1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football
MAC Champions
MAC East Division Co-Champions
Motor City Bowl Champions
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division East
1998 record 12–1 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach Bob Pruett
Home stadium Marshall University Stadium
1998 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Marshall xy$   7 – 1         12 – 1  
Miami x   7 – 1         10 – 1  
Bowling Green   5 – 3         5 – 6  
Ohio   5 – 3         5 – 6  
Akron   3 – 6         4 – 7  
Kent State   0 – 8         0 – 11  
West Division
Toledo x   6 – 2         7 – 5  
Western Michigan   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Central Michigan   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Eastern Michigan   3 – 6         3 – 8  
Northern Illinois   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Ball State   1 – 7         1 – 10  
Championship: Marshall 23, Toledo 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Marshall's second season competing at the NCAA Division I-A level. The team won their second consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and was invited to the Motor City Bowl

Season

In the 1998 season Marshall was quarterbacked by future National Football League (NFL) starter Chad Pennington and featured future NFL player Doug Chapman as the starting running back. The team finished the season with an overall record of 12–1 repeated as champions of the MAC East Division with a 7–1 conference mark.

Marshall met and defeated Toledo in the MAC Championship Game for the second year in a row. By virtue of the win they were invited to the Motor City Bowl where they played the Louisville Cardinals. Marshall won the game 48–29, marking the first bowl game victory in the history of Marshall football. [1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 at Akron Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH W 27–16    
September 12 Troy* Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 42–12   25,625 [2]
September 19 at South Carolina* Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 24–21   78,717
September 26 at Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI W 26–23    
October 3 Miami (OH) Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 31–17   33,204
October 10 at Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH (Battle for the Bell) W 30–23    
October 17 Kent State Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 42–7   23,481
October 24 Ball State Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 42–10   21,534
October 31 at Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH L 13–24    
November 7 Central Michigandagger Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 28–0   23,082
November 21 Wofford* Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 29–27   18,477
December 4 Toledo Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (MAC Championship) ESPN2 W 23–17   28,085
December 23 vs. Louisville* Pontiac Silverdome • Pontiac, MI (Motor City Bowl) ESPN W 48–29   38,016
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time[3].

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue76/Top_20.php
  2. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mars/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012RecordBook.pdf
  3. ↑ "." Sports-reference.com Retrieved on December 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=1228832
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