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Essray Taliaferro

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Sat 11/27	MRSH	vs	TULN	W 38-23									25	0
Sat 11/20	MRSH	@	SMU	L 17-31	8	32	4.0	1	2	7	3.5	0	39	1
Sat 11/13	MRSH	vs	MEM	W 28-13	12	66	5.5	0	2	3	1.5	0	69	0
Sat 11/6	MRSH	@	UAB	W 31-17									0	0
Sat 10/30	MRSH	vs	UTEP	W 16-12									0	0
Wed 10/13	MRSH	vs	UCF	L 14-35									0	0
Sat 10/2	MRSH	@	USM	L 16-41									0	0
Sat 9/25	MRSH	vs	OHIO	W 24-23									0	0
Sat 9/18	MRSH	@	BGSU	L 28-44									0	0
Fri 9/10	MRSH	vs	WVU	L 21-24									0	0
Thu 9/2	MRSH	@	OSU	L 7-45									0	0
Total					20	98	4.9	1	4	10	2.5	0	133	1

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More Marshall Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,107

Del Rio-Wilson

RUSH

319

Price

REC

372

Turner-Bradshaw

Team Rankings

PPG

23.5

105th

OPP PPG

29.8

119th

RUSH YDS/G

161.9

70th

PASS YDS/G

226.3

82nd

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Georgia State	1-3	4-4
11	Southern Miss	2-2	3-5
12	Marshall	2-2	5-3
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1-3	1-7
14	Old Dominion	1-5	2-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	MRSH	@	GASO	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	APP	@	MRSH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	GAST	@	MRSH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MRSH	@	ULM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Marshall

5 - 3

Final

Old Dominion

2 - 7

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

982

Gutierrez

972

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.1

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

42.7

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

341.0

295.8

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	5	.375
7	Utah State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	8	1	.889
4	Northwestern	6	2	.750
5	Minnesota	5	3	.625
6	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	5	.375
9	Illinois	5	3	.625
10	Oregon	5	3	.625
11	Iowa	6	2	.750
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	5	3	.625
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	6	.250
16	Penn State	4	4	.500
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	3	.625
5	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	South Carolina	5	3	.625
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	2	.750
3	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	5	3	.625
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	6	2	.750
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	4	4	.500
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	4	4	.500

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	4	.500
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	6	.250
9	South Florida	6	2	.750
10	East Carolina	4	4	.500
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Arizona	6	2	.750
4	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
9	Arizona State	4	4	.500
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	4	.500
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	5	.375
15	TCU	4	4	.500
16	Colorado	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	7	1	.875
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125