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Marshall University Thundering Herd 2014 Football Game Notes The Marshall Thundering Herd (5-0, 1-0 C-USA) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (4-2, 3-0 C-USA) Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 - 12 p.m. ET - Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,227) - Huntington, W.Va. TV: Mark Followill (Play-by-Play), Brian Baldinger (Analyst), Lesley McCaslin (Sideline) Marshall Media Relations Contact Information Marshall University Information Jason Corriher (Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations) Location ___________________________________________Huntington, W.Va. Work: 304-696-4660 Founded __________________________________ 1837 (as Marshall Academy) Cell: 740-331-1497 Enrollment __________________________________________________ 14,000 E-mail: [email protected] Website: HerdZone.com Nickname __________________________________________ Thundering Herd Colors ___________________________________Green (PMS 356C) and White Online Resources Stadium ______________________________________Joan C. Edwards Stadium HerdZone.com Capacity ____________________________________________________ 38,227 Herdzone.com is Marshall Athletics’ offi cial website. Roster, Year Opened _______________________ 1991 (as Marshall University Stadium) biographical information, Marshall’s football record book, Surface ___________________________________________________ FieldTurf complete statistics and historical information regarding Conference ______________________________ Conference USA (East Division) Thundering Herd football can be found here. Each week game President _________________________Dr. Stephen J. Kopp (Notre Dame, 1973) notes, statistics and other media resources can be found here. Director of Athletics ________________________Mike Hamrick (Marshall, 1980) Head Coach ___________________________Doc Holliday (West Virginia, 1979) CollegePressBox.Com Record at Marshall _____________________________________________ 32-24 Collegepressbox.com is the offi cial media website for Career Record _________________________________________________ same Conference USA football. Access and download weekly game Marshall’s 2013 Record ___________________________________________10-4 notes, quotes, statistics, media guides and more for the 2013 C-USA Record/Finish _________________________________7-1 (1st, East) conference and each of its 13 member schools throughout Off ense ____________________________________________________Multiple the season. Login information will be distributed to accredited Defense ____________________________________________________Multiple media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to Off ensive Starters Returning/Lost ___________________________________ 6/5 [email protected]. Defensive Starters Returning/Lost ___________________________________8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ____________________________________59/15 ConferenceUSA.com Weekly conference statistics and an interactive online conference media guide are available at www.ConferenceUSA. Marshall Football Staff com. Head Coach ________________ Doc Holliday (West Virginia, 1979) Off ensive Coord./QBs _________ Bill Legg (West Virginia, 1985) 2014 Game-by-Game Captains Defensive Coord./Secondary ___ Chuck Heater (Michigan, 1975) Miami (Ohio)-7 Darryl Roberts, 11 James Rouse, 12 Rakeem Cato, 60 Chris Jasperse Rhode Island- 1 A.J. Leggett, 47 Devon Johnson, 83 Eric Frohnapfel, 90 Arnold Blackmon Running Backs ______________ Chris Barclay (Wake Forest, 2009) Ohio-7 Darryl Roberts, 11 James Rouse, 12 Rakeem Cato, 78 Clint Van Horn Akron-6 Neville Hewitt, 10 Corey Tindal, 12 Rakeem Cato, 60 Chris Jasperse Defensive Ends ______________ Sean Cronin (Georgetown, Ky., 2003) ODU-1 Tommy Shuler, 7 Darryl Roberts, 11 James Rouse, 60 Chris Jasperse Linebackers _________________ Adam Fuller (Sacred Heart, 1998) MTSU- Wide Receivers ______________ Mike Furrey (Northern Iowa, 2000) Tight Ends/Recruiting Coord. ___ Todd Hartley (Georgia, 2008) 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) Stat Comparison (C-USA Ranks) 2014 Marshall Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET)/Result MU MTSU Aug. 30 at Miami (ESPN3.com) W, 42-27 Scoring Off ense 47.6 (1st) 38.8 (3rd) Sept. 6 RHODE ISLAND (ASN) W, 48-7 Sept. 13 OHIO (CBS Sports Network) W, 44-14 Scoring Defense 15.8 (1st) 30.7 (7th) Sept. 20 at Akron (ESPN3.com) W, 48-17 Oct. 4 at Old Dominion (FSN) W, 56-14 Total Off ense 595.6 (1st) 492.0 (4th) Oct. 11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (FSN) 12 p.m. Oct. 18 at FIU (ASN) 6 p.m. Total Defense 319.8 (1st) 453.0 (8th) Oct. 25 FAU (FS1) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Southern Miss (ASN) 7 p.m. Rushing Off ense 299.6 (1st) 224.7 (2nd) Nov. 15 RICE (FSN or FS1) 12-day window Nov. 22 at UAB (ASN) 12 p.m. Rushing Defense 119.6 (1st) 161.2 (8th) Nov. 28 WESTERN KENTUCKY (FS1) 12 p.m. Passing Off ense 296.0 (2nd) 267.3 (T-5th) Bold - Indicates a C-USA game Home games in CAPS Passing Defense 200.2 (2nd) 291.8 (13th) All times are Eastern Time Zone and subject to change. Marshall Football 2014 TEAM NCAA RANKS (Top 25) Total Off ense/Game-1st, 595.6 MARSHALL’S PLAYERS IN THE 2014 NCAA RANKINGS (Top 25) Yards Per Play-1st, 7.82 Blocked Kicks-Raheim Huskey (T-2nd, 2) Winning Pct.-T-1st, 1.000 Yards Per Reception-Angelo Jean-Louis (3rd, 29.5), Davonte Allen (12th, 23.93) 30+ yard scrimmage plays-T-1st, 22 Punt Return TD-Brandon Byrd, (T-4th, 1) Blocked Punts-T-1st, 2 Pass Breakups-Darryl Roberts (T-5th, 8) Fewest Punts-3rd, 13 Forced Fumbles-Armonze Daniel (T-10th, 2) 60+ yard scrimmage plays-T-3rd, 5 Rushing TDs-Devon Johnson (T-7th, 8) 80+ yard rushing plays-T-3rd, 1 Passing Yards/Completion-Rakeem Cato (10th, 15.64) PATs Made-T-3rd, 31 Punting Avg.-Tyler Williams (11th, 45.5) Yards Per Carry-4th, 6.94 PATs Made-Justin Haig (T-2nd, 31) Scoring Off ense/Game-4th, 47.6 Rushing Yards/Carry-Devon Johnson (5th, 8.0) 60+ yard rushing plays-T-4th, 3 Points Responsible For/Game-Rakeem Cato (13th, 19.2) 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense-5th, .266 Field Goal Percentage-Justin Haig (11th, .875) 3rd Down Conversion Pct.-5th, .540 Scoring/Game-Justin Haig (11th, 10.4), Devon Johnson (21st, 9.6) 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense-5th, .167 Points Responsible For-Rakeem Cato (13th, 96) Rushing Touchdowns-T-5th, 18 Total Off ense/Game-Rakeem Cato (19th, 311.2) Rushing Touchdowns Allowed-T-5th, 2 Yards Per Pass Attempt-Rakeem Cato (10th, 9.45) Touchdowns Scored-T-5th, 31 Rushing Yards/Game-Devon Johnson (8th, 136.0) Tackles For Loss Allowed-T-5th, 16 Passes Defended-Darryl Roberts (T-8th, 9) Tackles For Loss Allowed/Game-6th, 3.2 Touchbacks-Kaare Vedvik (T-9th, 21) Points Scored-6th, 238 Rushing Yards-Devon Johnson (10th, 680) Red Zone Defense-6th, .643 Pass Effi ciency-Rakeem Cato (13th, 161.8) 20+ yard scrimmage plays-T-6th, 39 All-Purpose Yards/Game-Devon Johnson (24th, 139.8) 70+ yard rushing plays-T-6th, 1 Passing Yards/Attempt Allowed-T-6th, 5.2 MARSHALL’S PLAYERS IN THE 2014 C-USA RANKINGS (Top 10) Total Off ense (Yards)-7th, 2,978 Yards Per Reception-Angelo Jean-Louis (1st, 29.5), Davonte Allen (2nd, 23.93) 50+ yard rushing plays-T-7th, 4 Rushing Avg.-Devon Johnson (1st, 136.0) Yards Per Play Allowed-8th, 4.39 Passing Avg.-Rakeem Cato (2nd, 272.2) 10+ yard rushing plays-8th, 47 Pass Effi ciency-Rakeem Cato (2nd, 161.8) 30+ yard rushing plays-T-8th, 8 Receptions/Game-Tommy Shuler (T-4th, 5.2) Rushing Off ense/Game-9th, 299.6 Receiving Yds./Game-Davonte Allen (1st, 83.8), Angelo Jean-Louis (6th, Red Zone Scores Allowed-T-9th, 9 65.6) 20+ yard rushing plays-T-9th, 15 Total Off ense/Game-Rakeem Cato (2nd, 311.2) Rushing Yards-10th, 1,498 Scoring/Game-Justin Haig (2nd, 10.4), Devon Johnson (T-4th, 9.6) Red Zone Touchdowns-T-10th, 19 Scoring (TDs)-Devon Johnson (T-2nd, 8) 50+ yard scrimmage plays-T-10th, 6 Scoring (Kick)-Justin Haig (2nd, 52) Fumbles Forced-T-10th, 7 Punt Return Avg.-Tommy Shuler (1st, 9.6) Punting-11th, 45.46 Kick Return Avg.-Deandre Reaves (4th, 24.2) Touchbacks-T-11th, 22 All-Purpose Avg.-Devon Johnson (4th, 139.8) First Downs Gained/Game-T-11th, 27.2 Punting-Tyler Williams (3rd, 45.5) 20+ yard scrimmage plays allowed-T-11th, 14 Field Goal Pct.-Justin Haig (1st, 87.5) 50+ yard scrimmage plays allowed-T-11th, 1 PAT Kicking Pct.-Justin Haig (T-1st, 1.000) 30+ yard passing plays-T-11th, 14 Passes Defended-Darryl Roberts (T-1st, 9), Corey Tindal (T-8th, 5) 40+ yard rushing plays-T-11th, 5 Interceptions-Taj Letman (T-4th, 2), A.J. Leggett (T-4th, 2) Scoring Defense/Game-12th, 15.8 Fumbles Forced-Armonze Daniel (T-3rd, 2) Points Allowed-T-12th, 79 80+ yard scrimmage plays-T-12th, 1 5-0!: The Herd is off to a 5-0 start for the fi rst time since the famed season Kicks/Punts Blocked-T-13th, 2 of 1999, when Marshall remained undefeated over a 13-game schedule, 10+ yard scrimmage plays-T-13th, 100 ultimately defeating BYU 21-3 in the Motor City Bowl. 20+ yard rushing plays allowed-T-13th, 3 70+ yard scrimmage plays-T-14th, 2 Polling: The Herd ranks 26th in the USA Today Coaches Poll (98 points) and Red Zone Touchdowns Allowed-T-14th, 6 27th in the Associated Press Poll (78 points). Red Zone Touchdown Percentage Allowed-T-14th, .429 Three and Outs (Defensive)/Game-T-14th, 5.2 Feel the Power!: The Thundering Herd is currently rated #28 overall, and the Passing Yards/Completion-15th, 14.95 TOP Group of Five program, in ESPN’s Football Power Index. The data also lists 10+ yard passing plays allowed-T-15th, 34 Marshall as the program most likely NATIONALLY to win the rest of its games. 20+ yard passing plays allowed-T-15th, 11 30+ yard scrimmage plays allowed-T-15th, 6 Points? No Problem!: Marshall is SECOND nationally and FIRST among Group 30+ yard rushing plays allowed-T-15th, 1 of Five schools with a 31.8-point scoring margin.