Battle for the Bell

Marshall-Ohio rivalry Battle for the Bell

Teams	Marshall Thundering Herd Ohio Bobcats
Series Originated	1905
Trophy Originated	1997
Overall Series	Ohio leads 30-19-6
Trophy Series	Marshall leads 9-2
Largest Margins	59 - Ohio 59-0 - (1908) 31 - Marshall 34-3 - (1999)
Most Points	76 - Ohio 49-27 - (1977)
Longest Streaks	6 - Ohio - 1973-1980 6 - Marshall - 2001-2010
Most Recent Game	Ohio 44-7 - (2011)
Last ten games	Marshall 8–2

The Battle for the Bell is an American college football rivalry game played by the Marshall Thundering Herd football team of Marshall University and the Ohio Bobcats football team of Ohio University. It is a regional rivalry, with the universities' campuses located about 80 miles (130 km) from each other, with a bell awarded as the trophy for the winner of the game. With Marshall's move from the Mid-American Conference to Conference USA in 2005, this rivalry game has been on hiatus. The series unexpectedly resumed in 2009 when the Herd and Bobcats faced off in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which Marshall won 21–17. A six-year contract between the schools began in 2010, with Ohio taking the 2011 contest 44–7. This most recent win by Ohio snapped a six-game winning streak by Marshall. Ohio leads the all-time series over Marshall; however, the Thundering Herd have dominated the rivalry's recent history, winning ten of the last twelve meetings.

1 Statistics
2 Game results
3 References
4 External links

Statistics

	Marshall	Ohio
Games played	55
Wins	19	30
Home wins	12	20
Road wins	6	10
Neutral wins	1	0
Consecutive wins	6	6
Most total points in a game	76 (1977)
Most points in a win	42	59
Most points in a loss	35	28
Fewest total points in a game	0 (1933)
Largest margin of victory	31	59
Smallest margin of victory	1	3
Total points scored in series	808	1172
Shut-outs of opposing team	3	11
Sources: ^[1]

Game results

Ohio victories colored ██ green. Marshall victories are colored ██ kelly green. Ties are white.

#	Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	1905-11-11	Huntington, West Virginia	Marshall	6	Ohio	5	MU 1-0
2	1908-10-03	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	59	Marshall	0	Tied 1-1
3	1911-10-21	Athens	Ohio	5	Marshall	5	Tied 1-1-1
4	1915-10-20	Huntington	Ohio	21	Marshall	7	OU 2-1-1
5	1920-10-16	Athens	Ohio	55	Marshall	0	OU 3-1-1
6	1933-11-11	Huntington	Marshall	0	Ohio	0	OU 3-1-2
7	1934-10-27	Athens	Ohio	8	Marshall	0	OU 4-1-2
8	1935-10-19	Athens	Ohio	20	Marshall	13	OU 5-1-2
9	1936-10-10	Athens	Ohio	13	Marshall	13	OU 5-1-3
10	1937-10-30	Huntington	Marshall	13	Ohio	13	OU 5-1-4
11	1938-11-19	Athens	Ohio	14	Marshall	7	OU 6-1-4
12	1949-10-29	Huntington	Marshall	14	Ohio	6	OU 6-2-4
13	1950-11-23	Athens	Ohio	14	Marshall	6	OU 7-2-4
14	1951-11-22	Huntington	Marshall	13	Ohio	13	OU 7-2-5
15	1952-11-22	Athens	Ohio	21	Marshall	21	OU 7-2-6
16	1953-11-21	Huntington	Marshall	9	Ohio	6	OU 7-3-6
17	1954-11-20	Athens	Ohio	26	Marshall	25	OU 8-3-6
18	1955-09-24	Athens	Ohio	13	Marshall	6	OU 9-3-6
19	1956-11-17	Athens	Ohio	16	Marshall	0	OU 10-3-6
20	1957-10-26	Huntington	Marshall	34	Ohio	28	OU 10-4-6
21	1958-10-25	Athens	Ohio	22	Marshall	0	OU 11-4-6
22	1959-11-07	Huntington	Ohio	21	Marshall	14	OU 12-4-6
23	1960-11-05	Athens	Ohio	19	Marshall	0	OU 13-4-6
24	1961-11-04	Huntington	Ohio	14	Marshall	7	OU 14-4-6
25	1962-11-03	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 15-4-6
26	1963-11-23	Huntington	Ohio	17	Marshall	0	OU 16-4-6
27	1964-11-21	Athens	Marshall	10	Ohio	0	OU 16-5-6
28	1965-11-20	Huntington	Marshall	29	Ohio	14	OU 16-6-6
29	1966-11-19	Athens	Ohio	28	Marshall	6	OU 17-6-6
30	1967-09-23	Huntington	Ohio	48	Marshall	14	OU 18-6-6
31	1968-09-21	Athens	Ohio	48	Marshall	8	OU 19-6-6
32	1969-11-22	Huntington	Ohio	38	Marshall	35	OU 20-6-6
33	1971-11-20	Huntington	Ohio	30	Marshall	0	OU 21-6-6
34	1972-11-18	Athens	Marshall	31	Ohio	14	OU 21-7-6
35	1973-11-18	Huntington	Ohio	35	Marshall	21	OU 22-7-6
36	1974-11-23	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 23-7-6
37	1975-11-22	Huntington	Ohio	38	Marshall	21	OU 24-7-6
38	1977-09-10	Huntington	Ohio	49	Marshall	27	OU 25-7-6
39	1979-09-22	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 26-7-6
40	1980-11-08	Athens	Ohio	28	Marshall	20	OU 27-7-6
41	1985-09-14	Huntington	Marshall	31	Ohio	7	OU 27-8-6
42	1986-09-13	Athens	Marshall	21	Ohio	7	OU 27-9-6
43	1987-09-12	Athens	Ohio	23	Marshall	15	OU 28-9-6
44	1988-09-10	Huntington	Marshall	31	Ohio	14	OU 28-10-6
45	1997-11-15	Huntington	Marshall	27	Ohio	0	OU 28-11-6
46	1998-10-10	Athens	Marshall	30	Ohio	23	OU 28-12-6
47	1999-10-30	Huntington	Marshall	34	Ohio	3	OU 28-13-6
48	2000-11-18	Athens	Ohio	38	Marshall	28	OU 29-13-6
49	2001-11-17	Huntington	Marshall	42	Ohio	18	OU 29-14-6
50	2002-11-23	Athens	Marshall	24	Ohio	21	OU 29-15-6
51	2003-11-28	Huntington	Marshall	28	Ohio	0	OU 29-16-6
52	2004-10-09	Athens	Marshall	16	Ohio	13	OU 29-17-6
53	2009-12-26	Ford Field, Detroit	Marshall	21	Ohio	17	OU 29-18-6
54	2010-09-25	Huntington	Marshall	24	Ohio	23	OU 29-19-6
55	2011-09-17	Athens	Ohio	44	Marshall	7	OU 30-19-6

The 1970 meeting was canceled due to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 which killed almost all of Marshall's players.

References

^ CFB Data Warehouse

External links

Marshall Thundering Herd football

Venues	Fairfield Stadium (1927–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Friends of Coal Bowl (West Virginia) Battle for the Bell (Ohio)

Culture & lore	Marco the Buffalo "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

National championship seasons in bold

Ohio Bobcats football

Venues	Peden Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle for the Bell (Marshall)

Culture & lore	Rufus "Stand Up and Cheer" The Ohio University Marching 110

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Battle for the Bell

Contents

Statistics

Game results

References

External links