East Carolina–Marshall football rivalry


East Carolina Pirates	Marshall Thundering Herd

Sport(s)

Football

Total meetings

Series record

East Carolina leads, 10–5

First meeting

November 18, 1967
East Carolina 29, Marshall 13

Last meeting

November 29, 2013
Marshall 59, East Carolina 28

Next meeting

September 5, 2020

Largest win

45; East Carolina (1978)

Longest win streak

3; East Carolina (2008–2010)

Current win streak

1; Marshall

The East Carolina–Marshall football rivalry is an college football rivalry game between two public universities, East Carolina University Pirates and the Marshall University Thundering Herd. The current winner is Marshall, who won, 59–28, on November 29, 2013. East Carolina leads the all-time series, 10–5.^[1]

History

East Carolina and Marshall have a "friendly" rivalry with one another. They are emotionally bonded by the tragic plane crash on November 14, 1970. The Thundering Herd were coming back from Greenville, North Carolina after a 17–14 loss to the Pirates when their plane crashed near Ceredo, West Virginia. The teams have been bonded ever since.

East Carolina joined Conference USA (C-USA) in 1997 as an affiliate member for football only until the 2001 season as the school moved up to full membership. When three teams from the Big East Conference moved to the ACC, the Big East looked for new members for their conference and invited five schools from C-USA to join their conference. Then C-USA added six other teams, including Marshall from the Mid-American Conference. The six new teams brought C-USA to twelve teams in which the conference can split into divisions and host a Conference USA Football Championship Game. East Carolina and Marshall were placed in the "East" division and played annually since then.

East Carolina and Marshall's most memorable games was the 2001 GMAC Bowl as they combined for a bowl record, 125 points, as Marshall overcame a 30-point deficit to beat East Carolina 64–61 in double overtime.

Another memorable game was the 2013 match-up as whoever won the game would move on to the Conference USA Football Championship Game as both teams had a "East" division record of 6–1. Marshall defeated East Carolina, 59–28 and moved on to play Rice in the Championship Game. The game also marked East Carolina's last conference match-up as a member of C-USA, as East Carolina moves from C-USA to American Athletic Conference in 2014.

With East Carolina's move to the American Athletic Conference in 2014 will discontinue the annual meeting with Marshall since 2005. On April 3, 2014, both schools announced that the two teams will meet again for a home and home series in 2020 and 2021. East Carolina will host Marshall at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC on September 5, 2020. Marshall will host the second and final game of the series at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia on September 11, 2021.^[2]

East Carolina leads the all-time record over Marshall 10–5. ECU is 6–3 against the Herd from 2005 to 2013 when both schools were in Conference USA.

Game results

East Carolina victories	Marshall victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	November 18, 1967	Huntington, WV	East Carolina	29	Marshall	13	East Carolina 1–0
2	November 16, 1968	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	49	Marshall	20	East Carolina 2–0
3	November 15, 1969	Huntington, WV	Marshall	38	East Carolina	7	East Carolina 2–1
4	November 14, 1970	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	17	Marshall	14	East Carolina 3–1
5	November 18, 1978	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	45	Marshall	0	East Carolina 4–1
6	December 19, 2001	Mobile, AL^*	Marshall	64	East Carolina	61	East Carolina 4–2
7	November 19, 2005	Huntington. WV	East Carolina	34	Marshall	29	East Carolina 5–2
8	November 11, 2006	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	33	Marshall	20	East Carolina 6–2
9	November 10, 2007	Huntington. WV	Marshall	26	East Carolina	7	East Carolina 6–3
10	November 8, 2008	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	19	Marshall	16	East Carolina 7–3
11	October 3, 2009	Huntington, WV	East Carolina	21	Marshall	17	East Carolina 8–3
12	October 23, 2010	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	37	Marshall	10	East Carolina 9–3
13	November 26, 2011	Huntington, WV	Marshall	34	East Carolina	27	East Carolina 9–4
14	November 23, 2012	Greenville, NC	East Carolina	65	Marshall	59	East Carolina 10–4
15	November 29, 2013	Huntington, WV	Marshall	59	East Carolina	28	East Carolina 10–5
^* 2001 GMAC Bowl

References

↑ "Marshall Game by Game against Opponents". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
↑ Kevin Kelley (April 3, 2014). "East Carolina, Marshall Schedule 2020-21 Home-and-Home Football Series". fbschedules.com. Retrieved June 5, 2014.

East Carolina Pirates football

Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (?–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State Victory Barrel UCF

Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate The Marching Pirates

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

Seasons	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 2012 2013 2014 2015

Marshall Thundering Herd football

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

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games East Carolina Ohio: Battle for the Bell West Virginia: Friends of Coal Bowl

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 NFL draftees

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 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

American Athletic Conference football rivalries

Conference	East Carolina–UCF UCF–USF

Non-conference	Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) Connecticut–Massachusetts Ramnapping Trophy (Connecticut–Rhode Island) East Carolina–Marshall East Carolina–NC State Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Louisville–Memphis Paint Bucket Bowl (Memphis–Arkansas State) Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) Rice–SMU Gansz Trophy (SMU–Navy) Safeway Bowl (SMU–North Texas) SMU–TCU Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova) Tulane–Auburn Battle for the Bell (Tulane–Southern Miss) Battle for the Rag (Tulane–LSU)

Conference USA football rivalries

Conference	100 Miles of Hate (Middle Tennessee-WKU) Rivalry in Dixie (Louisiana Tech–Southern Miss) Shula Bowl (FIU–Florida Atlantic)

Non-conference	Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio) Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle for the Red Belt (Murray State–WKU) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Bluegrass (Eastern Kentucky–WKU) Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) East Carolina–Marshall Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall–West Virginia) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Mayor's Cup (Rice–SMU) Safeway Bowl (North Texas–SMU)