstad, Sweden (Raceland (Ky.)) 73 Joe Massaquoi 6-5 253 DL RS JR Alexandria, Va. (T.C. Williams) 74 AJ Addison 6-6 293 OL SO Ruther Glen, Va. (Fork Union Military Academy) 75 Tyler Combs 6-4 280 OL RS SO Louisa, Ky. (Lawrence County)76 Nate Devers 6-3 288 OL RS FR Massillon, Ohio (Washington) 77 Alex Locklear 6-5 315 OL FR Hun ngton, W.Va. (Spring Valley)78 Clint Van Horn 6-5 322 OL RS SR Beckley, W.Va. (Woodrow Wilson) 79 Fedrice Binot 6-2 290 OL RS FR Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson) 80 Jack Gammon 5-10 176 WR RS JR Columbus, Ohio (Bishop Wa erson)81 John Hathaway 6-1 183 WR FR Winfi eld, W.Va. (Winfi eld)83 Michael Clark 6-7 200 WR SO St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood) 84 Josh Knight 6-1 197 WR JR Fort Pierce, Fla. (Fort Pierce Central) 85 Ryan Yurachek 6-3 237 TE SO Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Carolina Forest) 86 Brandon Ford 6-2 176 WR FR Hurricane, W.Va. (Hurricane)87 Nick Mathews 5-10 168 WR FR Haymarket, Va. (Patriot)88 Ma Cinco a 6-1 210 LS SR Charlo e, N.C. (Charlo e Catholic) 89 Joe Woodrum 6-6 251 TE RS SR Bluefi eld, W.Va. (Bluefi eld) 90 Damien Dozier 6-4 207 DL FR Raleigh, N.C. (Virginia Episcopal School)91 Ryan Bee 6-7 268 DL RS FR Ashland, Ohio (Hillsdale) 92 Kamen Reynolds 6-3 202 TE FR White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (Greenbrier East)92 Ty Tyler 6-3 248 DL FR Punta Gorda, Fla. (Charlo e)93 Steve Dillon 6-4 285 DL RS SR Palmdale, Ca. (Palmdale) 94 Jarquez Samuel 6-5 290 DL RS SR Valdosta, Ga. (Valdosta) 95 Tomell One 6-4 281 DL SO Palm Bay, Fla. (Bayside) 96 Milan Lanier 6-5 240 DL FR Cincinna , Ohio (Mount Healthy)96 Zach Wood 6-1 212 LS FR Williamsburg, Ohio (McNicholas)97 Malik Thompson 6-6 251 DL RS FR Winter Garden, Fla. (Fork Union Military Academy)98 Jason Smith 6-3 296 DL RS FR Hackensack, N.J. (East Coast Prep) 99 Ricardo Williams 6-5 268 DL RS SR Homestead, Fla. (U. of Miami)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE2 hi-LEAK Foster8 REE-MEE Watson13 Ar-MAHNZ Daniel17 TAHJ Letman21 TIE-kwan Lang30 Corey Vedvik39 Am-o-RET-oh CURRY47 Dev-in Johnson67 Sandley JEEN-felix70 Ryan Rye-DELL73 Joe Mass-uh-QUOY79 Fedrice bin-OH88 Matt SIN-cot-uh94 Jar-KEZ Samuel95 Toe-mel 1


Marshall’s Projected Depth ChartOFFENSE X-WR- #3 DAVONTE ALLEN (6-2, 200, R-Sr., Belle Glade, Fla.) #9 JUSTIN HUNT (6-3, 203, Jr., Memphis, Tn.) Z-WR- #4 DEON-TAY MCMANUS (6-1, 228, R-So., Baltimore, Md.) OR #9 JUSTIN HUNT (6-3, 203, Jr., Memphis, Tn.) #19 DEANDRE REAVES (5-10, 181, R-Sr., Sterling, Va.) OR #84 JOSH KNIGHT (6-1, 197, Jr., Fort Pierce, Fla.) SL-WR- #19 DEANDRE REAVES (5-10, 181, R-Sr., Sterling, Va.) #87 NICK MATHEWS (5-10, 168, Fr., Haymarket, Va.)

LT- #67 SANDLEY JEAN-FELIX (6-5, 322, R-So., Sunrise, Fla.) #74 AJ ADDISON (6-6, 290, So., Ruther Glen, Va.) LG- #71 SEBASTIAN JOHANSSON (6-5, 297, R-Sr., Karlstad, Sweden) #68 TOM COLLINS (6-6, 270, R-Sr., Williamstown, W.Va.)

C- #54 MICHAEL SELBY (6-2, 289, Jr., Sandersville, Ga.) #65 CODY COLLINS (6-1, 279, R-So., Trotwood, Ohio)

RG- #58 JORDAN DOWREY (6-1, 299, R-Fr., Winchester, Va.) #65 CODY COLLINS (6-1, 279, R-So., Trotwood, Ohio) #76 NATE DEVERS (6-3, 282, R-Fr., Ruther Glen, Va.)

RT- #78 CLINT VAN HORN (6-5, 322, R-Sr., Beckley, W.Va.) #74 AJ ADDISON (6-6, 290, So., Ruther Glen, Va.) #79 FEDRICE BINOT (6-4, 280, R-Fr., Lakeland, Fla.) TE- #85 RYAN YURACHEK (6-3, 237, So., Myrtle Beach, S.C.) #21 EMANUEL BYRD (6-3, 236, Jr., Albany, Ga.)

QB- #14 CHASE LITTON (6-6, 211, Fr., Tampa, Fla.) #11 MICHAEL BIRDSONG (6-5, 241, R-Jr., Matoaca, Va.) #10 GUNNAR HOLCOMBE (6-3, 212, R-Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

RB- #47 DEVON JOHNSON (6-1, 243, Sr., Richlands, Va.) #8 REMI WATSON (5-11, 207, R-Sr., Lakeland, Fla.) #23 TONY PITTMAN (5-10, 212, R-So., Hampton, Va.) DEFENSE

DE- #59 GARY THOMPSON (6-2, 249, R-Jr., La Mesa, Ca.) #44 BLAKE KELLER (6-2, 237, R-So., Bradenton, Fla.)

NT- #94 JARQUEZ SAMUEL (6-5, 290, R-Sr., Valdosta, Ga.) #95 TOMELL ONE (6-4, 281, So., Palm Bay, Fla.)

DT- #93 STEVE DILLON (6-4, 285, R-Sr., Palmdale, Ca.) #99 RICARDO WILLIAMS (6-5, 268, R-Sr., Homestead, Fla.)

DE- #91 RYAN BEE (6-7, 263, R-Fr., Ashland, Ohio) #13 ARMONZE DANIEL (6-4, 251, R-Sr., Avon, Ind.) #73 JOE MASSAQUOI (6-5, 253, R-Jr., Alexandria, Va.) SLB- #22 D.J. HUNTER (6-0, 210, R-Sr., Middletown, Ohio) #37 CHASE HANCOCK (6-2, 211, R-Fr., Daniels, W.Va.) MLB- #51 DEVONTRE’A TYLER (6-1, 240, Jr., Arcadia, Fla.) #9 SHAWN PETTY (6-2, 241, R-Jr., Greenbelt, Md.)

WLB- #31 EVAN MCKELVEY (6-1, 220, R-Sr., Moncks Corner, S.C.) #35 FRANKIE HERNANDEZ (6-2, 205, R-Fr., Largo, Fla.)

LCB- #5 KEITH BAXTER (6-0, 193, R-Sr., Homestead, Fla.) #11 RODNEY ALLEN (5-11, 180, R-So., Dallas, Tx.) S- #17 TAJ LETMAN (6-3, 190, R-Sr., Elberton, Ga.) #40 COREY NEELY (6-1, 177, Jr., Rock Hill, S.C.)

S- #21 TIQUAN LANG (5-9, 182, Jr., Valdosta, Ga.) #14 KENDALL GANT (6-3, 199, So., Lakeland, Fla.) RCB- #10 COREY TINDAL (5-10, 182, R-Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) #7 ANTAVIS ROWE (5-11, 167, So., Atlanta, Ga.)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NICKEL- #7 ANTAVIS ROWE (5-11, 167, So., Atlanta, Ga.) #10 COREY TINDAL (5-10, 182, R-Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)


SPECIALISTSKO- #39 AMORETO CURRAJ (6-3, 218, R-So., Tampa, Fla.) #30 KAARE VEDVIK (6-4, 208, R-So., Stavanger, Norway) FG/PAT- #48 NICK SMITH (5-10, 177, R-So., Plain City, Ohio) #39 AMORETO CURRAJ (6-3, 218, R-So., Tampa, Fla.) P- #38 TYLER WILLIAMS (6-0, 203, Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind.) #30 KAARE VEDVIK (6-4, 208, R-So., Stavanger, Norway)

H- #38 TYLER WILLIAMS (6-0, 203, Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind.) #30 KAARE VEDVIK (6-4, 208, R-So., Stavanger, Norway) LS- #88 MATT CINCOTTA (6-1, 210, Sr., Charlotte, N.C.) #96 ZACH WOOD (6-1, 212, Fr., Williamsburg, Ohio)

KR #19 DEANDRE REAVES (5-10, 181, R-Sr., Sterling, Va.) #8 REMI WATSON (5-11, 207, R-Sr., Lakeland, Fla.) PR #19 DEANDRE REAVES (5-10, 181, R-Sr., Sterling, Va.) #2 HYLECK FOSTER (5-11, 185, So., Gaff ney, S.C.)

Blocked Kicks by MU Since 1996

1996-none1997-none1998-Danny Derricott, George Miller1999-Yancey Satterwhite2000-Chris Crocker (2), George Miller, Willie Tisdale2001-Johnathan Goddard, Terrance Tarpley2002-Jamus Martin, Willie Smith2003-none2004-Brad Bates, Ivan Clark (2), Shawn Lauzon2005-James Johnson, Dennis Thornton2006-Phillip Gamble, Curtis Keyes, Jon Moravec2007-Ashton Hall (2), Byron Tinker2008-Aaron Johnson, Johnny Jones (2)2009-Johnny Jones (2), Albert McClellan2010-Johnny Jones (2), Essray Taliaferro2011-Vinny Curry (3), Zach Dunston, Jermain Kelson, Derek Mitchell, Darryl Roberts2012-Marques Aiken (2), C.J. Crawford, Jermain Kelson, Deon Meadows, Jeremiah Taylor (2)2013-James Rouse, Darryl Roberts2014-Raheim Huskey (2), Ricardo Williams, Arnold Blackmon2015-Ryan Bee

2015 Off ensive Starting LineupsOpponent X-WR Z-WR SL-WR TE LT LG C RG RT QB RB

Purdue Allen McManus Foster Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Devers Van Horn Birdsong Johnsonat Ohio Allen McManus Foster Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Van Horn Birdsong Johnson

Norfolk State Allen McManus Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey T. Collins Litton Johnsonat Kent State Allen McManus Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey T. Collins Litton Johnson

Old Dominion Allen McManus Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Van Horn Litton PittmanSouthern Miss Allen McManus Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Addison Litton Johnsonat Florida Atlantic Allen McManus Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Addison Litton Johnson

North Texas Allen Hunt Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Addison Litton Watsonat Charlotte Allen Hunt Reaves Yurachek Jean-Felix Johansson Selby Dowrey Addison Litton Watson

2015 Defensive Starting LineupsOpponent DE NT DT DE SLB/NICK MLB WLB S S LCB RCB

Purdue Massaquoi Samuel Dillon Daniel Rowe McKelvey Hunter Letman Lang Baxter Tindalat Ohio Thompson Samuel Dillon Daniel Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Lang Baxter TindalNorfolk State Thompson Samuel Dillon Daniel Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Gant Baxter Tindalat Kent State Thompson Samuel Dillon Daniel Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Gant Baxter TindalOld Dominion Thompson Samuel Dillon Daniel Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Lang Baxter TindalSouthern Miss Thompson Samuel Dillon Bee Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Lang Baxter Tindalat Florida Atlantic Thompson Samuel Dillon Bee Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Lang Baxter TindalNorth Texas Thompson Samuel Dillon Bee Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Gant Baxter Tindalat Charlotte Thompson Samuel Dillon Bee Hunter D. Tyler McKelvey Letman Lang Baxter Tindal


Marshall football career starts leaders

(Through Oct. 31, 2015, at Charlo e; ac ve players in bold)

56 starts -- OT Chris Deaton (1990-93); G/C Aaron Ferguson (1993-96).

53 -- C Chris Jasperse (2011-14).

52 -- DT Billy Lyon (1993-96); OT Steve Sciullo (1999-2002).

51 -- SS Roger Johnson (1991-94); QB Chad Pennington (1995, 1997-99); OT Nate McPeek (2000-03).

50 -- CB Melvin Cunningham (1993-96).

49 -- QB Rakeem Cato (2011-14); LB Donahue Stephenson (1990-93).

47 -- DT Bill Mendoza (1985-88); WR Josh Davis (2001-04).

46 -- LB William King (1990-93).

44 -- DT Allen Meadows (1971-74); QB Bob Eshbaugh (1971-74); WR John “Fuzzy” Filliez (1973-76); G/T Dan Wells (1975-78); RB Chris Parker (1992-95).

42 -- CB Darryl Roberts (2010-14); LB/DB Charles Henry (1971-74); OT Mark Brookover (1972-75); LB John Spellacy (1985-88).

41 -- FS Shannon Morrison (1991-94); WR Tim Mar n (1993-96); DE B.J. Cohen (1994-97); DE Albert McClellan (2005-09).

40 -- QB Michael Payton (1989-92); WR Darius Wa s (2000-03).

39 -- WR Mike Barber (1985-88); LB John Grace (1996-99).

38 -- WR Tommy Shuler (2011-14); DE Jamus Mar n (2001-04); CB Willie Smith (2002-05); DE Vinny Curry (2008-11).

37 – LB D.J. Hunter (2012-15); LB Jermaine Holmes (2011-14); LB Rondell Wannamaker (1985-88); OT Greg Adkins (1986-89); QB Byron Le wich (1998-2002); C/G Doug Legursky (2004-07); LB Mario Harvey (2007-10).

36 – S Taj Letman (2013-15); RB Ron Darby (1986-89); OT Madison Sayre (1988-91); DT/OG Phil Ratliff (1989-92); SS Rogers Becke (1996-99); DE Johnathan Goddard (2001-04); OG/C Brian Legge (2005-08).

35 – CB Corey Tindal (2012-15); CB Reggie Giles (1985-88); LB Jermaine Swaff ord (1993-96); LB Larry McCloud (1994-97); DT Giradie Mercer (1996-99); RB Doug Chapman (1996-99).


The Last Time ...MarshallShut Out An Opponent: Sept. 7, 2013 vs. Gardner-Webb (Marshall 55, Gardner-Webb 0)Shut Out An Opponent in the First Half: Oct. 3, 2015 vs. Old Dominion (14-0 fi rst half, 27-7 win)Shut Out An Opponent in the Second Half: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (14-0 second half, 31-10 win)Allowed 60+ Points at Home: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (67-66, OT)Allowed 50-59 Points at Home: Oct. 27, 2012 vs. UCF (54-17)Rushed For 300-399 Yards: Oct. 17, 2015 at Florida Atlantic (47 carries for 326 yards)Rushed For 400+ Yards: Sept. 6, 2014 vs. Rhode Island (432 yards)Rushed For Six Touchdowns: Kevin Grooms (3), Remi Watson (2) and Steward Butler (1) at Rice, Sept. 22, 2012Rushed For Seven Touchdowns: Remi Watson (3), Steward Butler (2), Tony Pittman (1) and Rakeem Cato (1) at Southern Miss, Nov. 8, 2014Passed For 300-399 Yards: Dec. 6, 2014 vs. Louisiana Tech (308)-Rakeem Cato (25 of 46 for 308 yards and 2 TDs)Passed For 400-499 Yards: Oct. 31, 2015 at Charlotte (494)-Chase Litton (33 of 48 for 486 yards and 2 TDs) & Michael Birdsong (2 of 5 for 8 yards)Passed For 500 or More Yards: Dec. 19, 2001 (576), Byron Leftwich vs. ECU (41 of 70 for 576 yards)Passed For Four Touchdowns: Chase Litton vs. Norfolk State, Sept. 19, 2015Passed For Five Touchdowns: Rakeem Cato (4) and Blake Frohnapfel (1) at FIU, Nov. 23, 2013Passed For Six Touchdowns: Rakeem Cato (5) and Blake Frohnapfel (1), vs. Southern Miss, Nov. 2, 2013Passed For Seven Touchdowns: Rakeem Cato (7), vs. WKU, Nov. 28, 2014Failed To Pass For A Touchdown: Sept. 12, 2015 at Ohio (L, 21-10)Had 500-599 Yards Offense: Oct. 17, 2015 at Florida Atlantic (75 plays, 500 yards)Had 600-699 Yards Offense: Oct. 31, 2015 at Charlotte (92 plays, 630 yards)Had 700 or More Yards Offense: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (82 plays for 708 yards)Rushed and Passed for 300+ Yards: Nov. 2, 2013 vs. Southern Miss (304 rushing, 332 passing)Scored 50-59 Points: Dec. 23, 2014 vs. Northern Illinois (75 plays, 505 yards)Scored More Than 60 Points: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU, WKU 67, Marshall 66 (OT)Had 30 or More First Downs: Oct. 31, 2015 at Charlotte (31)Ran 100+ Plays: Nov. 14, 2013 at Tulsa (103)Won a Game with less than 21 minutes of Time of Possession: Nov. 9, 2013 vs. UAB (20:59)Failed to Pass for More than 100 Yards: Oct. 8, 2011 at UCF (87 yards)Failed to Pass for More than 100 Yards in Back-to-Back games: Nov. 15, 2008 vs. UCF (84 yards); Nov. 22, 2008 at Rice (83 yards)Failed to Rush for More Than 50 yards: Oct. 8, 2011 at UCF (43 yards on 21 carries)Held An Opponent to Less Than 50 yards Rushing: Sept. 4, 2011 at West Virginia (42 yards on 26 attempts)Held An Opponent to Negative yards Rushing: Sept. 9, 2006, vs. Hofstra (-5 yards on 18 carries)Held An Opponent To Less Than 100 Yards Passing: Sept. 19, 2015 vs. Norfolk State (95 yards on 7 of 24 passing)Held An Opponent To Negative yards Passing: Nov. 26, 2005 at Memphis (1 of 8 for -3 yards)Held An Opponent To Less Than 200 Yards Total Offense: Sept. 19, 2015 vs. Norfolk State (191 total yards)Failed To Score a Touchdown: Sept. 27, 2008 at West Virginia (L, 27-3)Failed To Score an Offensive Touchdown: Oct. 8, 2011 at UCF (L, 16-6)Did Not Punt in a Game: Oct. 21, 2006 at UABAveraged 50+ Yards Per Punt: Oct. 25, 2014 vs. Florida Atlantic (Tyler Williams, 51.4 on fi ve kicks)Returned A Kickoff For A Touchdown: Sept. 26, 2015 at Kent State (Deandre Reaves, 93 yards)Returned A Punt For A Touchdown: Oct. 12, 2013 at Florida Atlantic (Devon Smith, 77 yards)Returned A Blocked Punt For A Touchdown: Oct. 4, 2014 at Old Dominion (Brandon Byrd, 0 yards)Returned A Blocked FG For A Touchdown: Sept. 2, 2010 at Ohio State (Ahmed Shakoor, 61 yards)Returned One Interception For A Touchdown: Oct. 18, 2014 at FIU (Corey Tindal, 30 yards)Returned Two Interceptions For Touchdowns: Sept. 6, 2015 vs. Purdue (Tiquan Lang, 30 and 55 yards)Returned A Fumble For A Touchdown: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (Jarquez Samuel, 3 yards)Returned A PAT for 2 points: Oct. 6, 2012 vs. Tulsa (D.J. Hunter)Player Had 20 or more tackles: Mario Harvey vs. Tulane, Nov. 27, 2010 (21 total tackles, 9 solo)Blocked A Punt: Oct. 4, 2014 at Old Dominion (Raheim Huskey)Blocked A FG: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (Ryan Bee)Blocked An XP: Nov. 14, 2013 at Tulsa (Darryl Roberts)Scored A Safety: Oct. 17, 2015 at Florida Atlantic (Nyquan Harris and D.J. Hunter tackled Jay Warren in the end zone)One Player Rushed For 100-199 Yards: Oct. 24, 2015 vs. North Texas (Hyleck Foster rushed for 105 yards on 17 carries)Two Players Rushed For 100 or More Yards: Oct. 4, 2014 at Old Dominion (Devon Johnson, 20-198-3 TDs & Remi Watson, 9-102-2 TDs)Three Players Rushed For 100 or More Yards: Nov. 9, 2013 vs. UAB (Steward Butler-7 for 139 yards, TD; Essray Taliaferro, 12 for 118, 2 TDs; Kevin Grooms (8 for 108, TD)One Player Rushed For 200 or More Yards: Steward Butler vs. WKU on Nov. 28, 2014 (24 carries for 233 yards and 2 TDs)One Player Rushed For Three Touchdowns: Remi Watson at Southern Miss on Nov. 8, 2014One Player Rushed For Four Touchdowns: Devon Johnson vs. Florida Atlantic on Oct. 25, 2014One Player Had 100-199 Yards Receiving: Tommy Shuler vs. Northern Illinois on Dec. 23, 2014 (18 catches for 185 yards, TD)One Player Had 200+ Yards Receiving: Davonte Allen at Charlotte on Oct. 31, 2015 (12 catches for 232 yards)Two Players Had 100+ Yards Receiving: Davonte Allen (141) and Tommy Shuler (132), Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKUTwo Players Had Double-Digit Receptions:Tommy Shuler (13) and Aaron Dobson (11) vs. Ohio, Sept. 15, 2012 vs. OhioOne Player Had Three Touchdowns Receiving: Gator Hoskins, Nov. 23, 2013 at ECU (3 TDs-25, 15 and 32 yards)Two Receivers Had Two Touchdowns Receiving: Gator Hoskins and Tommy Shuler, Nov. 14, 2013 at Southern MissThree Receivers Had Two Touchdowns Receiving: Davonte Allen, Hyleck Foster and Eric Frohnapfel, Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKUOne Player Had Two Interceptions: Sept. 6, 2015 vs. Purdue (2 by Tiquan Lang)Allowed six or more sacks: Nov. 14, 2008 vs. Southern Miss (allowed seven sacks)Posted 7+ sacks: Nov. 23, 2013 at FIU (7)Posted 14+ tackles for loss: Nov. 23, 2013 at FIU (14)Broke Up 15+ passes: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (15)Forced 5+ turnovers: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (5)Turned the ball over 5+ times: Nov. 14, 2013 at Tulsa (5)Intercepted 4+ passes: Sept. 6, 2015 vs. Purdue (4)Recovered 4+ fumbles: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (4)Lost 4+ fumbles: Nov. 14, 2013 at Tulsa (4)Converted 4+ fourth downs: Oct. 11, 2014 vs. Middle Tennessee (4)Played An Overtime Game: Sept. 26, 2015 at Kent State (Won 36-29 in double overtime)Ranked In The Final Season Poll: Amway USA Today 2014 #22, Associated Press 2014-#23Ranked In The Top 10 Of Regular Season Poll: ESPN/USA Today and Associated Press Final Poll 1999, #10Ranked In 11-25 Of Regular Season Poll: Associated Press #19 (Nov. 23, 2014), USA Today #20 (Nov. 23, 2014)Defeated a Nationally-Ranked Opponent: Sept. 20, 2003 at #6 (AP) Kansas State (27-20)


An OpponentShut Out Marshall: Oct. 14, 2000, at Toledo, Toledo-42, Marshall-0Shut Out Marshall in the fi rst half: Oct. 8, 2011 at UCF (trailed 16-0, MU lost 16-6)Shut Out Marshall in the second half: Sept. 21, 2013 at Virginia Tech (MU lost 29-21 in triple overtime)Rushed For 200-299 Yards: Oct. 24, 2015 vs. North Texas (40 carries for 229 yards)Rushed For 300-399 Yards: Oct. 24, 2013 at Middle Tennessee (60 carries for 308 yards)Rushed For 400 or More Yards: Sept. 12, 2009 at Virginia Tech (53 carries for 444 yards)Passed For 300-399 Yards: Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Southern Miss (Nick Mullens-314 yards)Passed For 400-499: Nov. 23, 2012 at ECU (439 yards)Passed For 500+ Yards: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (516 yards)Passed For 7 Touchdowns: Oct. 22, 2011 at Houston (Case Keenum-6, Cotton Turner-1)Passed For 8 Touchdowns: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (Brandon Doughty)Had 500-599 Yards Total Offense: Oct. 24, 2013 at Middle Tennessee (100 plays for 585 yards)Had 600-699 Yards Total Offense: Sept. 22, 2012 at Rice (93 plays for 647 yards)Had 700+ Yards Total Offense: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (86 plays for 738 yards)Scored 50-59 Points: Oct. 24, 2013 at Middle Tennessee, Middle Tennessee 51-Marshall 49Scored 60+ Points: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU, WKU 67-Marshall 66 (OT)Had 30 or More First Downs: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (37)Recovered a Fumbled Kickoff in the end zone For A Touchdown: Toran Davis (Ohio) on Sept. 14, 2013Returned A Kickoff For A Touchdown: Quincy McDuffi e (2), UCF, Oct. 27, 2012 (97 & 98 yards)Returned Two Kickoffs For A Touchdown: Quincy McDuffi e, UCF, Oct. 27, 2012 (97 & 98 yards)Returned A Punt For A Touchdown: Jackie Williams, UAB, Nov. 10, 2012 (79 yards)Returned An Interception For A Touchdown: Ocie Rose, Oct. 17, 2015 at Florida Atlantic (95 yards)Returned Two Interceptions For A Touchdown: Sept. 29, 2012 at Purdue (Ricardo Allen-39 yards and Josh Johnson-74 yards) Returned A Fumble For A Touchdown: Dwight Dobbins, Tulsa, Oct. 6, 2012 (11 yards)Returned Two Fumbles For A Touchdown: Nov. 17, 2011 at Memphis (Kendrick Golden-36 yards and Frank Trotter-18 yards)Blocked A Punt: Oct. 3, 2015 vs. Old Dominion (Anthony Wilson blocked a Tyler Williams punt)Returned A Blocked Punt For A Touchdown: Chris Brown at Middle Tennessee on Oct. 24, 2013 (3 yards)Blocked A Field Goal: Nov. 9, 2013 vs. UAB (Shaquille Roberson blocked a Justin Haig FG attempt)Blocked An Extra Point Attempt: Nov. 2, 2013 vs. Southern Miss (Dylan Bradley blocked a Justin Haig PAT)Scored A Safety: Oct. 8, 2011 at UCF (MU’s Gator Hoskins was called for holding in the end zone)One Player Rushed For 100-199 Yards: Oct. 24, 2015 vs. North Texas (Jeffrey Wilson rushed for 148 yards on 17 carries)Two Players Rushed For 100 or More Yards: Oct. 24, 2013 at MTSU (Jordan Parker-127 yards on 21 carries and 1 TD, Reggie Whatley-104 yards on 16 carries)One Player Rushed For 200 or More Yards: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (Leon Allen rushed for 237 yards on 33 carries with 1 TD)One Player Had Three Rushing Touchdowns: Dec. 6, 2014 vs. Louisiana Tech (Kenneth Dixon)One Player Had 100 or More Yards Receiving: Oct. 17, 2015 at Florida Atlantic (Tyler Cameron, 6 catches for 111 yards)Two Players Had 100 or More Yards Receiving: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (Taywan Taylor 122, Jared Dangerfi eld 117)One Player Had Three Touchdowns Receiving: Nov. 28, 2014 vs. WKU (Tyler Higbee)

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Tyler Williams Pun ng Numbers (2012-present)

2012 (Freshman)No. Yds. Avg. Lg tb fc i20 50+ 55+ 60+ blk TD return43 1,943 45.19 66 4 9 16 13 7 5 2 (team) 1Note: Avg of 45.19 is school record for a season

at West Virginia 4-205 (51.2 avg) 39 (ob6), 53, 54, 59 Western Carolina 1-37 (37.0) 37 Ohio 5-217 (43.4) 38, 59 (tb), 49 (ob4), 33, 38 (fc8) at Rice 5-254 (50.8) 62 (down4), 47 (down19), 34 (down5), 45, 66 at Purdue 3-129 (43.0) 51 (15), 35 (ob36), 43Tulsa 1-38 (38.0) 38at Southern Miss 3-124 (41.3) 42 (fc12), 38, 44UCF 7-329 (47.0) 40, 41 (fc9), 61 (tb), 40, 64 (tb), 43, 40 (down1)Memphis 3-133 (44.3) 35, 48, 50at UAB 5-218 (43.6) 53 (17), 41 (TD), 31 (ob), bl (team), 41, 52 (fc19) Houston 4-158 (39.5) 37 (fc11), 40 (fc17), 40 (tb), 41 (fc11)at East Carolina 2-101 (50.5) 40, bl (team), 61 (ob1)

2013 (Sophomore)No. Yds. Avg. Lg tb fc i20 50+ 55+ 60+ blk TD return56 2,366 42.2 65 5 13 13 13 8 2 2-TDs (team) 0

Miami (Ohio) 4-191 (47.8) 41, 65 (12), 44 (tb), 41 (ob27)Gardner-Webb 3-129 (43.0) 39 (fc9), 65 (18), 25at Ohio 3-109 (36.3) 35 (fc14), 38 (19, return 48yd), 36 (fc20) at Virginia Tech 4-179 (44.8) bl (team), 42, 35 (8), 45, 57 (11, return 6yd)UTSA 3-110 (36.7) 34, 43 (fc), 33 (fc)at Florida Atlan c 6-256 (42.7) 58 (tb), 38 (16), 38, 38, 45, 39at Middle Tennessee 4-159 (39.8) 36, bl (team), 27, 38 (tb), 58Southern Miss 3-119 (39.7) 23 (ob), 51 (ob), 45UAB 1-43 (43.0) 43at Tulsa 4-138-34.5 45 (fc), 43, 18, 32 (fc12)at FIU 6-286-47.7 53, 55, 51 (tb), 49, 53 (12), 25 East Carolina 2-100-50.0 43, 57 (10)at Rice (C-USA) 6-263-43.8 54 (fc), 40 (1), 40 (fc), 33, 40 (ob), 56 (15)Maryland (bowl) 7-284-40.6 39 (fc21), 40 (1), 38 (5), 44 (tb), 47 (1), 35 (8fc), 41

2014 (Junior)No. Yds. Avg. Lg tb fc i20 50+ 55+ 60+ blk TD return42 1,851 44.1 64 5 11 12 12 4 2 1 (team) 0 at Miami (Ohio) 5-233 (46.6) 45 (4), 46 (fc33), 64 (7), 47 (39, return 54yd), 31 (45fc)Rhode Island 2-88 (44.0) 51, 37Ohio 1-56 (56.0) 56 (tb)At Akron 4-182 (45.5) 49 (fc), 38, 43, (20ob), 52At Old Dominion 1-32 (32.0) 32 (ob)Middle Tennessee 3-142 (47.3) 54, 35, 53 (dwn)at FIU 3-152 (50.7) 52 (5 dwn), 43 (tb), 57 (tb)Florida Atlan c 5-257 (51.4) 47 (fc), 47 (fc), 51 (16), 48 (dwn), 64 (tb)at Southern Miss 2-88 (44.0) 51, 37 (fc)Rice 2-85 (42.5) 9 (fc), 31 (fc)at UAB 4-152 (38.0) 22 (ob), 43, 53, 34 (dwn1)Western Kentucky 2-88 (44.0) 42 (fc), 46 (dw1)Louisiana Tech 5-193 (38.6) 31 (fc), 42 (12), 48, 37 (2 dwn), blk, 35Northern Illinois 3-103 (34.3) 20 (ob), 41 (fc), 42 (tb)

2015 (Senior)No. Yds. Avg. Lg tb fc i20 50+ 55+ 60+ blk TD return54 2,427 44.9 65 8 11 22 18 9 3 0 0

Purdue 5-218-(43.6) 54 (16), 28 (37dwn), 38 (5dwn), 60 (tb), 38 (30fc)at Ohio 9-426-(47.3) 46(34), 51(20), 40(18fc), 42(27), 58(24), 33(10fc), 46(16), 56(22), 54 (21)Norfolk State 4-172-(43.0) 65 (6), 29 (11fc), 36 (5dwn), 42 (tb)at Kent State 12-562-(46.8) 49 (20), 40 (fc6), 54 (14), 52 (14), 60 (tb), 46 (fc10), 50 (15), 46 (19dwn), 46 (ob), 36 (fc7), 56 (tb), 27 (19dwn) (Note: 562 yds is individual Herd record, as is 7 punts inside 20 in one game)Old Dominion 7-264-(37.7) 42 (dwn5), 41 (fc35), 29 (fc10), 36 (fc13), 41, 45 (dwn40), 30 (dwn10)Southern Miss 7-336-(48.0) 45 (dwn11), 56 (tb), 34, 53 (dwn7), 48, 53, 47 (tb)at Florida Atlan c 4-196 –(49.0) 59 (tb), 54 (dwn2), 41 (fc9), 42 (dwn26)North Texas 4-164-(41.0) 30 (ob), 36 (fc), 42, 56at Charlo e 2-89-(44.5) 54 (tb), 35


Nick Smith Placekicking Numbers (2014-present)

2014 (Redshirt Freshman)PAT 1-1 (at FIU, fourth quarter)No FG a empts

2015 (Redshirt Sophomore)Field goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total Long (foe) Blk2015 0-0 0-0 12-14 1-1 0-0 13-15 42 (Purdue) 0Totals 0-0 0-0 12-14 1-1 0-0 13-15 42 (Purdue 2015) 0

Longest made FGs –42 yards, vs. Purdue, Sept. 6, 2015, at Edwards Stadium (Herd won 41-31)Longest missed FG –37 yards, at Charlo e (3rd quarter, 13:04), Oct. 31, 2015, at Richardson Stadium (Herd won 34-10)Game-winners None

FG sequence (makes in parentheses)2015Purdue (42), (32)at Ohio (38)Norfolk State (38)at Kent State No a emptsOld Dominion (37), (39)Southern Miss (34)at Florida Atlan c (33)North Texas (34), (32), (38)at Charlo e (32), 37, 36, (39)

*Marshall had converted 19 consecu ve FG a empts -- da ng to Jus n Haig’s 23-yard miss at UAB (Legion Field), 11:26 of fi rst quarter, on Nov. 22, 2014 -- when Smith missed at 13:04 of 3rd quarter at Charlo e (Richardson Stadium) on Oct. 31, 2015

Marshall career FG record -- 54 (of 77), Dewey Klein (1988-91); season record, 19, shared by Dewey Klein (1988; 19-of-27), David Merrick (1993; 19-of-25), Tim Openlander (1995; 19-of-27)

Career PAT2014 1-12015 34-34Totals 35-35

*Marshall has converted 137 consecu ve PATs. The last miss was by Jus n Haig at FIU on Nov. 23, 2013. Haig made the last 102 of his career, a streak during which Smith was 1-for-1.

Haig’s missed PAT in a Nov. 2, 2013 win over Southern Miss (third quarter) ended Herd consecu ve PAT streak a er 40-plus games. The Herd had a streak of 156 PAT in a row (fourth na onally) before the miss and Haig had made 102 in a row (fi h na onally) before his miss. The last PAT miss prior to the one on Nov. 2, 2013 was on was Sept. 25, 2010, when Tyler Warner’s a empt was blocked (by Ernie Hodge) in a 24-23 win over Ohio. The last Herd missed PAT prior to the one in 2013 (without a block) was by Craig Ratanamorn, on Nov. 8, 2008 at East Carolina (19-16 OT loss).

Marshall career PAT record, 220, Haig, 2011-14; season record, 82 ( e) Tim Openlander, 1996; Jus n Haig, 2014.


FBS Winning Percentage-Current StadiumUpdated: Through games of 10/31/15

*These are submi ed records based on those recognized by the NCAA as it relates to forfeits/vacated wins, etc.

**These records refl ect the outcomes from the me the current stadium opened and do not take into account renova ons/renaming/expansion, etc.

School Stadium Name (Opened) Record Winning %1. Baylor McLane Stadium (2014) 10-0 1.0002. Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991) 147-26 .8503. Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium (1984) 185-33 .8494. Boise State Albertsons Stadium (1970) 248-51 .8295. Alabama Bryant-Denny Stadium (1929) 243-53-3 .8186. Oklahoma Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923) 378-84-15 .8087. Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium (1939) 305-77-7 .7938. Penn State Beaver Stadium (1960) 271-71 .7929. Ohio State Ohio Stadium (1922) 422-110-20 .78310. Tennessee Neyland Stadium (1921) 451-123-17 .77711. Fresno State Bulldog Stadium (1980) 167-49-2 .77112. BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964) 229-69 .76813. Texas Texas Memorial Stadium (1924) 363-107-10 .76714. Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium (1950) 285-87-4 .76315. Nebraska Memorial Stadium (1923) 405-123-13 .76116. Georgia Sanford Stadium (1929) 334-103-9 .75917. Michigan Michigan Stadium (1927) 411-126-15 .75818. Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium (1930) 334-109-5 .75119. Florida Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium (1930) 320-103-13 .74920. USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923) 427-136-27 .74721. Old Dominion Foreman Field (2009) 34-12 .739122. Louisville Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium (1998) 82-29 .738723. Mississippi Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (1915) 263-93-8 .73424. Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998) 77-28 .73325. Clemson Memorial Stadium (1942) 280-101-7 .730626. Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium (1958) 276-101-3 .730327. LSU Tiger Stadium (1924) 408-146-18 .72928. Houston TDECU Stadium (2014) 8-3 .7272727328. UCF Bright House Networks Stadium (2007) 40-15 .7272727330. West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium (1980) 159-61-4 .71931. Nevada Mackay Stadium (1966) 220-86-2 .71832. Michigan State Spartan Stadium (1923) 354-148-3 .70433. Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium (1968) 146-61-5 .701


Rushing Touchdown Records(Through Oct. 31, 2015) Single seasonRank Player (season) TDs1. Jackie Hunt (1940) 272. Chris Parker (1994) 23 Chris Parker (1993) 234. Ahmad Bradshaw (2006) 195. Chris Parker (1995) 186. Doug Freutal (1919) 17 Devon Johnson (2014) 178. Mickey Jackson (1965) 16 Ron Darby (1987) 16 Ron Darby (1988) 1611. Doug Chapman (1998) 1512. Doug Chapman (1999) 12 Earl Charles (2003) 1214. Darius Marshall (2009) 1115. Doug Chapman (1997) 10 Essray Taliaferro (2013) 10 CareerRank Player (seasons) TDs1. Chris Parker (1992-95) 682. Doug Chapman (1996-99) 523. Jackie Hunt (1939-41) 434. Ron Darby (1986-89) 385. Tom Stark (1927-30) 376. Ahmad Bradshaw (2004-06) 31 Glenn Pedro (1990-93) 318. “Butchie” Wallace (2000-03) 299. John Zon ni (1931-34) 2710. Orlando Hatche (1989-92) 2611. Devon Johnson (2012-15) 2512. Mickey Jackson (1964-66) 24 Erik Thomas (1993-95) 2414. Marvin Wetzel (1947-49) 2215. Darius Marshall (2007-09) 19

Rushing Yardage Leaders(Through Oct. 31, 2015)

Single season Yards Player Season1. 1,833 Chris Parker 19952. 1,767 Devon Johnson 20143. 1,750 Chris Parker 19934. 1,728 Chris Parker 19945. 1,523 Ahmad Bradshaw 20066. 1,506 Ron Darby 19877. 1,296 Erik Thomas 19968. 1,282 Ron Darby 19889. 1,238 Doug Chapman 199610. 1,228 Jackie Hunt 194011. 1,184 Doug Chapman 1998 12. 1,162 Ron Lear 197913. 1,140 Essray Taliaferro 201314. 1,131 Darius Marshall 200915. 1,095 Darius Marshall 2008 Career Yards Player Seasons1. 5,924 Chris Parker 1992-952. 4,016 Doug Chapman 1996-993. 3,903 Ron Darby 1986-894. 3,900 Jackie Hunt 1939-41*5. 2,982 Ahmad Bradshaw 2004-066. 2,900 John Zon ni 1931-34*7. 2,857 Darius Marshall 2007-20098. 2,724 Glenn Pedro 1990-939. 2,694 Butchie Wallace 2000-200310. 2,357 Erik Thomas 1993-9611. 2,335 Devon Johnson 2012-present12. 2,232 Larry Fourquean 1980-8313. 2,143 Orlando Hatche 1989-9214. 2,063 Steward Butler 2012-1415. 2,000 Llow Turner 1996-99*Hunt and Zon ni totals are es mates gathered from media reports. Offi cial sta s cs from that era of Marshall football are not available.


Future Non-Conference Schedule

2016Sept. 17 – AkronSept. 24 – LouisvilleOct. 1 – at Pi sburghOne game TBA

2017Sept. 2 – Miami (Ohio)Sept. 9 – at NC StateSept. 16 – Kent StateSept. 23 – at Cincinna

2018 Sept. 1 – at Miami (Ohio)Sept. 22 – NC StateTwo games TBA

2019Sept. 14 – OhioSept. 21 – at Boise StateSept. 28 – Cincinna

2020Sept. 5 – at East Carolina Sept. 19 – at OhioSept. 26 – Pi sburghOct. 3 – Boise State

2021Sept. 4 – at NavySept. 11 – East CarolinaSept. 25 – at Appalachian StateOne game TBA

2022Sept. 3 – NavySept. 17 – Appalachian StateTwo games TBA

Career Touchdowns(Through Oct. 31, 2015)

Rank Player (seasons) TDs1. Chris Parker (1992-95) 712. Doug Chapman (1996-99) 573. Randy Moss (1996-97) 544. Darius Wa s (2000-03) 475. Jackie Hunt (1939-41) 436. Ron Darby (1986-89) 417. Tom Stark (1927-30) 378. Ahmad Bradshaw (2004-06) 369. Glenn Pedro (1990-93) 3310. “Butchie” Wallace (2000-03) 3211. Troy Brown (1991-92) 31 Devon Johnson (2012-15) 3113. Orlando Hatche (1989-92) 2914. “Gator” Hoskins (2010-13) 2815. John Zon ni (1931-34) 27 Tim Mar n (1993-96) 27

Career Touchdown Recep onsNo. Rec. Player Seasons1. 53 Randy Moss 1996-972. 47 Darius Wa s 2000-033. 28 Gator Hoskins (TE) 2010-134. 26 Mike Barber 1985-885. 25 Tommy Shuler 2011-146. 24 Troy Brown 1991-92( e) 24 Aaron Dobson 2009-128. 23 Cody Slate (TE) 2006-09( e) 23 Josh Davis 2001-04( e) 23 Tim Mar n 1993-9511. 22 Jim Swierczek 1951-5312. 18 Nate Poole 1997-2000( e) 18 LaVorn Colclough 1995-97( e) 18 Antavious Wilson 2009-1215. 16 Sean Doctor (TE) 1987-8816. 15 Brian Dowler 1990-91( e) 15 Keith Baxter Sr. 1984-87( e) 15 James Williams 1998-9919. 14 John “Fuzzy” Filliez 1973-7620. 13 Ricky Carter 1992-9521. 12 Andre’ Motley 1988-90 12 Davonte Allen 2012-present23. 11 Eric Ihnat (TE) 1987-90( e) 11 Bruce Hammond 1985-88( e) 11 Brian Swisher 1982-85

Sacks and QB Hurries(Through Oct. 31, 2015)

Player, Pos Sacks QBHGary Thompson, DE 5 13Ryan Bee, DE 3 11D.J. Hunter, LB 2.5 4Ricardo Williams, DT 1 7Jarquez Samuel, DT 1 6Steve Dillon, DT 1 4Armonze Daniel, DE 1 2Devontre’a Tyler, LB 1 2Corey Tindal, CB 1 1Keith Baxter, CB 1 0Nyquan Harris, DT 1 0Tomell One, DT 1 0Blake Keller, DE 0.5 5Joe Massaquoi, DE 0 6Evan McKelvey, LB 0 6Shawn Pe y, LB 0 6Antavis Rowe, CB 0 4Chase Hancock, LB 0 1Tiquan Lang, S 0 1Totals 20 79


## PLAYER GP-GS PUR OHIO NSU KENT ODU USM FAU NT CHA74 ADDISON, A.J. 9/4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START START START START3 ALLEN, Davonte 9/9 START START START START START START START START START1A ALLEN, Rodney 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X5 BAXTER, Keith 9/9 START START START START START START START START START82 BEAL, Emanuel 5/- . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . .91 BEE, Ryan 8/4 X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X START START START START79 BINOT, Fedrice 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X11 BIRDSONG, M. 3/2 START START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X2B BYRD, Emanuel 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . . X X X . . . X X X36 CARTER, Cody 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X88 CINCOTTA, Matt 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X65 COLLINS, Cody 7/- . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X68 COLLINS, Tom 9/2 X X X X X X START START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X39 CURRAJ, Amoreto 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X13 DANIEL, Armonze 9/5 START START START START START X X X X X X X X X X X X18 DAVIS, Keion 7/- . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X76 DEVERS, Nate 4/1 START . . . X X X . . . X X X . . . . . . X X X . . .93 DILLON, Steve 9/9 START START START START START START START START START58 DOWREY, Jordan 9/8 X X X START START START START START START START START15 ELZY, Raylen 2/- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X2 FOSTER, Hyleck 8/2 START START X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X80 GAMMON, Jack 1/- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X14 GANT, Kendall 9/3 X X X X X X START START X X X X X X X X X START X X X52 GATES, Eli 2/- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X20 GRIFFIN, T.J. 4/- . . . . . . X X X . . . X X X . . . X X X . . . X X X37 HANCOCK, Chase 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X25 HARRIS, Kaleb 8/- X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X5H HARRIS, Nyquan 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X53 HERNANDEZ, F. 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X1H HOLCOMBE, G. 1/- . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9H HUNT, Justin 9/2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START START22 HUNTER, D.J. 9/9 START START START START START START START START START45 HUSKEY, Raheim 7/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . . .67 JEAN-FELIX, S. 9/9 START START START START START START START START START71 JOHANSSON, S. 9/9 START START START START START START START START START47 JOHNSON, Devon 6/6 START START START START . . . START START . . . . . .44 KELLER, Blake 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X84 KNIGHT, Josh 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X21 LANG, Tiquan 7/6 START START . . . X X X START START START . . . START1 LEGGETT, A.J. 1/- X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 LETMAN, Taj 9/9 START START START START START START START START START1L LITTON, Chase 7/7 . . . . . . START START START START START START START73 MASSAQUOI, Joe 8/1 START X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X87 MATHEWS, Nick 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X31 MCKELVEY, Evan 9/9 START START START START START START START START START4 MCMANUS, D. 9/7 START START START START START START START X X X X X X40 NEELY, Corey 6/- . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X95 ONE, Tomell 5/- X X X . . . . . . X X X X X X . . . . . . X X X X X X9 PETTY, Shawn 5/- . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X23 PITTMAN, Tony 5/1 X X X X X X X X X X X X START . . . . . . . . . . . .55 PLANTT, Aaron 2/- . . . . . . X X X . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . .19 REAVES, Deandre 9/7 X X X X X X START START START START START START START7 ROWE, Antavis 9/1 START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X94 SAMUEL, Jarquez 9/9 START START START START START START START START START54 SELBY, Michael 9/9 START START START START START START START START START98 SMITH, Jason 7/- X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X48 SMITH, Nick 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X59 THOMPSON, Gary 9/8 X X X START START START START START START START START10 TINDAL, Corey 9/9 START START START START START START START START START51 TYLER, D. 9/8 X X X START START START START START START START START78 VAN HORN, Clint 4/3 START START . . . . . . START . . . X X X . . . . . .8 WATSON, Remi 6/2 X X X X X X . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X START START99 WILLIAMS, R. 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X38 WILLIAMS, Tyler 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X12 WILLIAMS-HALL 1/- X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 WOODRUM, Joe 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X85 YURACHEK, Ryan 9/9 START START START START START START START START START


Box Score (Final)2015 Marshall Football

Purdue vs Marshall (Sep 06, 2015 at Huntington, W.Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalPurdue 14 7 7 3 31Marshall 17 0 10 14 41

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 14:53 MARSHALL - LANG, Tiquan 30 yd interception return (SMITH, Nick kick)

10:36 PUR - Knox, D.J. 4 yd run (Griggs, Paul kick), 11-75 4:1706:18 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 20 yd pass from BIRDSONG, Michael (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-72 1:2003:00 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 42 yd field goal, 5-42 1:4500:38 PUR - Anthrop, Danny 9 yd pass from Appleby, Austin (Griggs, Paul kick), 6-75 2:22

2nd 07:35 PUR - Appleby, Austin 1 yd run (Griggs, Paul kick), 12-72 4:593rd 11:47 MARSHALL - YURACHEK, Ryan 1 yd pass from BIRDSONG, Michael (SMITH, Nick kick), 9-71 3:13

08:33 PUR - Jones, Markell 36 yd run (Griggs, Paul kick), 9-70 3:1403:37 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 32 yd field goal, 5-23 1:45

4th 10:14 PUR - Griggs, Paul 22 yd field goal, 15-70 5:0502:50 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 6 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 11-84 4:4101:20 MARSHALL - LANG, Tiquan 55 yd interception return (SMITH, Nick kick)

PUR MARSHALLFIRST DOWNS 28 20RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-184 29-163PASSING YDS (NET) 270 234Passes Att-Comp-Int 48-31-4 36-23-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 95-454 65-397Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-9 3-33Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-41 3-69Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 4-117Punts (Number-Avg) 6-42.7 5-43.6Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-2Penalties-Yards 4-53 6-57Possession Time 34:47 25:13Third-Down Conversions 10 of 22 4 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 2-12

RUSHING: Purdue-Knox, D.J. 22-102; Jones, Markell 12-72; Appleby, Austin 12-12; Anthrop, Danny1-minus 2. Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 11-89; BIRDSONG, Michael 10-43; WATSON, Remi 6-33; TEAM 2-minus2.

PASSING: Purdue-Appleby, Austin 31-48-4-270. Marshall-BIRDSONG, Michael 23-36-1-234.

RECEIVING: Purdue-Knox, D.J. 6-36; Yancey, DeAngelo 5-78; Anthrop, Danny 5-18; Mahoungou, Anthony4-59; Hart, Trae 4-19; Posey, Cameron 3-26; Young, Domonique 2-16; Herdman, Cole 1-11; Phillips,Gregory 1-7. Marshall-ALLEN, Davonte 5-59; BYRD, Emanuel 4-35; YURACHEK, Ryan 4-29; MCMANUS,Deon-Tay 3-44; FOSTER, Hyleck 3-15; JOHNSON, Devon 2-27; HUNT, Justin 2-25.

INTERCEPTIONS: Purdue-Clark, Leroy 1-0. Marshall-LANG, Tiquan 2-85; BAXTER, Keith 1-32; LETMAN, Taj1-0.

FUMBLES: Purdue-Appleby, Austin 2-0; Hart, Trae 1-0. Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 1-1; BIRDSONG, Michael1-1.

Purdue (0-1) vs. Marshall (1-0)Date: Sep 06, 2015 • Site: Huntington, W.Va. • Stadium: Joan C. EdwardsAttendance: 38791

Kickoff time: 3:05 PM • End of Game: 6:46 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:41Officials: Referee: Ken Antee; Umpire: Chad Craig; Linesman: George Eason;Line judge: Ronald Tubbs; Back judge: Trawick Boger; Field judge: Chris Cockrell;Side judge: Tony Meyer;Temperature: 89 • Wind: NE 2 mph • Weather: Sunny - 41% humidity


Marshall vs OHIO (Sep 12, 2015 at Athens, Ohio)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMarshall 0 7 3 0 10OHIO 7 7 0 7 21

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 11:45 OHIO - PATTERSON, D. 33 yd run (YAZDANI, J. kick), 7-62 3:152nd 10:07 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 73 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-87 1:11

03:33 OHIO - SMITH, S. 38 yd pass from SPRAGUE, JD (YAZDANI, J. kick), 4-47 1:293rd 03:44 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 33 yd field goal, 4-0 0:514th 02:05 OHIO - OUELLETTE, A.J. 1 yd run (YAZDANI, J. kick), 15-85 5:53

MARSHALL OHIOFIRST DOWNS 10 22RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-157 51-229PASSING YDS (NET) 106 156Passes Att-Comp-Int 33-16-2 28-15-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-263 79-385Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-5 7-59Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-90 1-23Interception Returns-Yards 1-23 2-13Punts (Number-Avg) 9-47.3 9-33.3Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1Penalties-Yards 16-150 11-120Possession Time 25:04 34:34Third-Down Conversions 3 of 15 6 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 2-20

RUSHING: Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 21-170; WATSON, Remi 1-7; BIRDSONG, Michael 3-minus 20.OHIO-OUELLETTE, A.J. 21-77; PATTERSON, D. 10-69; SPRAGUE, JD 11-44; VICK, Derrius 5-22; WHITE, Papi4-17.

PASSING: Marshall-BIRDSONG, Michael 16-33-2-106. OHIO-SPRAGUE, JD 11-21-0-127; VICK, Derrius4-7-1-29.

RECEIVING: Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck 7-33; JOHNSON, Devon 3-27; YURACHEK, Ryan 3-19; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay2-13; BYRD, Emanuel 1-14. OHIO-SMITH, S. 6-86; REID, Jordan 3-33; WHITE, Papi 3-11; HEITZMAN, K.2-17; COPE, Brendan 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS: Marshall-LETMAN, Taj 1-23. OHIO-CARPENTER, N. 1-8; WELLS, Ian 1-5.

FUMBLES: Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 1-1; BIRDSONG, Michael 1-1. OHIO-SPRAGUE, JD 1-0; WHITE, Papi 1-1.

Marshall (1-1) vs. OHIO (2-0)Date: Sep 12, 2015 • Site: Athens, Ohio • Stadium: Peden StadiumAttendance: 25210

Kickoff time: 7:04 pm • End of Game: 10:35 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:31Officials: Referee: Greg Sujack; Umpire: John Hanneke; Linesman: Vincent Winters;Line judge: Jon Shelton; Back judge: Reggie Berry; Field judge: Phillip Hicks;Side judge: Arthur Lucky; Center judge: Jason Nickleby;Temperature: 62 • Wind: NW 2MPH • Weather: Cloudy


Norfolk State vs Marshall (Sep 19, 2015 at Huntington, W.Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalNorfolk State 7 0 0 0 7Marshall 10 14 14 7 45

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 11:58 NSU - JOHNSON,Gerard 14 yd pass from HANKERSON,Greg (MAROUF,Cameron kick), 7-75 3:02

06:36 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 38 yd field goal, 12-52 5:2200:04 MARSHALL - REAVES, Deandre 13 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-48 1:21

2nd 11:14 MARSHALL - REAVES, Deandre 36 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 6-83 1:3304:48 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 1 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 13-83 5:27

3rd 08:28 MARSHALL - ALLEN, Davonte 11 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 7-36 2:2300:23 MARSHALL - DAVIS, Keion 1 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 10-69 4:44

4th 09:22 MARSHALL - HUNT, Justin 25 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 1-25 0:05

NSU MARSHALLFIRST DOWNS 11 29RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-96 43-216PASSING YDS (NET) 95 279Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-7-1 34-25-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-191 77-495Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 4--1Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-52 0-0Interception Returns-Yards 1-34 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 11-31.1 4-43.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 4-23 5-60Possession Time 28:25 31:35Third-Down Conversions 2 of 14 9 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 5-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-1 1-1

RUSHING: Norfolk State-JOHNSON,Gerard 11-34; COPELAND,Shakeem 15-27; HANKERSON,Greg 6-25;CHUNG,Quintreil 2-13; STOKES,Malik 1-minus 3. Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 22-122; PITTMAN, Tony 5-32;DAVIS, Keion 8-31; LITTON, Chase 5-27; HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 3-4.

PASSING: Norfolk State-HANKERSON,Greg 7-23-1-95; STOKES,Malik 0-1-0-0. Marshall-LITTON, Chase24-31-0-270; HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 1-3-1-9.

RECEIVING: Norfolk State-JOHNSON,Gerard 3-65; WHITE,Isaac 3-20; SANGSTER,DeAndre 1-10.Marshall-HUNT, Justin 5-68; REAVES, Deandre 4-82; ALLEN, Davonte 4-18; YURACHEK, Ryan 3-33; MCMANUS,Deon-Tay 3-25; FOSTER, Hyleck 1-16; MATHEWS, Nick 1-9; JOHNSON, Devon 1-9; PITTMAN, Tony 1-8; BYRD,Emanuel 1-6; BEAL, Emanuel 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Norfolk State-CHAPMAN,Sandy 1-34. Marshall-LETMAN, Taj 1-0.

FUMBLES: Norfolk State-HANKERSON,Greg 1-0. Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck 2-1.

Norfolk State (0-3) vs. Marshall (2-1)Date: Sep 19, 2015 • Site: Huntington, W.Va. • Stadium: Joan C. EdwardsAttendance: 24114

Kickoff time: 3:35 PM • End of Game: 6:34 PM • Total elapsed time: 2:59Officials: Referee: Javarro Edwards; Umpire: Gregory Adams; Linesman: Patrick Wills;Line judge: Brad McGrath; Back judge: Nate Jones; Field judge: Ed Kierce;Side judge: Adrian Carson;Temperature: 83 • Wind: SSW 9mph • Weather: Partly Cloudy


Marshall vs Kent State (Sep 26, 2015 at Kent, Ohio)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT O1 O2 TotalMarshall 7 0 7 8 14 7 7 36Kent State 6 7 6 3 7 7 0 29

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 11:33 KENT - DIXON, Antwan 47 yd run (BOLLAS, George rush failed), 2-52 0:45

03:54 MARSHALL - PITTMAN, Tony 9 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-45 1:262nd 08:40 KENT - DURHAM, Trayion 3 yd run (HYNES, Shane kick), 5-72 1:493rd 09:05 KENT - CALHOUN, Ernest 19 yd pass from REARDON, Colin (REARDON, Colin pass failed), 4-81 2:10

08:51 MARSHALL - REAVES, Deandre 93 yd kickoff return (SMITH, Nick kick)4th 12:32 MARSHALL - YURACHEK, Ryan 17 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (PITTMAN, Tony rush), 7-63 1:44

04:55 KENT - HYNES, Shane 33 yd field goal, 13-64 5:01OT 15:00 KENT - FACKLER, Brice 12 yd pass from REARDON, Colin (HYNES, Shane kick), 5-25 0:00

15:00 MARSHALL - ALLEN, Davonte 3 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 8-25 0:0015:00 MARSHALL - PITTMAN, Tony 7 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 3-25 0:00

MARSHALL KENTFIRST DOWNS 17 20RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-126 55-247PASSING YDS (NET) 151 189Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-14-2 34-13-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-277 89-436Fumble Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 6-60 4-15Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-110 1-15Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-0Punts (Number-Avg) 12-46.8 12-42.9Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 4-45 11-82Possession Time 25:39 34:21Third-Down Conversions 4 of 18 5 of 20Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 5-29

RUSHING: Marshall-PITTMAN, Tony 24-129; JOHNSON, Devon 5-9; DAVIS, Keion 6-8; LITTON, Chase 9-minus20. Kent State-DURHAM, Trayion 31-114; WASHINGTON, M. 12-56; DIXON, Antwan 2-47; REARDON, Colin5-21; JAMES, Raekwon 2-8; CALHOUN, Ernest 2-2; TEAM 1-minus 1.

PASSING: Marshall-LITTON, Chase 14-36-2-151. Kent State-REARDON, Colin 13-34-0-189.

RECEIVING: Marshall-YURACHEK, Ryan 4-58; REAVES, Deandre 3-32; ALLEN, Davonte 3-24; MCMANUS,Deon-Tay 2-23; BYRD, Emanuel 1-8; PITTMAN, Tony 1-6. Kent State-CALHOUN, Ernest 4-33; JAMES, Raekwon3-77; WASHINGTON, M. 2-25; FACKLER, Brice 2-18; DIXON, Antwan 1-36; SIMMONS, P.J. 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: Marshall-None. Kent State-ITALIANO, J. 1-0; ELLIOTT, Marcus 1-0.

FUMBLES: Marshall-REAVES, Deandre 2-1. Kent State-JAMES, Raekwon 1-1.

Marshall (3-1) vs. Kent State (1-3)Date: Sep 26, 2015 • Site: Kent, Ohio • Stadium: Dix StadiumAttendance: 15424

Kickoff time: 3:30 pm • End of Game: 7:28 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:58Officials: Referee: Rodney Burnette; Umpire: Sheldon Davis; Linesman: Bryon Baker;Line judge: Josh Fath; Back judge: Ivan Daniels; Field judge: Brandon Spencer;Side judge: Tony Lombardo; Center judge: Glen Fucik;Temperature: 75 • Wind: W 9 • Weather: Fair



Old Dominion vs Marshall (Oct 03, 2015 at Huntington, W.Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalOld Dominion 0 0 0 7 7Marshall 7 7 7 6 27

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 05:14 MARSHALL - MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 10 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 1-10 0:052nd 06:06 MARSHALL - PITTMAN, Tony 1 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 13-85 5:413rd 08:10 MARSHALL - YURACHEK, Ryan 7 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 5-42 2:044th 13:35 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 37 yd field goal, 15-46 7:03

11:10 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 39 yd field goal, 4-3 0:4102:53 ODU - Ray Lawry 10 yd run (Chris Kirtley kick), 6-60 1:42

ODU MARSHALLFIRST DOWNS 16 17RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 43-184 40-112PASSING YDS (NET) 101 212Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-13-2 35-21-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-285 75-324Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1--27 1-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-24 1-18Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-0Punts (Number-Avg) 7-34.0 8-34.6Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-2Penalties-Yards 3-10 7-77Possession Time 27:57 32:03Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 8 of 19Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-20 4-25

RUSHING: Old Dominion-Ray Lawry 29-160; Kesean Strong 4-18; Jeremy Cox 1-15; Vincent Lowe 1-8;Shuler Bentley 8-minus 17. Marshall-PITTMAN, Tony 32-127; DAVIS, Keion 3-2; LITTON, Chase 5-minus17.

PASSING: Old Dominion-Shuler Bentley 13-35-2-101; Team 0-2-0-0. Marshall-LITTON, Chase 21-35-0-212.

RECEIVING: Old Dominion-Ray Lawry 4-12; Zach Pascal 3-60; Jonathan Duhart 2-9; Vincent Lowe 1-8;Isaiah Harper 1-5; Marques Little 1-5; Nick England 1-2. Marshall-REAVES, Deandre 6-70; YURACHEK,Ryan 6-63; ALLEN, Davonte 4-41; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 4-36; DAVIS, Keion 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Old Dominion-None. Marshall-GANT, Kendall 1-0; TINDAL, Corey 1-0.

FUMBLES: Old Dominion-Ray Lawry 1-1; Shuler Bentley 1-1; Marques Little 1-0. Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck1-1; PITTMAN, Tony 1-1; LITTON, Chase 1-0.

Old Dominion (2-3,0-1) vs. Marshall (4-1,1-0)Date: Oct 03, 2015 • Site: Huntington, W.Va. • Stadium: Joan C. EdwardsAttendance: 18473

Kickoff time: 3:37 PM • End of Game: 6:48 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:11Officials: Referee: Dan Gautreaux; Umpire: Ben Young; Linesman: Maia Chaka;Line judge: Thomas Eaton; Back judge: Larry Neal, Jr.; Field judge: Justin Larrew;Side judge: Lark Jones;Temperature: 53 • Wind: NE 10mph • Weather: Rain


Southern Miss vs Marshall (Oct 9, 2015 at Huntington, W.Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalSouthern Miss 7 3 0 0 10Marshall 7 10 14 0 31

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 06:08 USM - THOMAS, Michael 6 yd pass from MULLENS, Nick (SHAUNFIELD, Parker kick), 9-89 4:35

03:05 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 1 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 7-37 3:032nd 11:55 USM - SHAUNFIELD, Parker 33 yd field goal, 6-31 0:48

08:36 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 34 yd field goal, 6-35 3:1900:25 MARSHALL - YURACHEK, Ryan 3 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 9-67 4:00

3rd 07:58 MARSHALL - REAVES, Deandre 61 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-70 1:4301:49 MARSHALL - SAMUEL, Jarquez 3 yd fumble recovery (SMITH, Nick kick)

USM MARSHALLFIRST DOWNS 26 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-125 35-114PASSING YDS (NET) 314 163Passes Att-Comp-Int 58-29-1 21-11-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 93-439 56-277Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 2-45Punt Returns-Yards 3-25 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-52 3-86Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-52.5 7-48.0Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0Penalties-Yards 8-55 8-96Possession Time 32:22 27:38Third-Down Conversions 7 of 19 1 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 6 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-5 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 4-35

RUSHING: Southern Miss-RICHARD, Jalen 16-87; SMITH, Ito 9-46; HAYES, Justice 3-14; TEAM 1-minus 1;MULLENS, Nick 6-minus 21. Marshall-JOHNSON, Devon 22-82; LITTON, Chase 3-19; WATSON, Remi 8-18; TEAM2-minus 5.

PASSING: Southern Miss-MULLENS, Nick 29-58-1-314. Marshall-LITTON, Chase 11-21-1-163.

RECEIVING: Southern Miss-MARTIN, Casey 9-85; THOMAS, Michael 7-109; THOMPSON, D.J. 4-40; SMITH, Ito4-32; MARINI, Taylor 2-30; PARKS, Ricky 1-14; RICHARD, Jalen 1-3; HAYES, Justice 1-1.Marshall-ALLEN, Davonte 5-57; YURACHEK, Ryan 3-18; REAVES, Deandre 2-76; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONS: Southern Miss-REED, Kalan 1-0. Marshall-ALLEN, Rodney 1-0.

FUMBLES: Southern Miss-MULLENS, Nick 2-2; MARTIN, Casey 2-1; RICHARD, Jalen 1-1. Marshall-None.

Southern Miss (3-3,1-1) vs. Marshall (5-1,2-0)Date: Oct 9, 2015 • Site: Huntington, W.Va. • Stadium: Joan C. EdwardsAttendance: 22763

Kickoff time: 7:04 PM • End of Game: 10:45 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:41Officials: Referee: Tra Blake; Umpire: Mark Baynes; Linesman: Jerry Harris;Line judge: N. Theriot; Back judge: Tom Healey; Field judge: Victor Sanchez;Side judge: Chris Bynum;Temperature: 66 • Wind: SW 3 mph • Weather: Mostly Cloudy


Marshall vs FAU (Oct 17, 2015 at Boca Raton, Fla)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMarshall 9 14 7 3 33FAU 3 7 7 0 17

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 14:43 MARSHALL - JOHNSON, Devon 75 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 2-75 0:17

08:39 FAU - JOSEPH, Greg I 23 yd field goal, 14-65 6:0401:36 MARSHALL - HARRIS, Nyquan safety

2nd 14:55 MARSHALL - WATSON, Remi 1 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-63 1:4104:35 FAU - ROSE, Ocie 95 yd interception return (JOSEPH, Greg I kick)02:05 MARSHALL - ALLEN, Davonte 22 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 6-65 2:30

3rd 05:42 MARSHALL - FOSTER, Hyleck 66 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 5-80 2:3404:47 FAU - RODRIGUEZ, Trey 2 yd run (JOSEPH, Greg I kick), 4-75 0:55

4th 09:46 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 33 yd field goal, 11-59 4:55

MARSHALL FAUFIRST DOWNS 26 17RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-326 34-131PASSING YDS (NET) 174 203Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-17-1 31-14-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-500 65-334Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-9 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-44 2-38Interception Returns-Yards 1-11 1-95Punts (Number-Avg) 4-49.0 5-46.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-15 5-30Possession Time 35:18 24:42Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-8

RUSHING: Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck 17-122; JOHNSON, Devon 3-83; WATSON, Remi 11-66; DAVIS, Keion11-59; LITTON, Chase 3-minus 2; TEAM 2-minus 2. FAU-RODRIGUEZ, Trey 16-72; WARREN, Jay 7-16; BUSSEY,Henry 1-16; DRISKEL, Jason 4-11; HOWELL, Greg 4-9; CLARK, Marcus 2-7.

PASSING: Marshall-LITTON, Chase 17-28-1-174. FAU-DRISKEL, Jason 14-31-1-203.

RECEIVING: Marshall-REAVES, Deandre 7-55; HUNT, Justin 3-43; ALLEN, Davonte 2-33; MATHEWS, Nick2-15; BYRD, Emanuel 1-21; YURACHEK, Ryan 1-7; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 1-0. FAU-CAMERON, Tyler 6-111;WOODS, Kalib 3-47; STOSHAK, Jenson 2-25; BUSSEY, Henry 1-12; RODRIGUEZ, Trey 1-4; WARREN, Jay 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Marshall-ALLEN, Rodney 1-11. FAU-ROSE, Ocie 1-95.

FUMBLES: Marshall-None. FAU-None.

Marshall (6-1,3-0) vs. FAU (1-5,1-2)Date: Oct 17, 2015 • Site: Boca Raton, Fla • Stadium: FAU StadiumAttendance: 17129

Kickoff time: 12:05 • End of Game: 3:19 • Total elapsed time: -Officials: Referee: Joe Pester; Umpire: Jason Yates; Linesman: Gary Callip;Line judge: Scott Held; Back judge: Michael Bailey; Field judge: David Sherwood;Side judge: Maurice Pierre; Center judge: Jon Noli;Temperature: 81 • Wind: NE @10 • Weather: Partly CloudyFAU Captains 11, 29, 32, 73Marchall Captains 10, 31, 54, 85


North Texas vs Marshall (Oct 24, 2015 at Huntington, W.Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalNorth Texas 0 3 3 7 13Marshall 17 7 3 3 30

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 10:40 MARSHALL - HUNT, Justin 1 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 7-60 3:22

04:54 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 34 yd field goal, 12-73 4:1301:18 MARSHALL - WATSON, Remi 10 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 5-55 2:12

2nd 01:30 MARSHALL - FOSTER, Hyleck 3 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 12-89 4:2600:00 NT - MOORE, Trevor 37 yd field goal, 11-65 1:30

3rd 11:34 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 32 yd field goal, 9-33 3:2606:00 NT - MOORE, Trevor 26 yd field goal, 5-29 1:29

4th 11:08 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 38 yd field goal, 11-60 4:2101:09 NT - KIDSY, Darvin 22 yd pass from SMITH, DaMarcus (MOORE, Trevor kick), 9-93 2:47

NT MARSHALLFIRST DOWNS 22 21RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-229 43-218PASSING YDS (NET) 128 189Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-15-1 34-19-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 77-357 77-407Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-12 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-45 1-11Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-18Punts (Number-Avg) 7-42.6 4-41.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 5-28 4-50Possession Time 25:03 34:57Third-Down Conversions 5 of 16 6 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 2 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 6-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-9 2-30

RUSHING: North Texas-WILSON, Jeffrey 17-148; IVERY, Willy 6-46; SMITH, DaMarcus 14-21; EZZARD, A.J.2-16; JIMMERSON, A. 1-minus 2. Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck 17-105; WATSON, Remi 17-83; YURACHEK, Ryan1-27; DAVIS, Keion 3-7; TEAM 2-3; LITTON, Chase 3-minus 7.

PASSING: North Texas-SMITH, DaMarcus 15-37-1-128. Marshall-LITTON, Chase 19-34-0-189.

RECEIVING: North Texas-KIDSY, Darvin 4-44; SMITH, Marcus 4-23; SMILEY, Turner 3-25; HARRIS, Carlos2-10; GOREE, Tee 1-17; WILSON, Jeffrey 1-9. Marshall-REAVES, Deandre 6-68; HUNT, Justin 4-45; ALLEN,Davonte 3-14; WATSON, Remi 2-30; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 2-25; YURACHEK, Ryan 2-7.

INTERCEPTIONS: North Texas-None. Marshall-MCKELVEY, Evan 1-18.

FUMBLES: North Texas-None. Marshall-None.

North Texas (0-7,0-4) vs. Marshall (7-1,4-0)Date: Oct 24, 2015 • Site: Huntington, W.Va. • Stadium: Joan C. EdwardsAttendance: 27217

Kickoff time: 3:36 PM • End of Game: 6:58 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:22Officials: Referee: Ken Antee; Umpire: Chad Craig; Linesman: Lea Bailey;Line judge: Ronald Tubbs; Back judge: Trawick Boger; Field judge: Tony Meyer;Side judge: Chris Cockrell;Temperature: 68 • Wind: S 5 mph • Weather: Overcast



Marshall vs Charlotte (Oct 31, 2015 at Charlotte, N.C.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMarshall 14 17 0 3 34Charlotte 0 3 0 7 10

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 12:05 MARSHALL - WATSON, Remi 7 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 4-59 1:14

06:30 MARSHALL - ALLEN, Davonte 66 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 9-97 2:402nd 13:27 MARSHALL - YURACHEK, Ryan 17 yd pass from LITTON, Chase (SMITH, Nick kick), 9-97 3:27

09:12 MARSHALL - DAVIS, Keion 6 yd run (SMITH, Nick kick), 9-84 2:1005:21 CHA - BREWER, Blake 34 yd field goal, 14-59 3:5100:59 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 32 yd field goal, 13-60 4:22

4th 13:01 MARSHALL - SMITH, Nick 39 yd field goal, 14-29 5:0906:29 CHA - PHILLIPS, Kalif 6 yd run (BREWER, Blake kick), 14-75 5:19

MARSHALL CHAFIRST DOWNS 31 22RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 39-136 43-166PASSING YDS (NET) 494 141Passes Att-Comp-Int 53-35-0 36-19-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 92-630 79-307Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-10Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-13 2-42Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-44.5 7-34.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 14-100 4-39Possession Time 32:57 27:03Third-Down Conversions 7 of 18 8 of 19Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 5 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-8 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-21 0-0

RUSHING: Marshall-FOSTER, Hyleck 15-44; DAVIS, Keion 8-42; WATSON, Remi 12-40; LITTON, Chase 3-11;TEAM 1-minus 1. Charlotte-PHILLIPS, Kalif 23-99; SMITH, Bradan 4-37; JOHNSON, Matt 5-25; BUIE,Andrew 4-14; DUKE, Austin 1-9; MONTGOMERY, C. 1-5; MCNEILL, Lee 5-minus 23.

PASSING: Marshall-LITTON, Chase 33-48-0-486; BIRDSONG, Michael 2-5-0-8. Charlotte-MCNEILL, Lee17-32-1-131; JOHNSON, Matt 2-3-0-10; BARDEN, Brooks 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Marshall-ALLEN, Davonte 12-232; MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 6-46; REAVES, Deandre 5-67; YURACHEK,Ryan 4-53; BYRD, Emanuel 2-51; FOSTER, Hyleck 2-10; ELZY, Raylen 2-8; HUNT, Justin 1-20; WATSON,Remi 1-7. Charlotte-DUKE, Austin 8-39; KOFA, Workpeh 3-16; FORD II, T.L. 2-23; BOLUS, Justin 1-17;BUIE, Andrew 1-14; PHILLIPS, Kalif 1-13; BOSTICK, Trent 1-12; MONTGOMERY, C. 1-6; HOFFMAN, Kyle 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Marshall-TINDAL, Corey 1-0. Charlotte-None.

FUMBLES: Marshall-None. Charlotte-DUKE, Austin 1-1.

Marshall (8-1,5-0) vs. Charlotte (2-6,0-5)Date: Oct 31, 2015 • Site: Charlotte, N.C. • Stadium: Richardson StadiumAttendance: 15381

Kickoff time: 3:35 PM • End of Game: 6:51 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:16Officials: Referee: Tra Blake; Umpire: Mark Baynes; Linesman: Jerry Harris;Line judge: N. Theriot; Back judge: Thomas Fimmen; Field judge: Victor Sanchez;Side judge: Chris Bynum; Center judge: James Jones;Temperature: 61 • Wind: 5 MPH • Weather: Partly Cloudy


All- me Marshall Senior Bowl Par cipants (8)‘98 - John Wade, OL‘00 - Chad Pennington, QB‘03 - Steve Sciullo, OL‘11 - Lee Smith, TE‘12 - Vinny Curry, DL‘13 - Aaron Dobson, WR’14 – Gator Hoskins, TE’15 – Chris Jasperse, OL

All- me Marshall Over me Games (8-6)FBS2015Sept. 26 – at Kent State W, 36-29 (2OT)2014Nov. 28 – Western Kentucky L, 67-66 (OT)2013Sept. 21 -- at Virginia Tech L, 29-21 (3OT)2012Sept. 22 – at Rice W, 54-51 (2OT)Nov. 23 – at East Carolina L, 65-59 (2OT)2011Nov. 26 – East Carolina W, 34-27 (OT)2010Sept. 10 – West Virginia L, 24-21 (OT)2008Nov. 8 – at East Carolina L, 19-16 (OT)2005Oct. 1 -- SMU W, 16-13 (OT)Nov. 8 -- Southern Miss L, 27-24 (OT)2001Dec. 19 – East Carolina W, 64-61 (2OT) (GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Ala.)

Division I-AA 1994Dec. 3 – James Madison W, 28-21 (OT) (I-AA playoff quarterfi nal)1991Nov. 2 – Western Carolina W, 27-24 (3OT)Nov. 30 – Western Illinois W, 20-17 (I-AA playoff fi rst round)

Ac ve Marshall Watch Listers2015Walter Camp Award - Devon Johnson, RBDoak Walker Award - Devon Johnson, RBLombardi Award - Clint Van Horn, OL; D.J. Hunter, LBOutland Trophy - Clint Van Horn, OLRimington Trophy - Michael Selby, OLMaxwell Award - Devon Johnson, RBSenior Bowl - Davonte Allen, WR; D.J. Hunter, LB; Devon Johnson, RB; Clint Van Horn, OL

2014Ray Guy Award – Tyler Williams, PRimington Trophy – Chris Jasperse, CRotary Lombardi Award – Clint Van Horn, OT.College Football Performance Awards – Tyler Williams, P; Deandre Reaves, KR.

2013Ray Guy Award – Tyler Williams, PCollege Football Performance Awards – Williams.

2015 Marshall FootballMarshall Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 31, 2015)

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Team Statistics MARSHALL OPPSCORING 287 145 Points Per Game 31.9 16.1 Points Off Turnovers 34 33FIRST DOWNS 185 184 R u s h i n g 74 92 P a s s i n g 94 69 P e n a l t y 17 23RUSHING YARDAGE 1563 1570 Yards gained rushing 1735 1796 Yards lost rushing 172 226 Rushing Attempts 345 384 Average Per Rush 4.5 4.1 Average Per Game 173.7 174.4 TDs Rushing 15 10PASSING YARDAGE 2002 1588 C o m p - A t t - I n t 181-310-8 155-331-12 Average Per Pass 6.5 4.8 Average Per Catch 11.1 10.2 Average Per Game 222.4 176.4 TDs Passing 16 7TOTAL OFFENSE 3565 3158 Total Plays 655 715 Average Per Play 5.4 4.4 Average Per Game 396.1 350.9KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 17-441 19-332PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-111 20-103INT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-169 8-142KICK RETURN AVERAGE 25.9 17.5PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.2 5.2INT RETURN AVERAGE 14.1 17.8FUMBLES-LOST 11-8 16-9PENALTIES-Yards 67-650 55-431 Average Per Game 72.2 47.9PUNTS-Yards 55-2440 66-2528 Average Per Punt 44.4 38.3 Net punt average 39.6 35.7KICKOFFS-Yards 55-3454 31-1765 Average Per Kick 62.8 56.9 Net kick average 41.8 36.3TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 0 3 2 9 : 5 73RD-DOWN Conversions 51/139 55/158 3rd-Down Pct 37% 35%4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/12 7/20 4th-Down Pct 58% 35%SACKS BY-Yards 20-144 16-104MISC YARDS 29 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 35 18FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 13-15 7-11ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-2RED-ZONE SCORES (34-42) 81% (19-26) 73%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (23-42) 55% (12-26) 46%PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-34) 100% (16-16) 100%ATTENDANCE 131358 73144 Games/Avg Per Game 5/26272 4/18286 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalMarshall 88 76 65 44 14 287Opponents 44 37 23 34 7 145

2015 Marshall FootballMarshall Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 31, 2015)

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gJOHNSON, Devon 6 84 566 11 555 6.6 5 75 92.5 44 295 2369 34 2335 7.9 25 75 53.1PITTMAN, Tony 5 61 294 6 288 4.7 3 23 57.6 9 68 350 6 344 5.1 4 26 38.2FOSTER, Hyleck 8 49 284 13 271 5.5 2 66 33.9 20 51 296 13 283 5.5 2 66 14.1WATSON, Remi 6 55 257 10 247 4.5 3 38 41.2 40 264 1328 35 1293 4.9 16 80 32.3DAVIS, Keion 7 39 156 7 149 3.8 2 14 21.3 7 39 156 7 149 3.8 2 14 21.3YURACHEK, Ryan 9 1 27 0 27 27.0 0 27 3.0 23 1 27 0 27 27.0 0 27 1.2BIRDSONG, Michael 3 13 60 37 23 1.8 0 38 7.7 3 13 60 37 23 1.8 0 38 7.7LITTON, Chase 7 31 84 73 11 0.4 0 19 1.6 7 31 84 73 11 0.4 0 19 1.6HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 1 3 7 3 4 1.3 0 5 4.0 10 10 74 4 70 7.0 0 41 7.0TEAM 7 9 0 12 -12 -1.3 0 0 -1.7Total 9 345 1735 172 1563 4.5 15 75 173.7Opponents 9 384 1796 226 1570 4.1 10 47 174.4

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gLITTON, Chase 7 135.36 139-233-4 59.7 1645 14 66 235.0 7 135.36 139-233-4 59.7 1645 14 66 235.0BIRDSONG, Michael 3 95.72 41-74-3 55.4 348 2 27 116.0 3 95.72 41-74-3 55.4 348 2 27 116.0HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 1 -8.13 1-3-1 33.3 9 0 9 9.0 10 90.63 13-24-1 54.2 128 0 18 12.8Total 9 124.51 181-310-8 58.4 2002 16 66 222.4Opponents 9 86.86 155-331-12 46.8 1588 7 71 176.4

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gALLEN, Davonte 9 38 478 12.6 4 66 53.1 42 81 1375 17.0 12 66 32.7REAVES, Deandre 9 33 450 13.6 3 61 50.0 47 41 518 12.6 3 61 11.0YURACHEK, Ryan 9 30 287 9.6 5 31 31.9 23 47 436 9.3 7 31 19.0MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 9 24 224 9.3 1 27 24.9 23 50 646 12.9 7 39 28.1HUNT, Justin 9 15 201 13.4 2 35 22.3 34 24 368 15.3 3 40 10.8FOSTER, Hyleck 8 13 74 5.7 0 16 9.2 20 31 328 10.6 3 25 16.4BYRD, Emanuel 6 10 135 13.5 0 41 22.5 6 10 135 13.5 0 41 22.5JOHNSON, Devon 6 6 63 10.5 1 20 10.5 44 27 423 15.7 6 52 9.6WATSON, Remi 6 3 37 12.3 0 18 6.2 40 19 145 7.6 1 20 3.6MATHEWS, Nick 8 3 24 8.0 0 12 3.0 8 3 24 8.0 0 12 3.0PITTMAN, Tony 5 2 14 7.0 0 8 2.8 9 2 14 7.0 0 8 1.6ELZY, Raylen 2 2 8 4.0 0 6 4.0 2 2 8 4.0 0 6 4.0BEAL, Emanuel 5 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 5 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0DAVIS, Keion 7 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 7 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3Total 9 181 2002 11.1 16 66 222.4Opponents 9 155 1588 10.2 7 71 176.4

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/gLITTON, Chase 7 264 11 1645 1656 236.6 7 264 11 1645 1656 236.6JOHNSON, Devon 6 84 555 0 555 92.5 44 295 2335 0 2335 53.1BIRDSONG, Michael 3 87 23 348 371 123.7 3 87 23 348 371 123.7PITTMAN, Tony 5 61 288 0 288 57.6 9 68 344 0 344 38.2FOSTER, Hyleck 8 49 271 0 271 33.9 20 51 283 0 283 14.1WATSON, Remi 6 55 247 0 247 41.2 40 264 1293 0 1293 32.3DAVIS, Keion 7 39 149 0 149 21.3 7 39 149 0 149 21.3YURACHEK, Ryan 9 1 27 0 27 3.0 23 1 27 0 27 1.2HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 1 6 4 9 13 13.0 10 34 70 128 198 19.8TEAM 7 9 -12 0 -12 -1.7Total 9 655 1563 2002 3565 396.1Opponents 9 715 1570 1588 3158 350.9


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PAT PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsSMITH, Nick - 13-15 34-34 - - - - - 73 - 13-15 35-35 - - - - - 74JOHNSON, Devon 6 - - - - - - - 36 31 - - - - - - - 186YURACHEK, Ryan 5 - - - - - - - 30 7 - - - - - - - 42REAVES, Deandre 4 - - - - - - - 24 5 - - - - - - - 30ALLEN, Davonte 4 - - - - - - - 24 12 - - - - - - - 72PITTMAN, Tony 3 - - 1-1 - - - - 20 4 - - 1-1 - - - - 26WATSON, Remi 3 - - - - - - - 18 17 - - - - - - - 102DAVIS, Keion 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12HUNT, Justin 2 - - - - - - - 12 3 - - - - - - - 18LANG, Tiquan 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12FOSTER, Hyleck 2 - - - - - - - 12 5 - - - - - - - 30MCMANUS, Deon-Tay 1 - - - - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - - 42SAMUEL, Jarquez 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6HARRIS, Nyquan - - - - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - 1 2Total 35 13-15 34-34 1-1 - - - 1 287Opponents 18 7-11 16-16 0-1 - 0-1 - - 145

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgREAVES, Deandre 9 74 8.2 0 17 15 125 8.3 0 17FOSTER, Hyleck 9 37 4.1 0 28 13 61 4.7 0 28Total 18 111 6.2 0 28Opponents 20 103 5.2 0 22

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgREAVES, Deandre 13 362 27.8 1 93 82 2217 27.0 2 93WATSON, Remi 2 48 24.0 0 33 9 162 18.0 0 37WOODRUM, Joe 1 13 13.0 0 13 1 13 13.0 0 13FOSTER, Hyleck 1 18 18.0 0 11 2 45 22.5 0 27Total 17 441 25.9 1 93Opponents 19 332 17.5 0 29

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgLETMAN, Taj 3 23 7.7 0 23 8 54 6.8 0 23LANG, Tiquan 2 85 42.5 2 55 4 92 23.0 2 55ALLEN, Rodney 2 11 5.5 0 11 2 11 5.5 0 11TINDAL, Corey 2 0 0.0 0 0 3 30 10.0 1 30MCKELVEY, Evan 1 18 18.0 0 18 2 31 15.5 0 18BAXTER, Keith 1 32 32.0 0 32 2 32 16.0 0 32GANT, Kendall 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 12 169 14.1 2 55Opponents 8 142 17.8 1 95

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgMCKELVEY, Evan 1 2 2.0 0 2 1 2 2.0 0 2SAMUEL, Jarquez 1 3 3.0 1 3 1 3 3.0 1 3ALLEN, Rodney 1 42 42.0 0 42 1 42 42.0 0 42Total 3 47 15.7 1 42Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0


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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gREAVES, Deand 9 0 450 74 362 0 886 98.4 47 3 518 125 2217 0 2863 60.9JOHNSON, Devo 6 555 63 0 0 0 618 103.0 44 2335 423 0 0 0 2758 62.7ALLEN, Davonte 9 0 478 0 0 0 478 53.1 42 0 1375 0 0 0 1375 32.7FOSTER, Hyleck 8 271 74 37 18 0 400 50.0 20 283 328 61 45 0 717 35.8WATSON, Remi 6 247 37 0 48 0 332 55.3 40 1293 145 0 162 0 1600 40.0YURACHEK, Ry 9 27 287 0 0 0 314 34.9 23 27 436 0 0 0 463 20.1PITTMAN, Tony 5 288 14 0 0 0 302 60.4 9 344 14 0 0 0 358 39.8MCMANUS, Deo 9 0 224 0 0 0 224 24.9 23 4 646 0 0 0 650 28.3HUNT, Justin 9 0 201 0 0 0 201 22.3 34 0 368 0 0 0 368 10.8DAVIS, Keion 7 149 2 0 0 0 151 21.6 7 149 2 0 0 0 151 21.6BYRD, Emanuel 6 0 135 0 0 0 135 22.5 6 0 135 0 0 0 135 22.5LANG, Tiquan 7 0 0 0 0 85 85 12.1 32 0 0 0 0 92 92 2.9BAXTER, Keith 9 0 0 0 0 32 32 3.6 38 0 0 0 0 32 32 0.8MATHEWS, Nick 8 0 24 0 0 0 24 3.0 8 0 24 0 0 0 24 3.0BIRDSONG, Mic 3 23 0 0 0 0 23 7.7 3 23 0 0 0 0 23 7.7LETMAN, Taj 9 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.6 37 0 0 0 0 54 54 1.5MCKELVEY, Eva 9 0 0 0 0 18 18 2.0 37 0 0 0 0 31 31 0.8WOODRUM, Joe 9 0 0 0 13 0 13 1.4 47 0 26 0 13 0 39 0.8LITTON, Chase 7 11 0 0 0 0 11 1.6 7 11 0 0 0 0 11 1.6ALLEN, Rodney 9 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.2 23 0 0 -6 0 11 5 0.2ELZY, Raylen 2 0 8 0 0 0 8 4.0 2 0 8 0 0 0 8 4.0BEAL, Emanuel 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.0HOLCOMBE, Gu 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 10 70 0 0 0 0 70 7.0TEAM 7 -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -1.7Total 9 1563 2002 111 441 169 4286 476.2Opponents 9 1570 1588 103 332 142 3735 415.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdSMITH, Nick 15 13 42 0 15 13 42 0Total 15 13 42 0Opponents 11 7 37 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkWILLIAMS, Tyler 54 2427 44.9 65 0 195 8587 44.0 66 1TEAM 1 13 13.0 13 1Total 55 2440 44.4 65 1Opponents 66 2528 38.3 58 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obCURRAJ, Amoreto 55 3454 62.8 33 3 152 9616 63.3 85 6Total 55 3454 62.8 33 3Opponents 31 1765 56.9 8 4


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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk31 MCKELVEY, Evan 9 3 2 5 6 8 8 9.0 . 1 7 1 1 . 37 1 0 7 1 1 6 2 2 3 17.0 0 . 5 2 1 0 1 2 .21 LANG, Tiquan 7 2 5 3 5 6 0 1.0 . 2 5 . . . 32 9 0 7 4 1 6 4 4.0 . 4 1 4 1 1 .22 HUNTER, D.J. 9 1 8 3 3 5 1 4.5 2 . 5 . . . 3 . 49 1 1 4 1 6 9 2 8 3 19.5 8 . 0 . 3 . 4 .17 LETMAN, Taj 9 2 3 2 6 4 9 0.0 . 3 7 . 1 . 37 9 3 1 0 0 1 9 3 1.0 . 8 1 5 . 2 .59 THOMPSON, Gary 9 1 8 2 8 4 6 8.0 5 . 0 . 4 1 3 . 32 4 1 5 3 9 4 16.5 1 0 . 0 2 9 4 4 .10 TINDAL, Corey 9 2 9 1 6 4 5 1.0 1 . 0 2 1 1 . . . 37 1 0 6 7 3 1 7 9 8.0 3 . 0 3 2 9 3 . .91 BEE, Ryan 8 6 3 5 4 1 5.5 3 . 0 . 2 2 . 1 8 6 3 5 4 1 5.5 3 . 0 . 2 2 . 151 TYLER, Devontre'a 9 1 4 2 1 3 5 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 9 1 4 2 1 3 5 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . .7 ROWE, Antavis 9 1 6 1 7 3 3 2.5 . . 4 1 . . 21 2 8 2 8 5 6 3.5 . . 5 2 . .94 SAMUEL, Jarquez 9 1 0 2 3 3 3 5.0 1 . 0 . 4 1 . . 48 3 3 6 3 9 6 15.0 3 . 0 1 5 1 . .93 DILLON, Steve 9 5 2 1 2 6 1.5 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 48 2 4 6 8 9 2 6.5 5 . 0 . 4 . . .44 KELLER, Blake 9 7 1 8 2 5 4.5 0 . 5 . . . 1 . 9 7 1 8 2 5 4.5 0 . 5 . . . 1 .14 GANT, Kendall 9 1 3 1 1 2 4 0.0 . 1 1 . . . 16 1 8 1 2 3 0 0.0 . 1 1 . . .45 HUSKEY, Raheim 7 7 1 7 2 4 2.5 . . 1 . . . 20 1 6 3 2 4 8 5.0 2 . 0 . 2 . 1 29 PETTY, Shawn 5 5 1 7 2 2 1.0 . . 3 . 1 . 5 5 1 7 2 2 1.0 . . 3 . 1 .13 DANIEL, Armonze 9 8 1 4 2 2 2.0 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 38 2 4 3 6 6 0 5.0 1 . 0 . 1 1 2 .1A ALLEN, Rodney 9 9 1 1 2 0 0.0 . 2 2 1 . . 23 1 4 1 7 3 1 0.0 . 2 4 2 . .73 MASSAQUOI, Joe 8 1 1 9 2 0 1.0 . . . . . . 25 1 1 4 3 5 4 5.0 2 . 0 . 1 . 1 .5 BAXTER, Keith 9 1 1 6 1 7 1.0 1 . 0 1 3 1 . . 38 3 6 2 6 6 2 2.0 1 . 0 2 1 2 1 . .35 HERNANDEZ, Frankie 9 2 1 4 1 6 1.0 . . . . . . 9 2 1 4 1 6 1.0 . . . . . .5H HARRIS, Nyquan 9 4 1 1 1 5 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 9 4 1 1 1 5 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . .99 WILLIAMS, Ricardo 9 4 1 0 1 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 22 1 0 2 1 3 1 4.0 1 . 0 . . . . 137 HANCOCK, Chase 9 3 1 1 1 4 0.0 . . . . . . 9 3 1 1 1 4 0.0 . . . . . .36 CARTER, Cody 9 3 7 1 0 0.0 . . . . 1 . 22 7 1 2 1 9 0.0 . . . . 1 .98 SMITH, Jason 7 2 8 1 0 2.0 . . 1 . . . 7 2 8 1 0 2.0 . . 1 . . .25 HARRIS, Kaleb 8 4 2 6 0.0 . . . . . . 8 4 2 6 0.0 . . . . . .40 NEELY, Corey 6 2 3 5 0.5 . . 1 . . . 6 2 3 5 0.5 . . 1 . . .88 CINCOTTA, Matt 9 2 2 4 0.0 . . . 1 . . 49 8 4 1 2 0.0 . . . 1 . .95 ONE, Tomell 5 2 2 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 16 7 1 2 1 9 2.0 2 . 0 . . . 1 .20 GRIFFIN, T.J. 4 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 4 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .2B BYRD, Emanuel 6 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 6 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .12 WILLIAMS-HALL, Chris 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .47 JOHNSON, Devon 6 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 44 1 4 1 4 2 8 0.0 . . . . 1 .1H HOLCOMBE, Gunnar 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .55 PLANTT, Aaron 2 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . .

Total 9 2 9 0 4 9 5 7 8 5 59 20 12 5 9 9 1 2 1Opponents 9 2 6 3 4 6 0 7 2 3 46 16 8 4 4 8 8 1

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