1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football
MAC champion MAC East Division co-champion Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 48–29 vs. Louisville
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 Michigan	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. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time^[3].

Awards and honors

Bob Pruett, MAC Coach of the Year
Chad Pennington, First Team All-MAC
Doug Chapman, First Team All-MAC
LaVorn Colclough, First Team All-MAC
Mike Guilliams, First Team All-MAC
Daninelle Derricott, First Team All-MAC
Rogers Beckett, First Team All-MAC
Ricky Hall, First Team All-MAC
Giradie Mercer, First Team All-MAC ^[4]

References

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

Marshall Thundering Herd football
Venues	Central Field (1895–1926) 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 Western Kentucky
Culture & lore	Marco the Bison "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

Mid-American Conference football champions

Cincinnati (1947)
Miami (1948)
Cincinnati (1949)
Miami (1950)
Cincinnati (1951)
Cincinnati (1952)
Ohio (1953)
Miami (1954)
Miami (1955)
Bowling Green (1956)
Miami (1957)
Miami (1958)
Bowling Green (1959)
Ohio (1960)
Bowling Green (1961)
Bowling Green (1962)
Ohio (1963)
Bowling Green (1964)
Bowling Green & Miami (1965)
Miami & Western Michigan (1966)
Ohio & Toledo (1967)
Ohio (1968)
Toledo (1969)
Toledo (1970)
Toledo (1971)
Kent State (1972)
Miami (1973)
Miami (1974)
Miami (1975)
Ball State (1976)
Miami (1977)
Ball State (1978)
Central Michigan (1979)
Central Michigan (1980)
Toledo (1981)
Bowling Green (1982)
Northern Illinois (1983)
Toledo (1984)
Bowling Green (1985)
Miami (1986)
Eastern Michigan (1987)
Western Michigan (1988)
Ball State (1989)
Central Michigan & Toledo (1990)
Bowling Green (1991)
Bowling Green (1992)
Ball State (1993)
Central Michigan (1994)
Toledo (1995)
Ball State (1996)
Marshall (1997)
Marshall (1998)
Marshall (1999)
Marshall (2000)
Toledo (2001)
Marshall (2002)
Miami (2003)
Toledo (2004)
Akron (2005)
Central Michigan (2006)
Central Michigan (2007)
Buffalo (2008)
Central Michigan (2009)
Miami (2010)
Northern Illinois (2011)
Northern Illinois (2012)
Bowling Green (2013)
Northern Illinois (2014)
Bowling Green (2015)
Western Michigan (2016)

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